اللّهَO God ماتَdied الحلمُthe dream فيin البرعمthe bud
اللّهَ ماتَ الحلمُ في البرعم
وكانand it was حلمdream الليلthe night والأنجمand the stars
وكان حلم الليل والأنجم
O God, the dream died in the bud,
Oh God, the dream died in the bud
And it was the dream of the night and the stars:
It was the dream of the night and the stars
حكايةtale الوردthe rose لجاراتهto its female neighbors
حكاية الورد لجاراته
حكايةtale المغرمthe lover للمغرمto the lover
حكاية المغرم للمغرم
The rose's tale to its neighbors,
The rose's tale to its neighbors
The lover's tale to the lover.
The lover's tale to the lover
تقصّهاtell it الانسامthe breezes فيin سكرةٍintoxication
تقصّها الانسام في سكرةٍ
فيin الغابthe woods للغرّيدةto the songbirds الحوّمwheeling
في الغاب للغرّيدة الحوّم
The breezes tell it in drunken rapture,
The breezes recount it in rapture
In the woods, to the wheeling songbirds.
In the forest to the humming nightingale
فترقصso dances الضحكةthe laughter فيin مبسمa smiling mouth
فترقص الضحكة في مبسم
وتجمدand freezes الضحكةthe laughter فيin مبسمa smiling mouth
وتجمد الضحكة في مبسم
So laughter dances in a smiling mouth,
So laughter dances in a smile
And laughter freezes in a smiling mouth.
And laughter freezes in a smile
ويصبحand becomes الحلمthe dream حديثtalk الربىthe hills
ويصبح الحلم حديث الربى
فاهمةٌone who understands ترويrecounts لمستفهمto one seeking understanding
فاهمةٌ تروي لمستفهم
And the dream becomes the talk of the hills:
And the dream becomes the talk of the meadows
One who understands recounts it to one who asks.
An understanding one tells an inquirer
اللّهO God لمdid not يطلعrise عليهupon it الضحىmorning light
اللّه لم يطلع عليه الضحى
إلاexcept صريعslain النابthe fang والمنسمand the camel's hoof
إلا صريع الناب والمنسم
O God, morning light never shone upon it
The dawn did not shine upon it
Except as it lay slain by fang and camel's hoof.
Except slain, with a silent beak
ياO حلميmy dream الأشقرfair-haired ياO رفّةa flutter
يا حلمي الأشقر يا رفّة
طافتwandered بقلبthrough a heart أخرسmute معتمdark
طافت بقلب أخرس معتم
O my fair-haired dream, O flutter
Oh my blond dream, oh comfort
That wandered through a mute, dark heart,
That roamed a mute, gloomy heart
ياO ضحكةlaughter فيin خاطرmind المنحنىthe bend
يا ضحكة في خاطر المنحنى
ياO نغمةa note فيin الوترthe string الملهمinspired
يا نغمة في الوتر الملهم
O laughter in the bend's mind,
Oh chuckle in the mind of one who sways
O note in the inspired string,
Oh tune in the inspired string
لمdid not يبقremain منof عرسكyour wedding إلاexcept الرؤىthe visions
لم يبق من عرسك إلا الرؤى
مخضوبةstained بالدمعwith tears فيin مرقميmy pen
مخضوبة بالدمع في مرقمي
Nothing remains of your wedding but visions,
Nothing remains of your wedding but visions
Stained with tears in my pen.
Dyed with tears in my eyelids
تموتthey die فيin قليmy heart (likely a typo for قلبي) وفيand in مقلتيmy eye
تموت في قلي وفي مقلتي
علىamid صراخscreaming مفزعterrifying مؤلمpainful
على صراخ مفزع مؤلم
They die in my heart and in my eye,
You die in my heart and in my pupils
Amid terrifying, agonizing screams.
To a horrifying, painful scream
يضجّclamors ماضيهاtheir past علىover نعشهاtheir bier
يضجّ ماضيها على نعشها
مجرّحwounded الذكرىthe memory دميّbloody الفمthe mouth
مجرّح الذكرى دميّ الفم
Their past clamors over their bier,
Its past clamors over its bier
Wounded in memory, bloody-mouthed.
Wounded memory, my mouth bloody
ياO قلبheart ماwhat تبغيyou seek وماand what ترتجيyou hope for
يا قلب ما تبغي وما ترتجي
منfrom مأتمa funeral تمشيyou walk إلىto مأتمa funeral
من مأتم تمشي إلى مأتم
O heart, what do you seek, and what do you hope for?
Oh heart what you desire and expect
From one funeral you walk to another.
From a funeral you walk to a funeral
ياO جائعاًhungry one أطعمتهُI fed him مهجتيmy lifeblood
يا جائعاً أطعمتهُ مهجتي
ياO ظامئاthirsty one روّيتهI slaked his thirst منfrom دميmy blood
يا ظامئا روّيته من دمي
O hungry one, whom I fed my lifeblood,
Oh hungry one I fed with my suffering
O thirsty one, whose thirst I slaked with my blood,
Oh thirsty one I quenched with my blood
ياO أحمقاa fool يمشيwalks إلىtoward قبرهhis grave
يا أحمقا يمشي إلى قبره
هدّمتyou shattered أضلاعيmy ribs ولمand did not ترحمyou show mercy
هدّمت أضلاعي ولم ترحم
O fool who walks toward his grave,
Oh fool who walks to his grave
You shattered my ribs and showed no mercy.
You shattered my ribs and did not pity
اسكتbe silent أحسّI feel الموتdeath فيin مضجعيmy bed
اسكت أحسّ الموت في مضجعي
وفيand in زواياcorners المخدعthe bedchamber المظلمdark
وفي زوايا المخدع المظلم
Be silent: I feel death in my bed,
Be quiet, I feel death in my bed
And in the corners of the dark bedchamber.
And in the corners of the dark room
أحسّI feel فيin صدريmy chest دبيبcreeping الردىdeath
أحسّ في صدري دبيب الردى
ينسلّslips فيinto جنبيmy side كالأرقمlike a speckled serpent
ينسلّ في جنبي كالأرقم
I feel death creeping in my chest,
I feel in my chest the creeping of ruin
It slips into my side like a speckled serpent.
Crawling in my side like a snake
ليتكif only you لمhad not تخفقyou beat علىupon ساعدan arm
ليتك لم تخفق على ساعد
ليتكif only you لمhad not ترقدyou sleep علىupon معصمa wrist
ليتك لم ترقد على معصم
If only you had never beaten upon an arm,
If only you did not flutter on my arm
If only you had never slept upon a wrist.
If only you did not lie on my wrist
ياO كافراan unbeliever ضيّعsquandered أحلامهhis dreams
يا كافرا ضيّع أحلامه
ليتكif only you لمhad not تعشقyou love passionately ولمand had not تحلمyou dream
ليتك لم تعشق ولم تحلم
O unbeliever who squandered his dreams,
Oh infidel who lost his dreams
If only you had never loved and never dreamed.
If only you did not love or dream
ياO قلبheart ماتdied الحلمthe dream فيin موسمa season
يا قلب مات الحلم في موسم
فاغنمهso seize it ياO قلبيmy heart فيin موسمa season
فاغنمه يا قلبي في موسم
O heart, the dream died in a season;
Oh heart, the dream died in season
So seize it, O my heart, in a season.
So seize it, my heart, in season
Sol 6.1