أحنُّI yearn إليكمfor you كلّماwhenever ذرَّrises شارقٌthe rising sun
أحنُّ إليكم كلّما ذرَّ شارقٌ
وأبكيكمُand I mourn you ماas long as عشتُI live فيin السرّprivate والجهرِand public
وأبكيكمُ ما عشتُ في السرّ والجهرِ
I yearn for you whenever the sun rises,
I yearn for you whenever dawn's light spreads,
and mourn you as long as I live, in private and in public.
And weep for you while alive, in secret and openly,
أحبّايَmy beloved ones ياO سؤليmy desire وياand O غايةthe ultimate goal المنىof hopes
أحبّايَ يا سؤلي ويا غاية المنى
طويتمْyou folded ضلوعَthe ribs القلبِof the heart منيwithin me علىover الجمرِthe embers
طويتمْ ضلوعَ القلبِ مني على الجمرِ
My beloved, O my desire, and O ultimate goal of my hopes,
My loves, O my hope and ultimate desire,
you folded my heart's ribs over glowing coals.
You folded the ribs of my heart upon embers,
وبتُّand I spent the night أناجيكمْcommuning with you وأهفوand yearning إليكمُfor you
وبتُّ أناجيكمْ وأهفو إليكمُ
وأصبوand I long إلىfor لقياكمُmeeting you آخرَthe end الدهرof time
وأصبو إلى لقياكمُ آخرَ الدهر
And I spent the night communing with you and yearning for you,
I converse with you and incline toward you,
and long to meet you till the end of time.
And aspire to meet you till the end of time,
كأنّيَas though I were لحنُthe melody الحبof love قيثارةthe lyre الهوىof passion
كأنّيَ لحنُ الحب قيثارة الهوى
أنوحُI lament علىover الأحبابِthe beloved ones بالأدمعwith tears الحمرcrimson
أنوحُ على الأحبابِ بالأدمع الحمر
As though I were love's melody, the lyre of passion,
As if the melody of love is the lyre of passion,
I lament the beloved with crimson tears.
I grieve for my loved ones with red tears,
أصوغهمI fashion them شعراًinto poetry يفيضُoverflowing مواجعاًwith sorrows
أصوغهم شعراً يفيضُ مواجعاً
وأنظمهمْand I string them عقداًinto a necklace يتيهvaunting itself علىover الدرِّpearls
وأنظمهمْ عقداً يتيه على الدرِّ
I fashion them into verse overflowing with sorrows,
I shape them into poetry overflowing with sorrows,
and string them into a necklace that puts pearls to shame.
And string them into a necklace wandering upon my breast,
وأودعهمُand I lodge them قلباًin a heart تقطّعtorn apart حسرةًwith grief
وأودعهمُ قلباً تقطّع حسرةً
عليهمْfor them، وعيناًand an eye دمعهاits tears أبداًforever يجريflow
عليهمْ، وعيناً دمعها أبداً يجري
And I lodge them in a heart torn apart with grief
And place them into a heart shredded with longing,
for them, and in an eye whose tears flow forever.
For them, and an eye whose tears eternally flow,
فياso O عهدهمْtheir days لاmay you never زلتَcease to be نضراًfresh علىdespite البلىdecay
فيا عهدهمْ لا زلتَ نضراً على البلى
ترفُّyou shimmer رفيفَwith the shimmer النورِof light فيwithin أضلعthe ribs الزهرof flowers
ترفُّ رفيفَ النورِ في أضلع الزهر
So O days with them, may you remain fresh despite decay,
So O covenants of them, you are still fresh to decay,
shimmering as light shimmers within the ribs of flowers.
Fluttering the flutter of light within the blossoms,
وياand O طيفهمtheir shade زدنيgive me more اشتياقاًlonging ولوعةًand anguish
ويا طيفهم زدني اشتياقاً ولوعةً
يزدكَwill give you more الهوىlove ماwhatever شئتَyou desire منof دامعِtearful الشعرpoetry
يزدكَ الهوى ما شئتَ من دامعِ الشعر
And O their shade, deepen my longing and anguish;
And O their specter increase my yearning and agony,
love will give you all the tearful verse you desire.
May love increase from you whatever it wishes of the poetry of tears,
فياso O أيُّهاyou الغادونdeparting ones لاnot البينُseparation صدَّهمْturned them away
فيا أيُّها الغادون لا البينُ صدَّهمْ
ولاnor حجبتْveiled أنوارهمْtheir lights ظلمةُthe darkness القبرof the grave
ولا حجبتْ أنوارهمْ ظلمةُ القبر
So O departing ones, separation has not turned them away,
So O you who are gone, neither distance blocked them,
nor has the grave's darkness veiled their lights.
Nor did darkness of the grave veil their lights,
جفونيَmy eyelids مأواهمْtheir refuge، ضلوعيmy ribs قبورهمtheir graves،
جفونيَ مأواهمْ، ضلوعي قبورهم،
فيالقبورٍso, oh, what graves خطَّهاtraced them الحبُّlove فيin صدريmy breast
فيالقبورٍ خطَّها الحبُّ في صدري
My eyelids are their refuge; my ribs are their graves.
My eyelids are their dwelling, my ribs their tombs,
Oh, what graves love has traced within my breast!
Trenches outlined by love upon my chest,
سَلواask الجفنَthe eyelid هلwhether طافتْhas passed بهover it سنةُthe drowsiness الكرىof sleep
سَلوا الجفنَ هل طافتْ به سنةُ الكرى
سلواask الليلَthe night هلwhether دارتْhas circled بهthrough it مقلةُthe eye الفجرof dawn
سلوا الليلَ هل دارتْ به مقلةُ الفجر
Ask the eyelid whether sleep's drowsiness has passed over it;
Ask the eyelid, did the cycle of fate revolve around it,
ask the night whether the eye of dawn has circled through it.
Ask the night, did the star of dawn shine upon it,
إلىto اللهِGod أشكوI complain ماwhat أقاسيI endure منof النَّوىseparation
إلى اللهِ أشكو ما أقاسي من النَّوى
وماand what يتنزّىthrobs فيin الخواطرthe thoughts منof ذكرremembrance
وما يتنزّى في الخواطر من ذكر
To God I complain of the separation I suffer,
To God I complain of the bitterness of pining,
and the memories that throb within my thoughts.
And what floats in thoughts from memories,
بروحيَwith my soul as ransom أنتمyou منamong محبينَloving ones ودَّعواbade farewell
بروحيَ أنتم من محبينَ ودَّعوا
فودَّعتُso I bade farewell to أفراحيmy joys وفارقنيand forsook me صبريmy patience
فودَّعتُ أفراحي وفارقني صبري
My soul be your ransom, you loving ones who bade farewell;
In my soul are gentle, kind spirits who bid farewell,
so I bade farewell to my joys, and my patience forsook me.
So I bid farewell to my joys and patience left me,
ولمand did not تؤونيshelter me الأرضُthe earth الفضاءُvast كأننيas though I were
ولم تؤوني الأرضُ الفضاءُ كأنني
سجينٌa prisoner أقضّيI spend العمرَmy life فيin النفيexile والأسرand captivity
سجينٌ أقضّي العمرَ في النفي والأسر
And the vast earth gave me no shelter, as though I were
Nor did earth or space shelter me, as if I were,
a prisoner spending my life in exile and captivity,
A prisoner spending life in exile and captivity,
بعيدٌfar عنfrom السلوانِconsolation، صفرٌbereft منof الألىthose who
بعيدٌ عن السلوانِ، صفرٌ من الألى
أشاعَspread هواهمtheir love لذّةَthe delight الشعرof poetry فيin ثغريmy mouth
أشاعَ هواهم لذّةَ الشعر في ثغري
far from consolation, bereft of those
Far from night companions, empty of loved ones,
whose love spread the delight of poetry upon my lips.
Their love of me made poetry sweet upon my lips,
فهلso do علمَknow الأحبابُthe beloved ones أنّthat خيالهمْtheir image
فهل علمَ الأحبابُ أنّ خيالهمْ
سميريَmy nightly companion فيin حُلوِthe sweetness الحياةِof life وفيand in المرِّthe bitterness
سميريَ في حُلوِ الحياةِ وفي المرِّ
Do the beloved know that their image
Do my loved ones know that their apparitions,
is my nightly companion in life's sweetness and bitterness?
Are my solace in the sweetness and bitterness of life,
إذاif نسيَforgets الإنسانُa person فيin اليسرِprosperity صحبهhis companions
إذا نسيَ الإنسانُ في اليسرِ صحبه
فلاthen no خيرَgood فيin التذكارِremembrance فيin ساعةthe hour العُسرof hardship
فلا خيرَ في التذكارِ في ساعة العُسر
If a person forgets his companions in prosperity,
When one forgets their companions in prosperity,
there is no good in remembrance in the hour of hardship.
There is no good in memories in times of hardship,
أأيامناO our days لاmay you never زلتِcease to be معسولةَhoney-sweet الجنىin fruit
أأيامنا لا زلتِ معسولةَ الجنى
كروضٍlike a garden شذيٍّfragrant رفَّswaying فيin حللٍrobes خضرgreen
كروضٍ شذيٍّ رفَّ في حللٍ خضر
O days of ours, may your fruit remain honey-sweet,
Are our days still honeyed fruits,
like a fragrant garden swaying in robes of green.
Like a delightful garden fluttering in green garments,
أناجيكِI commune with you بالقلبِwith the heart اللهيفِaching منfrom الجوىlove's anguish
أناجيكِ بالقلبِ اللهيفِ من الجوى
وأرعاكِand I cherish you بالودِّwith affection البريءِfree منof الغدرtreachery
وأرعاكِ بالودِّ البريءِ من الغدر
I commune with you, my heart aching from love's anguish,
I whisper to you with a heart craving passion,
and cherish you with affection free of treachery.
And herd you with innocent love free of betrayal,
وأسقيكِand I water you دمعَtears العينِof the eye سقياa watering كريمةًgenerous
وأسقيكِ دمعَ العينِ سقيا كريمةً
إذاwhen ضنَّis stingy جَفْنُthe eyelid السحبof the clouds بالساكبwith pouring القطرrain
إذا ضنَّ جَفْنُ السحب بالساكب القطر
And I water you generously with my eye's tears,
I quench your thirst with the tear of an eye,
when the clouds' eyelid withholds the pouring rain.
When the eyelid of clouds is stingy with dripping rain,
سلامٌpeace علىupon تلكthose العهودِdays فإنهاfor they
سلامٌ على تلك العهودِ فإنها
أمدَّتْsupplied خريفَthe autumn العمرof life بالوارفwith luxuriant growth النضرfresh
أمدَّتْ خريفَ العمر بالوارف النضر
Peace upon those days, for they
Peace upon those covenants, for they,
supplied life's autumn with lush, fresh growth,
Lengthened the autumn of life with flourishing youth,
وزانتand adorned أناشيديmy songs ووشّتْand embroidered مدامعيmy tears
وزانت أناشيدي ووشّتْ مدامعي
فمنْthus from لؤلؤٍpearls نظمٍstrung إلىto لؤلؤٍpearls نثرscattered
فمنْ لؤلؤٍ نظمٍ إلى لؤلؤٍ نثر
and adorned my songs and embroidered my tears—
And weighed down my songs and adorned my tears,
thus, from strung pearls to scattered pearls.
From pearl string to scattered pearl,
وماand whatever شئتَyou wish منof ظلٍّshade رخيٍsoothing ومنand of شذاًfragrance
وما شئتَ من ظلٍّ رخيٍ ومن شذاً
وماand whatever شئتَyou wish منof طيرٍbirds يغنّيsinging ومنand of نهرa river
وما شئتَ من طيرٍ يغنّي ومن نهر
And all you wish of soothing shade and fragrance,
And whatever you wish of comfortable shade,
and all you wish of singing birds and rivers.
And whatever you wish of birds singing and rivers,
أمانيُّhopes فيin زهوthe splendor الحياةِof life وفجرهاand its dawn
أمانيُّ في زهو الحياةِ وفجرها
مرصعةbejeweled الأفياءِthe shaded places بالممتعwith the delightful المغريthe enticing
مرصعة الأفياءِ بالممتع المغري
Hopes amid life's splendor and its dawn,
My wishes in the glory and dawn of life,
their shaded places bejeweled with all that delights and entices.
Adorned with beautiful images, tempting and alluring,
أراكِI see you بعينٍwith an eye قدalready تنكّرhas turned hostile دهرهاits times
أراكِ بعينٍ قد تنكّر دهرها
وماand not ألفتْhas known إلاexcept الوفاءَfidelity علىdespite النُّكرestrangement
وما ألفتْ إلا الوفاءَ على النُّكر
I see you with an eye whose times have turned hostile,
I see you with an eye that time has masked,
yet it has known only fidelity despite estrangement.
And has known only loyalty despite hostility,
وأصبوand I yearn إلىfor ذكراكِyour memory والذكرand remembrance راحةٌsolace
وأصبو إلى ذكراكِ والذكر راحةٌ
لمنْfor whoever عاشَhas lived فيin الهمّsorrow المبرحِagonizing والخسرand loss
لمنْ عاشَ في الهمّ المبرحِ والخسر
And I yearn for your memory; remembrance is solace
And I yearn for your memory, and remembering is solace,
for one who has lived in agonizing sorrow and loss.
To those who lived in sorrow, loss and regret,
وأشتاقand I long for أُلافاًcompanions سقانيgave me to drink ودادهمْtheir affection
وأشتاق أُلافاً سقاني ودادهمْ
كؤوسcups الهوىof love حتىuntil انتشيتُI grew exhilarated منwith السكرintoxication
كؤوس الهوى حتى انتشيتُ من السكر
And I long for companions whose affection poured me
And I long for thousands I drank from their cups,
cups of love, till I grew giddy with intoxication,
The wine of love until I became drunk with rapture,
وحتىand until كأنَّas though الدهرَtime طوعُobedient to أنامليmy fingertips
وحتى كأنَّ الدهرَ طوعُ أناملي
ينوّلنيgrants me قصديmy aim ويُبلغنيand brings me to أمريmy goal
ينوّلني قصدي ويُبلغني أمري
and till time seemed obedient to my fingertips,
Until as if time was pliant to my fingers,
granting my desire and fulfilling my purpose.
Granting my aim and fulfilling my will,
إذاwhen زرتنيyou visit me ياO طيفهمُtheir shade فيin حمىthe sanctuary الكرىof sleep
إذا زرتني يا طيفهمُ في حمى الكرى
فقدthen indeed زارنيvisits me سعديmy good fortune وعاودنيand returns to me بشريmy joy
فقد زارني سعدي وعاودني بشري
When you visit me, O their shade, in sleep's sanctuary,
If your specter visits me in the fever of pining,
then my good fortune visits me, and my joy returns;
My bliss has come and returned good news to me,
وأشرقتِand shines الدنياthe world بعينيَّin my eyes وازدهتْand grows resplendent
وأشرقتِ الدنيا بعينيَّ وازدهتْ
لياليَّmy nights بالأنوارwith lights والأنجمand stars الزُّهرradiant
لياليَّ بالأنوار والأنجم الزُّهر
and the world shines in my eyes, and resplendent grow
The world shone in my eyes and its nights
my nights with lights and radiant stars.
Were illuminated with lights and sparkling stars,
وهوّنand eases ماwhat ألقاهُI face it منof لاعجsearing الضنىwasting illness
وهوّن ما ألقاهُ من لاعج الضنى
وخفّفand lightens ماwhat أشكوهُI lament it منof ثائرِraging الفكرthought
وخفّف ما أشكوهُ من ثائرِ الفكر
And it eases the searing affliction I endure,
It eased the raging fires of desolation,
and lightens the raging thoughts I lament.
And lightened the raging thoughts in my mind,
مررتُI passed علىby الدارِthe house التيthat غالهاravaged it البلىdecay
مررتُ على الدارِ التي غالها البلى
وقوّضهاand tore it down حتىuntil استحالتْit became إلىinto قفرa wasteland
وقوّضها حتى استحالتْ إلى قفر
I passed the house that decay had ravaged
I passed by the house which decay had claimed,
and torn down until it became a wasteland.
And undermined until it became a wasteland,
فنازعنيthen struggled with me قلبٌa heart يذوبُmelting صبابةًwith longing
فنازعني قلبٌ يذوبُ صبابةً
إليهاtoward it، ودمعٌand tears لاnot ينهنهُrestrained بالزَّجرby rebuke
إليها، ودمعٌ لا ينهنهُ بالزَّجر
Then I was torn by a heart melting with longing
A melting heart contested me toward it,
for it, and by tears that no rebuke could restrain.
And tears that cannot be deterred by rebuke,
أطوفُI wander بهاaround it والروحُand the soul يعصرهاwrings it الشجاsorrow
أطوفُ بها والروحُ يعصرها الشجا
ويغمرهاand overwhelms it بالبشرِwith joy حيناًat times وبالذُّعرand with dread
ويغمرها بالبشرِ حيناً وبالذُّعر
I wander around it, and sorrow wrings my soul,
I wander around it while the soul squeezes it with sadness,
and floods it now with joy, now with dread.
And at times drowns it with good tidings and dread,
هناhere الأهلُfamily والأحبابُand loved ones والقصدُand the goal والمنىand hopes
هنا الأهلُ والأحبابُ والقصدُ والمنى
هناhere الملتقىthe meeting place بعدafter القطيعةِestrangement والهجرand abandonment
هنا الملتقى بعد القطيعةِ والهجر
Here are family, loved ones, purpose, and hopes;
O horror of what he faces in that journey,
here is the meeting place after estrangement and abandonment.
Scattered pages, if turned, increase sorrow,
هناhere تجثمُcrouches الذكرىmemory، هناhere ترقدُsleep الرُّؤىvisions
هنا تجثمُ الذكرى، هنا ترقدُ الرُّؤى
هناhere الموتُdeath يبدوappears فيin غلائلهits robes الصُّفرyellow
هنا الموتُ يبدو في غلائله الصُّفر
Here memory crouches; here visions lie asleep;
For the misfortunes of betrayal and evil in them,
here death appears in its yellow robes.
And is too profound for probing so probing tires,
هناhere يقرأreads الإنسانُa person سفرَthe book حياتهِof his life
هنا يقرأ الإنسانُ سفرَ حياتهِ
وياand O هولَthe horror ماof what يلقاهُhe encounters it فيin ذلكthat السفرbook
ويا هولَ ما يلقاهُ في ذلك السفر
Here a person reads the book of his life—
The ordained book of destiny line by line,
and oh, the horror of what he finds in that book!
Imprisoned gentle, kind souls within me,
صحائفُpages إنif قلّبتهاyou turn them ازددتyou increase حسرةًin sorrow
صحائفُ إن قلّبتها ازددت حسرةً
علىover ماwhat بهاin them منof غائلthe deadly harm ِ الغدرِof treachery والشرand evil
على ما بها من غائل ِ الغدرِ والشر
Pages that, if you turn them, deepen your sorrow
Cloaked in intimacy, perfumed with scent,
at the deadly treachery and evil they contain.
They exude memories and passion,
هناhere العبرةُthe lesson الكبرىgreatest التيwhich دقَّis subtle شأنهاits meaning
هنا العبرةُ الكبرى التي دقَّ شأنها
وأعوزهاand it lacked سبْرٌprobing فأعيتْso it proved too difficult علىfor السّبرprobing
وأعوزها سبْرٌ فأعيتْ على السّبر
Here is the greatest lesson, whose meaning is elusive,
As if in them is purer perfume than perfume,
in need of probing, yet beyond all probing.
With them I live a blissful life of contentment,
هناhere يخشعُbows humbly القلبُthe heart الشجيُّsorrowful مردداًreciting
هنا يخشعُ القلبُ الشجيُّ مردداً
كتابَthe book الرَّدىof death المحتومinevitable سطراًa line إلىto سطرa line
كتابَ الرَّدى المحتوم سطراً إلى سطر
Here the sorrowful heart bows humbly, reciting
Satisfied by their images if they appear,
the book of inevitable death, line after line.
Peace upon the loved ones, their specters,
بنفسيَwith my life as ransom أرواحٌsouls رقاقٌtender حبيسةٌimprisoned
بنفسيَ أرواحٌ رقاقٌ حبيسةٌ
مضمّخةُsteeped in perfume الأعطافِthe sides مسكيةُmusky النشرthe fragrance
مضمّخةُ الأعطافِ مسكيةُ النشر
My life be a ransom for tender, imprisoned souls,
Fill this mind with abundant fulfillment,
their sides steeped in perfume, their fragrance musky,
Without them I would not reap the basil of love,
تأرَّجُfragrant بالذكرىwith remembrance وتعبقُand redolent بالهوىof love
تأرَّجُ بالذكرى وتعبقُ بالهوى
كأنَّas though بهاin them عطراًa perfume أبرَّexcelled علىover العطرperfume
كأنَّ بها عطراً أبرَّ على العطر
fragrant with remembrance and redolent of love,
Without them I would not smell the lightning of life,
as though they held a perfume surpassing perfume itself.
Nor hear melodies more refined than whispers,
أعيشُI live بهاthrough them جذلانَjoyful يسعدنيmakes me happy الرضاcontentment
أعيشُ بها جذلانَ يسعدني الرضا
ويقنعنيand satisfies me منهاof them الخيالُthe image إذاwhen يسريit travels by night
ويقنعني منها الخيالُ إذا يسري
I live through them in joy; contentment makes me happy,
And purer than wine,
and their image suffices me when it visits by night.
The isolated and confused sees through them his companion,
سلامٌpeace علىupon الأحبابِthe beloved ones إنّindeed طيوفهمْtheir shades
سلامٌ على الأحبابِ إنّ طيوفهمْ
لتملأsurely fill هذاthis الفكرَmind بالنائلِwith bounty الغمرabundant
لتملأ هذا الفكرَ بالنائلِ الغمر
Peace upon the beloved: indeed their shades
And forgets through them the land of deceit and scheme,
surely fill this mind with overflowing bounty.
No blessing upon this world, for it is no joy,
ولولاهمُand but for them لمnot أجنِI would have plucked ريحانةَthe basil الهوىof love
ولولاهمُ لم أجنِ ريحانةَ الهوى
ولولاهمُand but for them ماnot شمتُI would have glimpsed بارقةَthe lightning flash العمرof life
ولولاهمُ ما شمتُ بارقةَ العمر
And without them I would not have plucked love's basil,
If you are in one place while your heart is in another,
and without them I would not have glimpsed life's lightning flash,
Woe to our life and O long is our sorrow,
ولاnor صغتُI would have fashioned أنغاماًmelodies لطافاًdelicate شجيّةًplaintive
ولا صغتُ أنغاماً لطافاً شجيّةً
أرقَّmore tender منthan النجوىwhispered confidences وأصفىand clearer منthan الخمرwine
أرقَّ من النجوى وأصفى من الخمر
nor fashioned delicate, plaintive melodies,
O how intense is the coercion we face in fate,
more tender than whispered confidences and clearer than wine.
And our longing for companions in the darkness of loss,
يرىsees المفردُthe solitary one الحيرانُbewildered فيهاin them أليفهُhis companion
يرى المفردُ الحيرانُ فيها أليفهُ
وينسىand forgets بهاthrough them دارَthe abode الخديعةِof deceit والمكرand guile
وينسى بها دارَ الخديعةِ والمكر
The lonely, bewildered one sees his companion in them,
And in the stillness of rest, and in the slumber of dust,
and through them forgets the abode of deceit and guile.
We pass fantasies dressed in sorrow,
عفاءٌruin علىupon الدنياthe world فماfor not هيit لذّةٌa delight
عفاءٌ على الدنيا فما هي لذّةٌ
إذاif كنتَyou are فيin شطرٍone half وقلبكَand your heart فيin شطرanother half
إذا كنتَ في شطرٍ وقلبكَ في شطر
Ruin upon the world, for it is no delight
And remove the clothes of life unaware,
if you are in one half and your heart in the other.
And live weighty, terrible days,
وياand O بؤسَthe misery محياناof our life وياand O طولَthe length غمّناof our grief
ويا بؤسَ محيانا ويا طولَ غمّنا
وياand O شدَّhow severe ماwhat نلقاهُwe encounter it فيin الدهرtime منof قسْرcoercion
ويا شدَّ ما نلقاهُ في الدهر من قسْر
And oh, the misery of our life, and oh, the length of our grief!
Innocent of colors, empty of magic,
And oh, how fierce the coercion we endure in life!
وياand O شوقناour longing للصحبfor companions فيin غمرةِthe depths الرَّدىof death
ويا شوقنا للصحب في غمرةِ الرَّدى
وفيand in هدأةthe stillness المثوىof the resting place وفيand in رقدةِthe sleep العفرof dust
وفي هدأة المثوى وفي رقدةِ العفر
And oh, our longing for companions in the depths of death,
and in the resting place's stillness, and in the sleep of dust.
نمرُّwe pass خيالاتٍas phantoms يوشّحهاdrapes them الأسىsorrow
نمرُّ خيالاتٍ يوشّحها الأسى
وننزعand we strip off أثوابَthe garments الحياةِof life ولاand not ندريwe know
وننزع أثوابَ الحياةِ ولا ندري
We pass as phantoms draped in sorrow,
and strip off life's garments, unaware,
ونطرحُand we cast off أياماًdays ثقالاًheavy رهيبةًdreadful
ونطرحُ أياماً ثقالاً رهيبةً
براءًdevoid منof الألوانِcolors خلواًempty منof السحرenchantment
براءً من الألوانِ خلواً من السحر
and cast off heavy, dreadful days,
devoid of color, empty of enchantment.
Partial English translation: 97 of 104 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1