كسّرتها قارورة الأوجاع

كسّرتها قارورة الأوجاع

أهرقت منها السمّ ملء القاعِ

أهرقت منها السمّ ملء القاعِ

I shattered it—the bottle of sorrows—

I shattered it—the vial of anguish.

and poured from it poison enough to fill the depths.

I poured the poison from it, filling the bottom.

أيقظت قلبي من سبات سرابه

أيقظت قلبي من سبات سرابه

فغدا سريّاً فاضَ لي بشعاعِ

فغدا سريّاً فاضَ لي بشعاعِ

I awakened my heart from the slumber of its mirage;

I awakened my heart from the slumber of its mirage.

then it grew noble, overflowing for me with a ray of light.

So it became a stream, overflowing for me with a ray of light.

ومشاعري أحييتها بمشاعري

ومشاعري أحييتها بمشاعري

صدّاحة تختالُ في أضلاعي

صدّاحة تختالُ في أضلاعي

My feelings—I revived them through my own sensibility:

And my feelings—I revived them with my feelings,

a songstress strutting proudly within my ribs.

Full-throated in song, strutting among my ribs.

ونفضتُ عنها طيشها وعثارها

ونفضتُ عنها طيشها وعثارها

طهّرتها من وسم قهر ( خداعِ )

طهّرتها من وسم قهر ( خداعِ )

I shook off her recklessness and her stumbles,

And I shook from them their recklessness and their missteps.

and cleansed her of subjugation’s brand—my own self-deceit;

I cleansed them of the brand of oppression (deceit).

وسقيتها طُهري ونبل سرائري

وسقيتها طُهري ونبل سرائري

شعشاعة بخمائلي وطباعي

شعشاعة بخمائلي وطباعي

I gave her my purity to drink, and the nobility of my inmost thoughts—

And I watered them with my purity and the nobility of my innermost thoughts,

radiant amid my leafy bowers and throughout my nature.

Radiant amid my groves and in my nature.