ولاحتand appeared عيونكyour eyes ضوءاa light حزيناsorrowful
ولاحت عيونك ضوءا حزينا
تهادىdrifted gently معwith الليلthe night خلفbeyond الفضاءthe open sky
تهادى مع الليل خلف الفضاء
And your eyes came into view as a sorrowful light
And your eyes appeared as a sorrowful light,
drifting softly with the night beyond the sky.
Drifting gently with the night beyond the open sky.
وجئتand I came إليكto you كغصنlike a branch عجوزaged
وجئت إليك كغصن عجوز
تئنmoans علىupon وجنتيهits two cheeks الدماءblood
تئن على وجنتيه الدماء
And I came to you like an aged branch,
And I came to you like an aged branch,
with blood moaning upon its cheeks.
On whose cheeks the blood moans.
عشقتكI loved you صبحاa morning ندىdew الرحيقnectar
عشقتك صبحا ندى الرحيق
رعيتكI nurtured you فجراa dawn تقيpious الضياءradiance
رعيتك فجرا تقي الضياء
I loved you as morning—the nectar’s dew;
I loved you as a morning dewy with nectar;
I watched over you as dawn, its radiance pure.
I nurtured you as a dawn of pious radiance.
ويوماand one day صحوتI awoke منfrom الحلمthe dream طفلاa child
ويوما صحوت من الحلم طفلا
رأيتكI saw you مثلlike جميعall النساءwomen
رأيتك مثل جميع النساء
Then one day I awoke from the dream, a child,
And one day I awoke from the dream a child;
and saw you just like every woman,
I saw you were like all other women.
تريدينyou want سجناa prison وقيداand a chain ثقيلاheavy
تريدين سجنا وقيدا ثقيلا
وقدand indeed عشتI lived عمريmy life سجينa prisoner الشقاءmisery!
وقد عشت عمري سجين الشقاء!
wanting a prison and a heavy shackle.
You want a prison and a heavy chain,
Yet I have lived my whole life a prisoner of misery!
And I have lived my life a prisoner of misery!
أخافI fear القيودchains وليلand the night السجونprisons
أخاف القيود وليل السجون
وهلand can...? بالقيودin chains يكونbe العطاءgiving..؟!
وهل بالقيود يكون العطاء..؟!
I fear chains and the night of prisons.
I fear chains and the night of prisons;
Can giving ever exist in chains...?!
And can there be giving in chains?!
أريدI want الحياةlife ربيعاspring وفجراand dawn
أريد الحياة ربيعا وفجرا
وحلماand a dream أعانقI embrace فيهin it السماءthe sky
وحلما أعانق فيه السماء
I want life as springtime and dawn,
I want life to be spring and dawn,
and as a dream in which I embrace the sky.
And a dream in which I embrace the sky.
فماذاso what تفيدbenefit قيودchains السنينthe years
فماذا تفيد قيود السنين
نكبلwe shackle فيهاin them المنىwishes والرجاءand hope؟!
نكبل فيها المنى والرجاء؟!
What use, then, are the shackles of the years,
So what use are the chains of years,
in which we bind our wishes and our hope?!
In which we shackle wishes and hope?!
ترىI wonder هلdo...? تريدينyou want سجناa prison كبيراlarge
ترى هل تريدين سجنا كبيرا
وفيand in راحتيهits two palms يموتdies الوفاءfaithfulness؟
وفي راحتيه يموت الوفاء؟
I wonder: do you want a vast prison
I wonder, do you want a vast prison,
within whose two palms fidelity dies?
While faithfulness dies in its palms?
أريدI want الحياةlife كطيرlike a bird طليقfree
أريد الحياة كطير طليق
يرىsees الشمسthe sun بيتاa home يرىsees العمرlife.. ماءwater
يرى الشمس بيتا يرى العمر.. ماء
I want life like a bird set free,
I want life like a free bird,
seeing the sun as home, seeing life as... water.
That sees the sun as a home, sees life... as water.
أريدكI want you صبحاa morning علىover كلevery شيءthing
أريدك صبحا على كل شيء
كفاناenough for us معwith الخوفfear ليلthe night الشقاءmisery!!
كفانا مع الخوف ليل الشقاء!!
I want you as morning over everything.
I want you as morning over everything.
We have had enough of fear and the night of misery!!!
We have had enough of misery's night and fear!
Sol 6.1