1. أرادت تراني

    وراحت تفتّش بين الوجوه

    She wanted to see me.

    And she went searching among the faces.

  2. لعلّي

    وقد غاب وجهي

    Perhaps I,

    though my face had vanished,

  3. أطلّ شبيهاً بوجهي

    وظلّي

    might appear, resembling my face

    and my shadow.

  4. ولاذت بصمتٍ تصلّي

    أرادت تراني

    And she sought refuge in silence, praying.

    She wanted to see me.

  5. وكنتُ الوحيد البعيد

    وكانت برغم الوجوه

    And I was the lone, distant one.

    And despite the faces, she was

  6. بعيدة

    لماذا؟

    far away.

    Why?

  7. وكيف تُعذّب أمٌّ ذوتْ

    وتُحرم من نظرةٍ خاطفة؟

    And how can a mother who has withered be tormented

    and denied a fleeting glance?

  8. دعوها تراني

    فمن حقّ حرمانها

    Let her see me.

    For it is her deprivation's right

  9. أن تراني

    وحقّ الوداع وحقّ الضنى

    that she see me,

    and farewell's right, and suffering's right.

  10. لكِ الله

    يا امرأةً من كنوز

    God be with you,

    O woman made of treasures,

  11. تخبّيء ألف صلاةٍ

    وألف دعاء

    who hides a thousand prayers

    and a thousand supplications,

  12. وفيئاً لصيفي

    ودفئاً لثلجي

    and shade for my summer,

    and warmth for my snow,

  13. وبحراً لموجي

    ورأسَ جبل

    and a sea for my waves,

    and a mountain's summit

  14. يُطلّ على مذودٍ مُعتقل

    وقبرٍ وقُبَّرَةٍ

    overlooking an imprisoned manger

    and a grave and a lark.