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You deceived me with the visit of a dream

خادعتني بزيارة الحلم

1. You deceived me with the visit of a dream
And did wrong when you came in the darkness

١. خادَعْتَنِي بزيارةِ الحُلُمِ
وظلمتَ لمّا جئتَ في الظُّلَمِ

2. And you counted it ignorantly among
The totality of favors and blessings

٢. وعددتها جهلاً بموقعها
من جملةِ الإحسانِ والنِّعمِ

3. And I thought you were chasing away disease
But you brought me disease upon my disease

٣. وظننتُ أنّك طاردٌ سَقَماً
فجلبتَ لي سُقماً على سَقَمِي

4. A connection without consent or passion
And a gift that is not from generosity

٤. وَصْلٌ بغير رِضىً ولا لِهوىً
وعطيّةٌ ليستْ من الكَرَمِ

5. A lie without thanks for the lie
That did not prove right in any thought or saying

٥. كذِبٌ وما شكرٌ على كَذِبِ
ما صحّ في فكرٍ ولا كَلِمِ

6. And I wished from my hatred and my deception
That sleep would abandon me and I would not sleep

٦. ووددتُ من مَقْتي مخادعتي
أنّ الرُّقادَ جفا فلم أنَمِ

7. They said: Did you not enjoy yourself? I said to them:
Is there enjoyment for a youth from nothingness?

٧. قالوا أمَا اِستمتعتَ قلتُ لهمْ
هل متعةٌ لفتىً من العَدَمِ

8. An apparition is but a mirage, and there is no
Quenching except with the cool night rain

٨. ما الطّيفُ إلّا كالسّراب ولا
رِىٌّ بغير البارِدِ الشَّبمِ