قلبي وهل غير قلبي

قلبي وهل غير قلبي

لي ما حييت الذخيره

لي ما حييت الذخيره

My heart—and what else but my heart

My heart, and is there anything but my heart

Is my treasure as long as I live?

That I have as long as I live as provision

قد كان ينهى ويلهو

قد كان ينهى ويلهو

بالملهيات الصغيره

بالملهيات الصغيره

It used to forbid and amuse itself

It used to forbid and joke around

With little diversions.

With little amusements

وكم دعا فألبى

وكم دعا فألبى

إلى الصلاة القصيره

إلى الصلاة القصيره

And how often it called me—and I answered—

And how often it refused

To a brief prayer.

The brief prayer

مهما تكن فهي ذكر

مهما تكن فهي ذكر

وإنها لكبيرة

وإنها لكبيرة

Whatever it may be, it is remembrance,

No matter what it is, it is remembrance

And it is indeed weighty.

And it is great

لم تسلبيه ولكن

لم تسلبيه ولكن

سلبت منه الشعيره

سلبت منه الشعيره

You did not steal it, but

You did not rob it, but

You took the rite from it.

Robbed the grain from it

أنا الذي كان صحبي

أنا الذي كان صحبي

تلك النجوم النثيرة

تلك النجوم النثيرة

I am the one whose companions were

It is I who used to keep company

Those scattered stars.

With those numerous stars

ليلاً أسامر روضا

ليلاً أسامر روضا

شوقا يناجي غديره

شوقا يناجي غديره

At night I converse with a garden

At night conversing passionately with a meadow

That, in longing, whispers to its pool.

Yearning for a stream

وبلبل الروض صبحاً

وبلبل الروض صبحاً

فوقي يوالي صغيره

فوقي يوالي صغيره

And the garden's nightingale, in the morning,

And the meadow's nightingale in the morning

Above me, keeps its little one company.

Above me pursuing the little one

يا ليتني ويل نفسي

يا ليتني ويل نفسي

من ليتني يا بهيره

من ليتني يا بهيره

Oh, if only I—woe to my soul

Oh, woe to me, woe to my soul

For that 'if only I,' O Bahira!

From "woe to me", O sparkling one

يا جارتي جرت ظلما

يا جارتي جرت ظلما

أهكذا كل جيره

أهكذا كل جيره

O my neighbor, you have acted unjustly;

O my neighbor, you have done injustice

Are all neighbors like this?

Is this how every neighbor acts?

نشرت حولي ليلا

نشرت حولي ليلا

من الأسى في الظهيره

من الأسى في الظهيره

You spread a night around me

You spread around me at night

Of sorrow at noon.

From sorrow in the afternoon

بثثت بثي فيه

بثثت بثي فيه

فراح شمسا منيره

فراح شمسا منيره

I poured my grief into it,

You sowed in me your seeds

So it became a radiant sun.

So the shining sun left me

من أنت من أنت قولي

من أنت من أنت قولي

أنت الفتاة الغريره

أنت الفتاة الغريره

Who are you? Who are you? Tell me.

Who are you, who are you, tell me

You are the innocent girl.

You are the deception of the maidens

فيك نعم فيك شورٌ

فيك نعم فيك شورٌ

ومغريات كثيره

ومغريات كثيره

In you—yes, in you—is beauty,

In you there are favors, in you there is passion

And many allurements.

And many temptations

لكنما في نفس

لكنما في نفس

من النفوس الكبيره

من النفوس الكبيره

Yet in me is a soul

But in the soul

Among the great souls.

From the great souls