هَلْquestion marker أَنْتِyou (feminine) حُلْمٌa dream مِنْfrom ذُرَاthe heights of أَحْلامِيmy dreams
هَلْ أَنْتِ حُلْمٌ مِنْ ذُرَا أَحْلامِي
هَلْquestion marker أَنْتِyou (feminine) طَيْفٌa phantom مِنْfrom هَوَىthe passion of أَوْهَامِيmy illusions
هَلْ أَنْتِ طَيْفٌ مِنْ هَوَى أَوْهَامِي
Are you a dream from the heights of my dreams?
Are you a phantom from the passion of my illusions?
هَلْquestion marker أَنْتِyou (feminine) حَقًّاtruly فِيin الْحَيَاةِlife حَبِيبَتِيmy beloved
هَلْ أَنْتِ حَقًّا فِي الْحَيَاةِ حَبِيبَتِي
أَوْor أَنْتِyou (feminine) حُلْمٌa dream أَرْوَعُthe most wondrous of الأَحْلامِdreams
أَوْ أَنْتِ حُلْمٌ أَرْوَعُ الأَحْلامِ
Are you truly my beloved in life,
Or are you a dream, the most wondrous of dreams?
هَلْquestion marker صِرْتُI have become حَقًّاtruly فِيin الصَّبَابَةِardent longing شَاعِرًاa poet
هَلْ صِرْتُ حَقًّا فِي الصَّبَابَةِ شَاعِرًا
مُتَقَلِّبًاtossed about فِيin رَوْضَةٍa garden وَضِرَامِand a blaze
مُتَقَلِّبًا فِي رَوْضَةٍ وَضِرَامِ
Have I truly become, in longing, a poet,
Tossed between a garden and a blaze?
هَلْquestion marker صَارَhas become بُعْدُكِyour absence فَوْقَbeyond قَدْرِthe strength of عَزِيمَتِيmy resolve
هَلْ صَارَ بُعْدُكِ فَوْقَ قَدْرِ عَزِيمَتِي
وَأَنَاand I الْجَسُورُthe bold one الْقَاهِرُthe conqueror of الآلامِpain
وَأَنَا الْجَسُورُ الْقَاهِرُ الآلامِ
Has your absence surpassed the strength of my resolve,
Though I am the bold one, the conqueror of pain?
أَأَنَاam I? الْغَرِيقُthe drowning one الْيَوْمَtoday فِيin بَحْرِthe sea of الْهَوَىlove
أَأَنَا الْغَرِيقُ الْيَوْمَ فِي بَحْرِ الْهَوَى
بَعْدَafter السِّبَاحَةِswimming فِيin بُحُورِseas جِسَامِvast
بَعْدَ السِّبَاحَةِ فِي بُحُورِ جِسَامِ
Am I the one drowning today in the sea of love,
After swimming in vast seas?
أَأَنَاam I? الأَسِيرُthe captive الْيَوْمَtoday لاmay ... never فُكَّتْbe freed يَدِيmy hand
أَأَنَا الأَسِيرُ الْيَوْمَ لا فُكَّتْ يَدِي
وَالأَسْرُand captivity ذُلٌّhumiliation قَدْindeed هَوَاهُloved it هُيَامِيmy passion
وَالأَسْرُ ذُلٌّ قَدْ هَوَاهُ هُيَامِي
Am I the captive today? May my hand never be freed!
And captivity is a humiliation my passion has come to love.
يَاoh لَيْتَif only عَيْشَthe life of الْعَاشِقِينَlovers كَحُلْمِهِمْlike their dream
يَا لَيْتَ عَيْشَ الْعَاشِقِينَ كَحُلْمِهِمْ
يَتَقَلَّبُونَthey revel بِلَذَّةٍin pleasure وَغَرَامِand passionate love
يَتَقَلَّبُونَ بِلَذَّةٍ وَغَرَامِ
Oh, if only lovers' lives were like their dream:
They would revel in pleasure and passionate love.
لَكِنَّهَاbut they are الأَحْلامُdreams أَحْلامُdreams of الْهَوَىlove
لَكِنَّهَا الأَحْلامُ أَحْلامُ الْهَوَى
فَمَآلُهُمْso their fate لِلُبُؤْسِto misery وَالأَسْقَامِand illnesses
فَمَآلُهُمْ لِلُبُؤْسِ وَالأَسْقَامِ
But they are dreams, the dreams of love;
So their fate is misery and sickness.
Sol 6.1