قل لها .. إنه تأمَّل في دنياه

قل لها .. إنه تأمَّل في دنياه

حيناً فعاد يحضنُ دمعه

حيناً فعاد يحضنُ دمعه

Tell her... that he reflected on his world

Tell her.. That he contemplated his life

for a while, then returned to cradling his tears.

For a while, then went back to embracing his tears

راعه أنَّ عمره يتلاشى

راعه أنَّ عمره يتلاشى

مثل ما تُخمد الأعاصير شمعةْ

مثل ما تُخمد الأعاصير شمعةْ

It alarmed him that his life was fading,

He was wary that his life is fading away

as hurricanes extinguish a candle,

Like storms extinguishing a candle

وصباه يضيع منه .. كما ضاع

وصباه يضيع منه .. كما ضاع

نداء.. تطوي المتاهات رجعه

نداء.. تطوي المتاهات رجعه

and his youth was slipping away from him, like a lost

And his youth is lost from him.. Like a call

call whose echo the labyrinths enfold.

That the labyrinths fold away its return

قل لها .. إنّه يفيق على جرح

قل لها .. إنّه يفيق على جرح

وتغفو سنينه فوق لوعهْ

وتغفو سنينه فوق لوعهْ

Tell her... that he awakens to a wound,

Tell her.. That he wakes up to a wound

and his years slumber upon anguish.

And his years sleep on top of his agony

سكب الدهر من أساه رحيقا

سكب الدهر من أساه رحيقا

فتحساه جُرعة إِثْر جُرعهْ

فتحساه جُرعة إِثْر جُرعهْ

Time poured nectar from his sorrow,

Life poured from his misfortune a draught

so he sipped it, draught after draught.

So he gulps it down one drink after another

قل لها .. إنه يهيم .. وأخشى

قل لها .. إنه يهيم .. وأخشى

أن تواريه رحلة دون رجعهْ

أن تواريه رحلة دون رجعهْ

Tell her... that he wanders... and I fear

Tell her.. That he wanders.. And I fear

that a journey may conceal him, with no return.

That a journey without return will conceal him