أكلما عشت يوماً

أكلما عشت يوماً

أحسست أني متّه

أحسست أني متّه

Is it that whenever I live a day,

The more days I live

I feel that I have died through it?

The more lost I feel

وكلما خلت أني

وكلما خلت أني

وجدت خلصاً فقدته

وجدت خلصاً فقدته

And whenever I think that I

And whenever I'm alone

have found a true friend, I lose him.

I find the peace I've lost

لا أعرف الأمن عمري

لا أعرف الأمن عمري

كأنني قد رزئته

كأنني قد رزئته

I know no peace in all my life,

I've never known security in life

as though I had been bereft of it.

It's like I was meant to be miserable

ما تأخذ العين إلا

ما تأخذ العين إلا

ما ملني ومللته

ما ملني ومللته

The eye takes in nothing but

My eyes see only

what has wearied of me, and I of it.

What bores and tires me

كأن عيني مدلو

كأن عيني مدلو

لةٌ على ما كرهته

لةٌ على ما كرهته

As though my eye were directed

It's as if my eyes are focused

toward what I have hated.

On what I hate

تضيئني الشمس لكن

تضيئني الشمس لكن

لاجتلى ما أجمته

لاجتلى ما أجمته

The sun lights me, but only

The sun shines on me but

so that I may behold what I have grown sick of.

Doesn't illuminate what's unclear

ثوب الحياة بغيضٌ

ثوب الحياة بغيضٌ

يا ليتني ما لبسته

يا ليتني ما لبسته

Life's garment is hateful;

The cloth of life is hateful

oh, if only I had never worn it!

I wish I hadn't worn it