أفسرI interpret بالرملthrough the sand الذيthat لايفسرُcannot be interpreted
أفسر بالرمل الذي لايفسرُ
وأبدأand I begin كشفunveiling الشعرpoetry صمتاin silence فابصرُand so I see
وأبدأ كشف الشعر صمتا فابصرُ
I interpret through sand that cannot be interpreted.
I explain with sand that cannot be explained
And I begin unveiling poetry in silence, and so I see.
And I begin revealing poetry in silence, so observe
كأنas though احتكاكfriction الروحthe soul بالصمتwith silence ردهاreturned it
كأن احتكاك الروح بالصمت ردها
إلىto دهشةwonder فيin خاطرa mind لاnot تخطرُoccurs
إلى دهشة في خاطر لا تخطرُ
As though the soul's friction with silence had returned it
As if the soul's friction with silence returned it
To a wonder that never crosses the mind.
To an astonishment in a heart that does not occur
تسللتI slipped فيinto المرآةthe mirror كالصوتlike sound فيin الصدىthe echo
تسللت في المرآة كالصوت في الصدى
وظليand my shadow علىon المرآةthe mirror بالحلمwith the dream يقطرُdrips
وظلي على المرآة بالحلم يقطرُ
I slipped into the mirror like sound within an echo,
I slipped into the mirror like a sound in an echo
And my shadow on the mirror drips with the dream.
And my shadow on the mirror with dreams drips
فأولتso I interpreted منfrom ظليmy shadow حروفاletters تشكلتtook shape
فأولت من ظلي حروفا تشكلت
كأنيas though I لظليfor my shadow فيin التواشيحthe lyrical chants أسطرُI write
كأني لظلي في التواشيح أسطرُ
So I interpreted letters that took shape from my shadow,
So I derived from my shadow letters that formed
As though I were writing for my shadow in the lyrical chants.
As if for my shadow in prayers I compose
Sol 6.1