كمhow much تجرّعناwe swallowed هواناhumiliation
كم تجرّعنا هوانا
ولقيناand we encountered فيin هواناour love
ولقينا في هوانا
How much humiliation we have swallowed
How much humiliation we have tasted,
And suffered in our love!
And found in our humiliation,
وبلوناand we experienced نارfire حبlove
وبلونا نار حب
لمdid not نذقwe taste فيهاin it أماناsafety
لم نذق فيها أمانا
And endured a fire of love
The fire of ardent love,
In which we tasted no safety.
In which we knew no peace.
وإذاand when حلّtook hold الهوىlove هيpart of 'far from possible!'
وإذا حلّ الهوى هي
هاتcompletes 'far from possible!' تدريyou know كيفhow كاناit came to be
هات تدري كيف كانا
And when love takes hold—how could
When passion took hold of us,
You ever know how it came to be?
Could you know how we were?
فإذاthen when ماemphatic particle ملكtook possession of الأنthe souls (first part)
فإذا ما ملك الأن
فسcompletes 'the souls' أصلاهاit scorched them عواناfierce, renewed warfare
فس أصلاها عوانا
Then, when it takes possession of souls,
For when the soul rules,
It scorches them in fierce, renewed warfare.
It is a steady flame, beyond compare.
فهوfor it is نصلa blade مستقرembedded
فهو نصل مستقر
ولهيبand a blaze لاnot يدانىto be approached
ولهيب لا يدانى
For it is an embedded blade,
My beloved, the night has stilled
And a blaze that none can approach.
The only wakeful thing between us.
ياO حبيبيmy beloved هدأgrew still الليthe night (first part)
يا حبيبي هدأ اللي
لcompletes 'the night' ولمand did not يسهرstay awake سواناanyone but us
ل ولم يسهر سوانا
O my beloved, the night has grown still,
Neither has the darkness healed my wound,
And none but us has stayed awake.
Nor the dawn brought remedy.
لاneither الدجىnight's darkness ضمَّدbandaged جرحيtwo wounds (word fragment)
لا الدجى ضمَّد جرحي
ناour (word completion) ولاnor الصّبحdawn شفاناhealed us
نا ولا الصّبح شفانا
Neither did darkness dress our two wounds,
Passion was not gentle with me,
Nor did dawn heal us.
Nor cruel with you.
لاnot الهوىlove رقّtook pity علىon الشthe (start of 'the sufferer')
لا الهوى رقّ على الش
شاكيsufferer ولاnor قاسيهthe one cruel to him لاناsoftened
شاكي ولا قاسيه لانا
Love took no pity on the
We have become targets for archers,
Sufferer, nor did the one cruel to him soften.
However they wished to aim at us.
قدindeed غدوناwe have become غرضtarget الرthe (start of 'the archer')
قد غدونا غرض الر
راميarcher كماas شاءhe wished رماناhe shot us
رامي كما شاء رمانا
Indeed, we have become the target of the
So I swear by God, we knock
Archer, who shot us as he pleased.
On the temple of love, both of us.
وافنيcome meet me باللهfor God's sake نَطرقlet us knock at
وافني بالله نَطرق
هيكلtemple الحبlove كلاناboth of us
هيكل الحب كلانا
Meet me, for God's sake; let us knock at
One hour we weep over the cup,
Love's temple, both of us.
And complain of him who pours for us.
ساعةfor an hour نبكيwe weep علىover الكأسthe cup
ساعة نبكي على الكأس
ونشكوand we complain of منthe one who سقاناgave us drink
ونشكو من سقانا
For an hour we shall weep over the cup
And complain of the one who gave us drink.
Partial English translation: 20 of 22 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1