شكـّلـَناshaped us الحبlove قصائدَهُits poems
شكـّلـَنا الحب قصائدَهُ
روضٌa garden يختالsways proudly بهin it الوردُthe roses
روضٌ يختال به الوردُ
Love shaped us into its poems,
Love composed its verses for us
A garden where the roses sway proudly,
A garden adorned with roses
وand نجومُstars مساءevening ٍساهرةwakeful
و نجومُ مساء ٍساهرة
كمhow long ليلُthe night of العاشقthe lover ممتدُstretching on
كم ليلُ العاشق ممتدُ
And sleepless stars of evening.
And stars in a sleepless night
How long the lover’s night stretches!
How endless is the lover's night
يسقيناgives us to drink خمرwine صبابتهits yearning
يسقينا خمر صبابته
يثملناintoxicates us حيناfor a while ً وand يصدُturns away
يثملنا حينا ً و يصدُ
It gives us the wine of its yearning to drink,
It intoxicates us with its youthfulness
It intoxicates us awhile and turns away.
Inebriating us at times and sobering us at others
نبقىwe remain وand الحلمthe dream يهدهدناlulls us
نبقى و الحلم يهدهدنا
فيتيهso it strays الشوقlonging وand يرتدُturns back
فيتيه الشوق و يرتدُ
We remain, and the dream lulls us,
We remain as the dream lulls us
So longing loses its way and turns back.
Longing wanders and returns
لاnot نعرفwe know كيفhow نخبئناwe hide ourselves
لا نعرف كيف نخبئنا
وand عيونthe eyes of الفجرdawn لناto us ضدُan adversary
و عيون الفجر لنا ضدُ
We do not know how to hide ourselves,
We know not how to hide
And the eyes of dawn are against us.
The eyes of dawn oppose us
فكأنso, as though النورthe light يهـددناthreatens us
فكأن النور يهـددنا
برجيمwith the accursed الوقتtime وand يحتدُgrows fierce
برجيم الوقت و يحتدُ
So the light seems to threaten us
As if the light threatens us
With accursed time, and grows fierce.
With the bells of time and grows intense
إذsince أنthat الليلthe night بناwith us شغِـفenamored
إذ أن الليل بنا شغِـف
وand كليناboth of us يشعــلهsets it ablaze الوجدُpassion
و كلينا يشعــله الوجدُ
For the night is enamored of us,
For the night is enamored with us
And passion sets us both ablaze.
And passion ignites it entirely
ياO قمرٌmoon ماwhat بالكyour condition ساهdistracted ٍ
يا قمرٌ ما بالك ساه ٍ
تتركناyou leave us حيناfor a while وand تـــردُyou return
تتركنا حينا و تـــردُ
O moon, why are you distracted?
O wandering moon, what is with you
You leave us awhile and return.
That you leave us for a while and return
نتساقطwe tumble down فيinto كفthe palm of الدنياthe world
نتساقط في كف الدنيا
ولهاin lovesick rapture ً وand العشقlove بناthrough us يشدوsings
ولها ً و العشق بنا يشدو
We tumble into the palm of the world,
We fall into the palm of the world
In lovesick rapture, while love sings through us.
As passion sings to us
" ياO ليلُnight of الصبthe lovesick lover متىwhen غدهits morrow "
" يا ليلُ الصب متى غده "
هلis there بالإصباحof daybreak لناfor us وعدُa promise ؟
هل بالإصباح لنا وعدُ ؟
“O night of the lovesick lover, when will its morrow come?”
"O night of wakefulness, when is morning?"
Is there a promise of daybreak for us?
Did it promise us the dawn?
يسهرناkeeps us awake الحبlove ينادمناdrinks with us
يسهرنا الحب ينادمنا
كمhow long ليلthe night of العاشقthe lover ممتدstretching on !
كم ليل العاشق ممتد !
Love keeps us awake and drinks with us.
Love keeps us awake and entertains us
How long the lover’s night stretches!
How endless is the lover's night!
Sol 6.1