كمhow many مرَّةtime ياO حبيبيmy beloved
كم مرَّة يا حبيبي
والليلand the night يغشىshrouds البراياthe creatures
والليل يغشى البرايا
How often, O my beloved,
How often, my love
while night shrouds all creatures,
As night envelops the prairies
أهيمI wander وحديby myself وماand there is no فيin الظthe dark- (fragment)
أهيم وحدي وما في الظ
ظلامdarkness شاكٍone who laments سواياother than me
ظلام شاكٍ سوايا
I wander alone, and in the
I wander alone, and in the dark
darkness none laments but me.
There is no companion but my shadow
أصيّرI turn الدمعthe tears لحناًinto a melody
أصيّر الدمع لحناً
وأجعلand I make الشعرthe poetry ناياa reed flute
وأجعل الشعر نايا
I turn tears into a melody
I turn my tears into a melody
and make poetry a reed flute.
And make my poetry a flute
وهلand can...? يلبّيanswer حطامwreckage
وهل يلبّي حطام
أشعلتهI set it ablaze بجواياwith my burning anguish
أشعلته بجوايا
And can wreckage answer
Can the rubble I set ablaze
that I set ablaze with my burning anguish?
With my insides respond?
النارthe fire توغلpenetrates deeply فيهinto it
النار توغل فيه
والريحand the wind تذروscatters البقاياthe remnants
والريح تذرو البقايا
The fire penetrates deep into it,
The fire eats away at it
and the wind scatters the remnants.
And the wind scatters the remnants
ماhow أتعسwretched النايthe reed flute بينbetween الthe (article fragment)
ما أتعس الناي بين ال
منىhopes وبينand between المناياdeaths
منى وبين المنايا
How wretched the reed flute is, between
How miserable the flute between
hopes and deaths!
Yearning and demise
يشدوit sings ويشدوand it sings حزيناًsorrowfully
يشدو ويشدو حزيناً
مرجعاًechoing شكواياmy lament
مرجعاً شكوايا
It sings and sings in sorrow,
It sings and sings sorrowfully
echoing my lament,
Voicing my complaints
مستعطفاًseeking compassion مَنthe one whom طويناwe folded
مستعطفاً مَن طوينا
علىaround هواهlove for him الطواياthe heart's innermost folds
على هواه الطوايا
seeking compassion from the one for whom we folded
Appeasing whom we folded
our innermost hearts around our love for him,
To his wandering desire
حتىuntil يلوحappears خيالٌan apparition
حتى يلوح خيالٌ
عرفتهI knew him فيin صباياmy youth
عرفته في صبايا
until an apparition appears
Until an apparition appears
whom I knew in my youth.
I recognized from my youth
يدنوhe draws near إليَّto me وتدنوand draw near
يدنو إليَّ وتدنو
منto (with 'draw near') ثغرهhis mouth شفتاياmy two lips
من ثغره شفتايا
He draws near to me, and drawing near
It draws near me and my lips
to his mouth are my lips.
Draw near its lips
إذاsuddenly بحلميbehold, my dream تلاشىvanished
إذا بحلمي تلاشى
واستيقظتand awoke عيناياmy two eyes
واستيقظت عينايا
Suddenly my dream vanished,
Then my dream fades
and my eyes awoke.
And my eyes awaken
ورحتand I began أصغيI listen وأصغيand I listen
ورحت أصغي وأصغي
لَمdid not أُلفِI find إلاexcept صداياmy echo
لَم أُلفِ إلا صدايا
And I began listening and listening;
And I go on listening, listening
I found nothing but my echo.
Hearing nothing but my echo
Sol 6.1