أينwhere أحلاميmy dreams تَرَدَّfell (verb stem) تْfeminine past-tense suffix
أين أحلامي تَرَدَّ تْ
ليسthere is no عنهاabout them منany (emphatic) مُجيبِanswerer
ليس عنها من مُجيبِ
Where have my dreams fallen?
Where have my dreams retreated,
No one has an answer about them.
with no one to answer for them.
ظَلْتَyou kept تُبْديyou reveal كلevery عيْبٍflaw
ظَلْتَ تُبْدي كل عيْبٍ
بيin me، فتُرْبيso you increase منto عُيوبيmy faults
بي، فتُرْبي من عُيوبي
You kept revealing every flaw
You kept revealing every fault
in me, thus adding to my faults.
in me, thereby multiplying my flaws.
إنْif أناI ضيَّعْتُI squandered حُلْميmy dream
إنْ أنا ضيَّعْتُ حُلْمي
لائميyou who blame me، ليfor me كُنْbe طبيبيmy physician
لائمي، لي كُنْ طبيبي
If I have squandered my dream,
If I have squandered my dream,
you who blame me, be my physician.
O my blamer, be my physician.
نحوtoward بيتhouse العِزّglory خُذنيtake me
نحو بيت العِزّ خُذني
أنتَyou أدرىknow better بالذيof what بيis in me
أنتَ أدرى بالذي بي
Take me toward the house of glory;
Take me toward the house of glory,
you know best what ails me.
you know best what afflicts me.
لاdo not تمنينيraise my hopes بوعْدٍwith a promise
لا تمنيني بوعْدٍ
ضاعvanished فيon اليومthe day القريبِrecent!
ضاع في اليوم القريبِ!
Do not raise my hopes with a promise
Do not entice me with a promise
that vanished on a recent day!
that was lost in the recent past!
داعبيcaress أحلامdreams قلبيmy heart
داعبي أحلام قلبي
ثمthen لوميblame أوor أجيبيanswer
ثم لومي أو أجيبي
Caress the dreams of my heart,
Caress the dreams of my heart,
then blame me, or answer.
then blame me or reply.
إننيindeed I أشقىI suffer فَوَيْليso woe to me
إنني أشقى فَوَيْلي
عشتُI lived فيin الشكthe doubt الرهيبِdreadful
عشتُ في الشك الرهيبِ
Indeed, I suffer—woe is me!
I am suffering, so woe is me,
I have lived in dreadful doubt.
I have lived in terrible doubt.
هاتنيgive me منfrom فيكyour mouth قولاًa word
هاتني من فيك قولاً
فيهin it سُقميmy sickness بلrather طبيبيmy physician
فيه سُقمي بل طبيبي
Give me, from your mouth, a word
Give me a word from your mouth,
in which lies my sickness—rather, my physician.
in which lies my sickness, nay, my cure.
حبَّذاhow good it would be لوif قلتyou spoke صدقاًtruth
حبَّذا لو قلت صدقاً
منهُfrom it أسْتوْفيI receive in full نصيبيmy share
منهُ أسْتوْفي نصيبي
How good it would be if you spoke the truth,
How excellent if you spoke the truth,
from which I could receive my full share.
so I could fully take my share of it.
اِرحمينيhave mercy on me إِنّfor indeed نارfire الـthe
اِرحميني إِنّ نار الـ
ـبَيْنِparting زادتْincreased فيin لهيبيmy blaze
ـبَيْنِ زادتْ في لهيبي
Have mercy on me, for the fire of
Have mercy on me, for the fire of
parting has intensified my blaze.
separation has fueled my flames.
ليتَif only أنّاتِmoans الدجىnight's darkness تَخْـbeginning of 'die down'
ليتَ أنّاتِ الدجى تَخْـ
ـبوend of 'die down' فأدنوso I draw near منto حبيبيmy beloved
ـبو فأدنو من حبيبي
If only the moans of night would die
If only the moans of the dark night would
down, so I might draw near my beloved.
fade, so I could draw near to my beloved.
فاضoverflowed دمعيmy tears، جَدَّintensified همّيmy grief
فاض دمعي، جَدَّ همّي
صِرْتُI have become لاnot أخشىI fear رقيبيmy watcher
صِرْتُ لا أخشى رقيبي
My tears overflowed; my grief intensified.
My tears overflowed, my sorrow grew intense,
I no longer fear my watcher.
and I no longer fear my censor.
تاهَwent astray عقليmy mind، مالturned حظيmy fortune
تاهَ عقلي، مال حظي
بتُّI spent the night لاnot أدريI know حسيبيmy reckoner
بتُّ لا أدري حسيبي
My mind went astray; my fortune turned.
My mind is lost, my luck has swayed,
I spent the night not knowing who calls me to account.
I spend the night not knowing my reckoner.
Sol 6.1