يَهُونُmeans little عَلَيْكَto you اليَوْمَtoday مِثْلِيsomeone like me وَلَمْand I did not أَكُنْuse to be
يَهُونُ عَلَيْكَ اليَوْمَ مِثْلِي وَلَمْ أَكُنْ
لأَحْسَبُever imagine يَوْمَاًa day أَنَّنِيthat I سَأَهُونُwould mean little
لأَحْسَبُ يَوْمَاً أَنَّنِي سَأَهُونُ
Today, someone like me means little to you, though I never
imagined for a day that I would come to mean so little.
يَلَذُّis pleasing لَكَمْto you all ذُلِّيmy humiliation فَأُنْكِرُso I disown عِزَّتِيmy dignity
يَلَذُّ لَكَمْ ذُلِّي فَأُنْكِرُ عِزَّتِي
لَدَيْكُمْwith you all وَيَقْسُوand grows hard قَلْبُكُمْyour heart وَأَلِينُand I soften
لَدَيْكُمْ وَيَقْسُو قَلْبُكُمْ وَأَلِينُ
My humiliation pleases you, and I can no longer recognize my dignity
in your presence; your heart grows hard while I grow tender.
فَحَتَّامَso how long أَرْجُوdo I hope وَالرَّجَاءُwhile hope يَخُونُنِيbetrays me
فَحَتَّامَ أَرْجُو وَالرَّجَاءُ يَخُونُنِي
وَقَلْبِيand my heart عَلَىdespite العِلاّتِthe troubles لَيْسَdoes not يَخُونُbetray؟
وَقَلْبِي عَلَى العِلاّتِ لَيْسَ يَخُونُ؟
How long shall I hope, when hope betrays me
and my heart, despite all its troubles, remains faithful?
فَدَيْتُكَI would give my life for you ، هَلْis it تُرْجَىhoped for لِمِثْلِيfor someone like me شَفَاعَةٌmercy
فَدَيْتُكَ ، هَلْ تُرْجَى لِمِثْلِي شَفَاعَةٌ
لَدَيْكَfrom you وَهَلْand is there لِيfor me فيin هَوَاكَmy love for you مُعِينُa helper
لَدَيْكَ وَهَلْ لِي في هَوَاكَ مُعِينُ
I would give my life for you. Can someone like me hope for mercy
from you? And have I any helper in my love for you?
وَكَيْفَand how ٱصْطِبَارِيmy endurance عَنْكَapart from you وَٱلشَّوْقُwhen longing عَقَّنِيhas thwarted me
وَكَيْفَ ٱصْطِبَارِي عَنْكَ وَٱلشَّوْقُ عَقَّنِي
وَأَمْرُكَand your affair أَعْيَانِيhas exhausted me فَلَسْتُso I cannot أُبِينُspeak plainly
وَأَمْرُكَ أَعْيَانِي فَلَسْتُ أُبِينُ
How can I bear being apart from you when longing has thwarted me?
Your affair has exhausted me, and I cannot speak plainly.
وَهَذِيand this ٱلنَّوَىseparation تَرْمِيcasts ٱلمَرَامِيَgreat distances بَيْنَنَاbetween us
وَهَذِي ٱلنَّوَى تَرْمِي ٱلمَرَامِيَ بَيْنَنَا
وَتِلْكَand those سُهُولٌplains دُونَنَاbetween us وَحُزُونُand rugged hills؟
وَتِلْكَ سُهُولٌ دُونَنَا وَحُزُونُ؟
This separation casts great distances between us,
with plains and rugged hills lying in our way.
تَمَنَّيْتُI wished لَوْif only أَنِّيI وَإِيَّاكَand you نَلْتَقِيmight meet
تَمَنَّيْتُ لَوْ أَنِّي وَإِيَّاكَ نَلْتَقِي
لَوْif only أنّthat المُنَىwishes مَقْضِيَّةٌwere decreed فَتَكُونُand came true
لَوْ أنّ المُنَى مَقْضِيَّةٌ فَتَكُونُ
I wished that you and I might meet,
if only wishes were destined to come true;
وَأَنْand that يَلْتَقِيmight meet طَرْفِيmy gaze وَطَرْفُكَand your gaze لَحْظَةًfor a moment
وَأَنْ يَلْتَقِي طَرْفِي وَطَرْفُكَ لَحْظَةً
فَتَرْتَاحso might rest نَفْسٌa soul أَوْor تَقَرّfind peace عُيُونُeyes
فَتَرْتَاح نَفْسٌ أَوْ تَقَرّ عُيُونُ
that my gaze and yours might meet for a moment,
so a soul might rest, or eyes find peace.
وإلاَّor else فَطَيْفٌthen an apparition مِنْfrom خَيَالِكَyour image طَارِقِيvisiting me
وإلاَّ فَطَيْفٌ مِنْ خَيَالِكَ طَارِقِي
إذَاwhen جَنَّfalls لَيْلٌnight وَٱسْتُثِيرَand is stirred حَنِينُlonging
إذَا جَنَّ لَيْلٌ وَٱسْتُثِيرَ حَنِينُ
Or else, let an apparition of you visit me
when night falls and longing is stirred.
فَدَيْتُكَI would give my life for you ، ذَاhere is قَلْبِيmy heart لَدَيْكَin your keeping أَمَانَةٌa trust
فَدَيْتُكَ ، ذَا قَلْبِي لَدَيْكَ أَمَانَةٌ
وَأَنْتَand you عَلَيْهَاover it ، مَاfor as long as حَيِيتُI live ، أمينُa faithful guardian
وَأَنْتَ عَلَيْهَا ، مَا حَيِيتُ ، أمينُ
I would give my life for you: my heart is in your keeping, a trust,
and you are its guardian for as long as I live.
Sol 6