أسلمتني أيدي القضا للشحون

أسلمتني أيدي القضا للشحون

 إذ قضى من يردني لسكوني

إذ قضى من يردني لسكوني

The hands of fate surrendered me to sorrows

Fate has surrendered me to sorrow's grasp

The hands of Fate surrendered me to sorrows

When the one who restored me to my calm died.

When the one who would return me to my calm decreed

When the one who restored my peace passed away

و رمى سهمه بقية آمالي

و رمى سهمه بقية آمالي

 فخرت صريعة من عيوني

فخرت صريعة من عيوني

And it shot its arrow at what remained of my hopes,

And cast the remainder of my hopes with his arrow

And its arrow struck the last of my hopes

So they fell slain from my eyes.

So I fell, deadened, from my own eyes

So they fell slain before my very eyes

وودعت أذنه توالي أنغامي

وودعت أذنه توالي أنغامي

و آبت إلى الفناء لجوني جدتي

و آبت إلى الفناء لجوني جدتي

And his ear bade farewell to my successive melodies,

And bid farewell to the melody of songs in my ears

And her ear bade farewell to the flow of my melodies

And my melodies returned to nothingness. My grandmother—

And inclined toward oblivion for my grief over you, grandmother

And my grandmother returned to the void

و هي كل ما خلف الدهر

و هي كل ما خلف الدهر

 من الحب و المنى و الظنون

من الحب و المنى و الظنون

She was all that time had left behind

You who were all that life left behind

And she is all that Time has left behind

Of love, wishes, and imaginings,

Of love, joy, and passions

Of love, and wishes, and conjecture

و رجاء  بدا فالهمني الص

و رجاء بدا فالهمني الص

 فو و خفت أنواره لحنيني

فو و خفت أنواره لحنيني

And a hope that appeared, inspiring me with

A hope appeared, so it inspired me,

And a hope appeared, inspiring me with peace

Serenity; its lights dimmed at my yearning.

But its lights soon faded with my yearning

But its lights faded before my longing

قد فقدت الأم الحنون فأنس

قد فقدت الأم الحنون فأنس

 تني مصاب الأم الرؤوم الحنون

تني مصاب الأم الرؤوم الحنون

I had lost my tender mother, and she made me forget

I've lost the loving mother, so forgetfulness has abandoned me

I have lost the tender mother, and she made me forget

The loss of that compassionate, tender mother.

My affliction at the loss of the merciful, tender mother

The calamity of the loving, tender mother

كم تحملت في حياتك سقما

كم تحملت في حياتك سقما

 ود قلبي لو أنه  يعتريني

ود قلبي لو أنه يعتريني

How much illness you endured in your life,

How much illness you endured in your life

How much sickness you endured in your life

My heart wished it would befall me instead.

My heart wishes it had stricken me instead

My heart wished it would afflict me instead

تتلوين في مهاد المنايا

تتلوين في مهاد المنايا

 و تغيبين في عذاب الأنين

و تغيبين في عذاب الأنين

You writhe in death’s bed,

Twisting in the deathbed

Writhing within the cradles of death

And sink into the torment of groaning,

Disappearing into the agony of moaning

And fading into the torment of moaning

 و تضجين بالدموع سجاما

و تضجين بالدموع سجاما

 و تطوفين في بحار السنين

و تطوفين في بحار السنين

And cry aloud with streaming tears,

And crying copious tears

You cry out with tears flowing freely

And wander through the seas of the years.

Roaming the seas of years

And wander through the seas of years

ثم آب السفين بعد طواف

ثم آب السفين بعد طواف

 خاليا عودة الكسير المهين

خاليا عودة الكسير المهين

Then the ship returned after its wandering,

Then the ship returned after wandering

Then the ship returned after its voyage

Empty, returning like one broken and abased,

Empty, the disgraced wreck

Empty, the return of the broken and humbled

تاركا في البحار عذب أغا

تاركا في البحار عذب أغا

 نيه لها بالمياه أي رنين

نيه لها بالمياه أي رنين

Leaving in the seas its sweet

Leaving its sweet songs

Leaving behind in the seas sweet songs

Songs—what an echo they have in the waters!

Drowned in the waters without an echo

That echo deeply within the waters

يا لها ليلة و قد عادت الر

يا لها ليلة و قد عادت الر

وح إلى ربها و دنيا اليقين

وح إلى ربها و دنيا اليقين

Ah, what a night, when the soul had returned

Oh what a night when the soul returned

Oh, what a night, when the soul returned

To its Lord and the world of certainty!

To its Lord and the world of certainty

To its Lord and the realm of certainty

فزعت كل مهجة لأساها وار

فزعت كل مهجة لأساها وار

تمى الفكر فوق صدر الشجون

تمى الفكر فوق صدر الشجون

Every heart trembled at her sorrow, and thought

Every affection was alarmed at her loss

Every heart was terrified by her sorrow, and

Flung itself upon the breast of sorrows.

And thought languished upon the breast of grief

Thought collapsed upon the chest of grief

و انجلى الفجر حاملا بين

و انجلى الفجر حاملا بين

 كفيه سعيرا عذابه يصليني

كفيه سعيرا عذابه يصليني

And dawn broke, bearing between

Dawn broke, carrying between its palms

And dawn broke, bearing between

Its two palms a blazing fire whose torment burns me.

A blaze whose torture burns me

Its hands a fire whose torment burns me

جاء بأخلفه نوى و بعادا

جاء بأخلفه نوى و بعادا

 لا يرجى اللقاء فيه بحنين

لا يرجى اللقاء فيه بحنين

It came with parting and estrangement in its udders,

It came afterwards, intending departure

It brought in its wake separation and distance

Where no reunion can be hoped for through longing.

With no hope to meet it with yearning

Where no meeting is hoped for with longing

رفعوا نعشها و نحن حيارى

رفعوا نعشها و نحن حيارى

 و الدموع الغزار ملء العيون

و الدموع الغزار ملء العيون

They raised her bier, and we were bewildered,

They carried her bier while we stood confused

They raised her coffin while we were bewildered

And copious tears filled our eyes.

And plentiful tears filled our eyes

And copious tears filled our eyes

أيها القبر كن عليها رحيما

أيها القبر كن عليها رحيما

 مثلما ربت اليتامى بلين

مثلما ربت اليتامى بلين

O grave, be merciful to her,

O grave, be merciful to her

O Grave, be merciful to her

Just as she raised the orphans gently.

As she nurtured the orphans with tenderness

Just as she raised orphans with gentleness

أيها القلب هل تلام شمالي

أيها القلب هل تلام شمالي

 و التي تفعل الذنوب يميني

و التي تفعل الذنوب يميني

O heart, is my left hand to be blamed,

O heart, do not blame my left side

O Heart, is my left hand to be blamed

When it is my right hand that commits the sins?

Though my right hand commits sins

When it is my right that commits the sins?

لا تلمني فلست قد علم الله

لا تلمني فلست قد علم الله

 أرد القضاء لو يأتيني

أرد القضاء لو يأتيني

Do not blame me, for I do not—God knows—

Do not blame me, for God has not taught me

Do not blame me, for God knows I cannot

Repel fate, should it come to me.

That I could wish for destiny to come to me

Repel Fate if it comes for me

ولم الموت و الزمان الذي

ولم الموت و الزمان الذي

 يسلب ما ترتجيه غير صنين

يسلب ما ترتجيه غير صنين

And blame death and time, which

And why death and time

And why blame Death and Time, which

Steals what you hope for, without stint.

That robs what you aspire beyond this protectedness

Steal what you hope for without hesitation

جدتي من أبث بعدك شكواي

جدتي من أبث بعدك شكواي

 طواني الأسى وقل معيني

طواني الأسى وقل معيني

Grandmother, to whom shall I confide my complaint after you?

Grandmother, to whom can I complain after you?

Grandmother, to whom shall I complain after you?

Grief has engulfed me, and my help has dwindled.

Sorrow has smothered me and silenced my support

Sorrow has engulfed me, and my aid is little

أنت يا من فتحت قلبك

أنت يا من فتحت قلبك

 بالأمس لحبي أوصدت قبرك دوني

بالأمس لحبي أوصدت قبرك دوني

You, O you who opened your heart

You, who opened your heart with love yesterday

You, who opened your heart

Yesterday to my love, have shut your grave against me.

And closed your grave to me today

Yesterday to my love, have closed your grave against me

فقليل عي أن أذرف الدمع

فقليل عي أن أذرف الدمع

 و يقضي علي طول أنيني

و يقضي علي طول أنيني

So it is little enough for me to shed tears,

It is little for me to shed tears

It is a small thing for me to shed tears

And for my long moaning to be the death of me.

And let the length of my moaning decide my fate

And for my endless groaning to consume me

ليتني لم أكن رأيتك من

ليتني لم أكن رأيتك من

 قبل و لم ألق منك عطف حنون

قبل و لم ألق منك عطف حنون

If only I had not seen you

I wish I had never seen you before

I wish I had never seen you from

Before, nor received tender affection from you.

And never received your tender affection

Before, and never met such tender affection from you

آه لو لم تعوديني على العطف

آه لو لم تعوديني على العطف

 و آه لو لم أكن أو تكوني

و آه لو لم أكن أو تكوني

Ah, if only you had not accustomed me to kindness,

Oh, if only you hadn't accustomed me to affection

Oh, if only you had not accustomed me to kindness

And ah, if only I had never been—or you had not.

Oh, if only I didn't exist or you didn't exist

And oh, if only I were not, or you were not