حَبيبيmy beloved عَلىupon هذِهِthis الرابِيَهthe hill
حَبيبي عَلى هذِهِ الرابِيَه
أُحِسُّI feel خَيالَكَyour image يَرقىrises بيهwith me
أُحِسُّ خَيالَكَ يَرقى بيه
My beloved, upon this hill,
My beloved, on this high place,
I feel your image lifting me.
I feel your phantom lift me.
فَأُغلِقُso I close إِلاexcept عَلىto ماwhat تُحِبُّloves
فَأُغلِقُ إِلا عَلى ما تُحِبُّ
روحُكyour spirit قَلبيmy heart وَأَهدابِيَهand my lashes
روحُك قَلبي وَأَهدابِيَه
So I close—to all but what is loved by
So I close to all but what you love -
Your spirit—my heart and my lashes.
Your soul is my heart and my eyelids.
أَتيتُI have come أُحِبُّكَI love you فيin ماwhat تُحِبُّyou love
أَتيتُ أُحِبُّكَ في ما تُحِبُّ
وَيُضفيand bestows عَلىupon وَحيكَyour inspiration العافِيَهwell-being
وَيُضفي عَلى وَحيكَ العافِيَه
I have come to love you in what you love
I came to love you in what you love
And what lends vigor to your inspiration.
And add to your inspiration wellness.
فَماfor what دَفَّقmade flow الشِعرَpoetry مِنfrom أَصغريكyour heart and tongue
فَما دَفَّق الشِعرَ مِن أَصغريك
تجمَّعhas gathered فيin هذِهِthis الناحِيَهplace
تجمَّع في هذِهِ الناحِيَه
For what made poetry flow from your heart and tongue
So poetry never flowed from you, small,
Has gathered in this place.
Gathered in this spot,
أَراهُI see it عَلىupon المُنحَنىthe bend وَالخَليجand the bay
أَراهُ عَلى المُنحَنى وَالخَليج
وَفيand in هذِهِthis الغابَةthe forest الجارِيَهflowing
وَفي هذِهِ الغابَة الجارِيَه
I see it upon the bend and the bay,
I see it on the curve and the gulf
And in this flowing forest,
And in this running forest,
وَفيand in ماwhat يَقوتnourishes عُروقَthe roots الدَواليthe vines
وَفي ما يَقوت عُروقَ الدَوالي
وَماand what يُضمِرُholds in store الكرمُthe vineyard لِلخابيَهfor the earthenware jar
وَما يُضمِرُ الكرمُ لِلخابيَه
And in what nourishes the vines' roots,
And in what feeds the roots of the creeping plants
And what the vineyard holds for the earthenware jar.
And what the vine conceals for the lurker,
أَراهُI see it عَلىupon أَملِthe hope الزارِعينthe farmers
أَراهُ عَلى أَملِ الزارِعين
فيin مَوسِمِthe season الحَقلِthe field وَالماشِيَهand the livestock
في مَوسِمِ الحَقلِ وَالماشِيَه
I see it upon the farmers' hope,
I see it in the farmers' hope
In the season of field and herd,
In the season of the field and the livestock,
وَفيand in كِبَرِgreat size الدَلبِthe plane trees وَالسنديانِand the oaks
وَفي كِبَرِ الدَلبِ وَالسنديانِ
يَحنوbends tenderly عَلىover دعةِthe repose الساقِيَهthe irrigation channel
يَحنو عَلى دعةِ الساقِيَه
And in the grandeur of plane trees and oaks,
And in the largeness of the date palm and lote tree
Leaning tenderly over the watercourse's repose.
It yearns after the calm of the irrigator.
أَتيتُI have come أُحبكَI love you فيin ماwhat تُحِبُّyou love
أَتيتُ أُحبكَ في ما تُحِبُّ
وَأَوصِدُand I bolt دونagainst الوَرىhumankind بابِيَهmy door
وَأَوصِدُ دون الوَرى بابِيَه
I have come to love you in what you love
I came to love you in what you love
And bolt my door against humankind.
And bar my door to people.
فَماfor ... not عالَميmy world غيرُother than مَعنىthe meaning الجَمالِbeauty
فَما عالَمي غيرُ مَعنى الجَمالِ
أَهواكَI love you فيهِin it َتَهوانيهyou love me
أَهواكَ فيهِ َتَهوانيه
For my world is nothing but the meaning of beauty:
So my world is nothing but the meaning of beauty -
I love you in it; you love me.
I loved you in it, infatuated.
بِروحكَwith your spirit مَغمورَةٌimmersed يَقظتيmy wakefulness
بِروحكَ مَغمورَةٌ يَقظتي
وَنَشوىand intoxicated بِسحرِكby your enchantment أَحلامِيَهmy dreams
وَنَشوى بِسحرِك أَحلامِيَه
My wakefulness is steeped in your spirit,
With your soul overwhelmed is my vigilance,
And my dreams are intoxicated by your enchantment.
And my dreams are warmed by your magic.
وَحِلميand my dream بِحُبِّكَof your love لاnot يَنتَهيends
وَحِلمي بِحُبِّكَ لا يَنتَهي
وَهلand does تَنتَهيend الغَفلَةُthe unawareness الواعِيَهconscious
وَهل تَنتَهي الغَفلَةُ الواعِيَه
And my dream of your love never ends—
And my dream of loving you does not end,
And can conscious oblivion ever end?
And does awareness ever end?
مَصادِرُthe sources وَحيكَyour inspiration مَعقودَةٌbound
مَصادِرُ وَحيكَ مَعقودَةٌ
بِقَلبيto my heart رُؤاهاtheir visions وَأَجفانيَهand my eyelids
بِقَلبي رُؤاها وَأَجفانيَه
The sources of your inspiration: bound
The sources of your inspiration are strung
To my heart and my eyelids are their visions.
On my heart - its visions and my eyelids.
فَفيfor in كلّevery مَطوىnook مِنamong الطَيرthe birds راوٍa storyteller
فَفي كلّ مَطوى مِن الطَير راوٍ
وَفيand in كلّevery مُنعَطفٍbend راوِيَهa storyteller
وَفي كلّ مُنعَطفٍ راوِيَه
For in every nook there is a storyteller among the birds,
So in every bend of the birds' flight a narrator,
And at every bend, a teller of tales.
And in every turn a storyteller.
مِنَfrom الأَرضِthe earth أَنشقُI inhale أَعرافَthe fragrances شِعرِكyour poetry
مِنَ الأَرضِ أَنشقُ أَعرافَ شِعرِك
رَيّانَةًmoist كَالنَدىlike dew صافِيَهpure
رَيّانَةً كَالنَدى صافِيَه
From the earth I inhale the fragrances of your poetry,
From the ground I split lips of your poetry
Moist as dew, and pure.
Limpid as dew, pure.
أُحسُّI feel لَهاfor them فيin صَميميmy innermost self غَليلاًa burning thirst
أُحسُّ لَها في صَميمي غَليلاً
يخبُّtrots عَلىalong وَهجِthe glow أَعراقِيَهmy veins
يخبُّ عَلى وَهجِ أَعراقِيَه
I feel a burning thirst for them deep within me,
I feel for it in my core a ferment
Trotting along the glow of my veins.
That wells on the heat of my veins.
وَأَسمَعُand I hear صَوتاًa sound كَهَمسٍlike a whisper عَميقdeep
وَأَسمَعُ صَوتاً كَهَمسٍ عَميق
فَأَصغيso I listen attentively لِتَسمعَso that they may hear أَعماقيهmy depths
فَأَصغي لِتَسمعَ أَعماقيه
And I hear a sound like a deep whisper,
And I hear a voice like a deep whisper,
So I listen, that my depths may hear.
So I listen that you may hear my depths.
وَأُبصِرُand I see ماwhat لاnot تَراهُsee it العيونُthe eyes
وَأُبصِرُ ما لا تَراهُ العيونُ
فَأَطويهِso I enfold it كَاللَهِlike God فيwithin ذاتِيَهmy being
فَأَطويهِ كَاللَهِ في ذاتِيَه
And I see what eyes do not see,
And I see what eyes do not see,
So I enfold it, like God, within my being.
So I fold it like awe in my essence.
حَبيبيmy beloved عَلىupon هذِهِthis الرابِيَهthe hill
حَبيبي عَلى هذِهِ الرابِيَه
أُقَرّبُI offer لِلحُبِّto love إيمانيَهmy faith
أُقَرّبُ لِلحُبِّ إيمانيَه
My beloved, upon this hill,
My beloved, on this high place,
I offer my faith to love.
I bring my faith nearer to love.
إِذاif هَجَرforsakes الحُبُّlove دُنياthe world القُلوبthe hearts
إِذا هَجَر الحُبُّ دُنيا القُلوب
فَماthen what تَنفَعُis of use الحِطَمُthe wreckage الباقِيَهremaining
فَما تَنفَعُ الحِطَمُ الباقِيَه
If love forsakes the world of hearts,
If love departs the hearts of people,
Then what good is the wreckage that remains?
Of no use are the remaining shards.
Sol 6.1