حوّليturn فجركyour dawn عنّيaway from me ياO هواياmy love
حوّلي فجرك عنّي يا هوايا
أناI ليلٌa night غرغرتgurgled فيهin it الخطاياthe sins
أنا ليلٌ غرغرت فيه الخطايا
Turn your dawn away from me, O my love.
Turn your dawn away from me, O my passion
I am a night in which sins have gurgled.
I am a night in which sins have growled
ياO منايmy hope البكرvirgin لمnot يبقremain لناfor us
يا مناي البكر لم يبق لنا
منof لياليnights العيدthe festival شيءٌanything ياO مناياmy hope
من ليالي العيد شيءٌ يا منايا
O my virgin hope, nothing remains for us
O my youthful vigor, nothing remains for us
Of the festive nights, O my hope.
Of the festive nights, O my vigor
غامgrew dim لونthe color الزهوpride فيin شعريmy poetry فماso not
غام لون الزهو في شعري فما
تسمعينyou hear الشعرpoetry زهواًproudly فيin غناياmy song
تسمعين الشعر زهواً في غنايا
The color of pride has dimmed in my poetry; no longer
The color of vitality has become clouded in my hair, so
Do you hear poetry sounding proud in my song.
You do not hear poetry as vitality in my singing
ضربstruck الموتDeath علىupon أجنحتيmy wings
ضرب الموت على أجنحتي
كفّهُhis palm السوداءblack فانهدّتso they shattered شظاياsplinters
كفّهُ السوداء فانهدّت شظايا
Death struck upon my wings
Death has struck my wings
With his black palm, and they shattered into splinters.
With its black palm, so fragments collapsed
أناI لوif تدرينyou knew جرحٌa wound ميّتٌdead
أنا لو تدرين جرحٌ ميّتٌ
نُتَفٌshreds منهاof them علىupon الأمسyesterday بقاياremnants
نُتَفٌ منها على الأمس بقايا
I am, if you knew, a dead wound.
If only you know, I am a dead wound
Shreds of them, remnants upon yesterday.
Bits of which were plucked yesterday
نتفٌshreds لقّفتهاI fed them to الموتDeath ففيand in
نتفٌ لقّفتها الموت ففي
شدقهhis maw الداميbleeding رشاشٌa spray منof دماياmy blood
شدقه الدامي رشاشٌ من دمايا
Shreds I fed to Death; and in
Death plucked bits
His bleeding maw is a spray of my blood.
So in its bloody cheek is a spray of my blood
أناI وجهthe face القبرthe grave تلقينyou find علىupon
أنا وجه القبر تلقين على
جبهتيmy brow الصفراءyellow أشباحspecters المناياdeaths
جبهتي الصفراء أشباح المنايا
I am the grave's face; you find upon
I am the face of the grave, so
My yellow brow the specters of death.
On my sallow forehead are ghosts of demise
غلغلتburrowed deep فيinto كلevery ضلعrib غصةٌa choking grief
غلغلت في كل ضلع غصةٌ
وجنازاتand funeral processions تهادتswayed gently فيwithin الحناياthe breast's recesses
وجنازات تهادت في الحنايا
A choking grief burrowed into every rib,
In every rib a choking anguish lodged
And funeral processions swayed within my breast's recesses.
And processions collapsed in sorrow
ياO هوايmy love الحلوsweet فيin روحيmy soul صدىan echo
يا هواي الحلو في روحي صدى
منof لياليnights غضّةfresh النعمىbliss صباياmy youth
من ليالي غضّة النعمى صبايا
O my sweet love, in my soul is an echo
O my sweet passion in my soul an echo
Of my youth's nights, fresh with bliss.
Of the tender prime nights of bliss, my youth
كلماwhenever أجهشُI burst into sobs فيin تحنانهits tender yearning
كلما أجهشُ في تحنانه
تخنقstifle الجهشةَthe sob فيهwithin it شفتاياmy two lips
تخنق الجهشةَ فيه شفتايا
Whenever I burst into sobs in its tender yearning,
Whenever I sob in its affection
My lips stifle the sob within it,
My sob chokes in it between my lips
وتشدّand restrain الآهthe sigh إنif همّتintended بهاit
وتشدّ الآه إن همّت بها
لفتةُa stirring الذكرىof memory وتغضيand look down مقلتاياmy two eyes
لفتةُ الذكرى وتغضي مقلتايا
And hold back the sigh, should it be prompted by
And the sigh holds back if it dares
A stirring of memory; and my eyes lower.
By the gesture of recollection, and my eyelid casts down
أيّwhat حلمdream لمnot يلوّنهcolored it سناياmy radiance
أيّ حلم لم يلوّنه سنايا
أيّwhat أفقhorizon لمnot يعطّرهperfumed it شذاياmy fragrance
أيّ أفق لم يعطّره شذايا
What dream has my radiance not colored?
What dream has my prime not colored?
What horizon has my fragrance not perfumed?
What horizon has my vigor not scented?
أيّwhat قلبheart غصّchoked فيamid أحلامهits dreams
أيّ قلب غصّ في أحلامه
أناI لمnot اسكبpour out لهfor it روحيmy soul ناياas a flute
أنا لم اسكب له روحي نايا
What heart has choked amid its dreams
What heart has choked in its dreams
For which I have not poured out my soul as a flute?
Have I not poured out to it my soul as a flute?
منfrom غناءاتيmy songs بقيّاتremnants صدىan echo
من غناءاتي بقيّات صدى
عبقريّextraordinary الشجوsorrow ضحّاكever-laughing الثناياfront teeth
عبقريّ الشجو ضحّاك الثنايا
From my songs remain fragments of an echo,
Of my singing remains an echo
Sublime in sorrow, its teeth bared in laughter.
The genius of passion, the master of melody
كنتI was كالأرزةlike the cedar فيin عزّتهاits majesty
كنت كالأرزة في عزّتها
أحملI bear الشمسthe sun عقالاas a headband فيupon ذراياmy heights
أحمل الشمس عقالا في ذرايا
I was like the cedar in its majesty,
I was like the cedar in its glory
Bearing the sun as a headband upon my heights.
Bearing the sun as a wreath in its boughs
فإذاthen behold الشمسthe sun عصابٌa headband أسودٌblack
فإذا الشمس عصابٌ أسودٌ
مرّغتsullied ألوانهُits colors السودblack رؤاياmy visions
مرّغت ألوانهُ السود رؤايا
Then behold, the sun was a black headband;
But lo the sun is a black bandage
Its black colors sullied my visions.
Its colors dyed black by my visions
وإذاand behold نفسيmy soul علىamid غصّاتهاits choking griefs
وإذا نفسي على غصّاتها
مأتمٌa funeral gathering حثّhastened إلىtoward القبرthe grave خطاياmy steps
مأتمٌ حثّ إلى القبر خطايا
And behold, my soul, amid its choking griefs,
And lo my soul upon its anguishes
Was a funeral gathering that hastened my steps toward the grave.
A bereavement urging sins to the grave
Sol 6.1