ولقد ذكرتكِ والطبيبُ بجانبي

ولقد ذكرتكِ والطبيبُ بجانبي

والحسمُ فوق فراشهِ مطروحُ

والحسمُ فوق فراشهِ مطروحُ

And indeed I remembered you, with the physician at my side,

I remembered you while the doctor was beside me

And the body lay stretched out upon its bed,

And the decision was on his bed lying

وجفونُ عينيِ بالملاقط فتّحت

وجفونُ عينيِ بالملاقط فتّحت

وبها المباضعُ تغتدي وتروحُ

وبها المباضعُ تغتدي وتروحُ

And the lids of my eye were opened wide with forceps,

And my eyelids with pincers were opened

And within them the scalpels went to and fro,

And the scalpels on them were feasting and wandering

والخيط يجذب في الجفونِ بإبرةٍ

والخيط يجذب في الجفونِ بإبرةٍ

جذباً تكاد تغِيضُ منه الروحُ

جذباً تكاد تغِيضُ منه الروحُ

And thread was pulled through the eyelids with a needle,

And the thread was pulling in my eyelids with a needle

With a tug from which the soul almost ebbed away.

A pull that almost makes the soul nauseous

فطربتُ من وخز الحديد كأنه

فطربتُ من وخز الحديد كأنه

قول برفض العذل فيك صريحُ

قول برفض العذل فيك صريحُ

So I thrilled at the iron's prick, as though it were

So I fluttered from the prick of iron as if it were

A clear declaration rejecting reproach for loving you.

A saying clearly rejecting your excuse