علامwhy تدفنbury ماضيthe past of العمرa lifetime كفّاكَyour two hands ؟؟
علام تدفن ماضي العمر كفّاكَ ؟؟
نسيتنيyou forgot me ؟؟، أمor غرورthe conceit of النفسthe self أغراكَbeguiled you ؟!
نسيتني ؟؟، أم غرور النفس أغراكَ ؟!
Why do your two hands bury a lifetime's past?
Why do you bury the past of life, is that enough for you?
Have you forgotten me, or has self-conceit beguiled you?
Have you forgotten me? Or has the arrogance of the self deluded you?!
مرتhave passed شهورٌmonths ولمand did not تحفلcare بفرقتناabout our separation
مرت شهورٌ ولم تحفل بفرقتنا
وماand not التفتّyou turned لقلبيto my heart حينwhen ناداكَit called you
وما التفتّ لقلبي حين ناداكَ
Months have passed, and you have paid no heed to our parting,
Months have passed and you did not care about our separation
And you did not turn toward my heart when it called you.
And you did not turn to my heart when it called you
قدindeed كنتI used to أفضيconfide لكمto you (plural) حزنيmy grief لتدفنهso you might bury it
قد كنت أفضي لكم حزني لتدفنه
فمنso who سيدفنwill bury أحزانيmy sorrows بذكراكَat the memory of you ؟؟
فمن سيدفن أحزاني بذكراكَ ؟؟
I used to confide my grief to you so you might bury it.
I used to confide my sorrows in you to bury them
Who, then, will bury the sorrows your memory brings me?
So who will bury my sorrows with the mention of you?
استرجعI recall الأمسyesterday بالذكرىthrough remembrance لينسينيso it may make me forget
استرجع الأمس بالذكرى لينسيني
مرارةthe bitterness of اليومtoday منwho ياO أمسyesterday حلّاكَmade you sweet ؟؟
مرارة اليوم من يا أمس حلّاكَ ؟؟
I recall yesterday through memory, so it may make me forget
Bring back yesterday with memories to make me forget
Today's bitterness. Who, O yesterday, made you sweet?
The bitterness of today, oh past, what dissolved you?
إنيindeed I لأسألI do ask قلباًa heart قدonce عهدتُI knew بهin it
إني لأسأل قلباً قد عهدتُ به
لينthe tenderness of المحبةِlove منwho ياO قلبheart قساكَhardened you ؟؟
لين المحبةِ من يا قلب قساكَ ؟؟
Indeed, I ask a heart in which I once knew
I ask a heart I was accustomed to,
Love's tenderness: who, O heart, hardened you?
For the softness of love, oh heart, what hardened you?
ماnot كنتyou were بالأمسyesterday تقوىable أنto تفارقنيleave me
ما كنت بالأمس تقوى أن تفارقني
يوماًfor a day، فمنso who بعدafter هذاthis البُعدseparation قوّاكَstrengthened you
يوماً، فمن بعد هذا البُعد قوّاكَ
Yesterday, you could not bear to leave me
You were not able yesterday to part from me
For a single day—who, after this separation, strengthened you?
A day, so after this distance, what strengthened you?
هذيthese سنينyears مضتhave passed ماnot جئتyou came تسألنيto ask me
هذي سنين مضت ما جئت تسألني
عماabout what جرحتَyou wounded وماand what أَدْمَتْهُmade it bleed كفّاكَyour two hands!!
عما جرحتَ وما أَدْمَتْهُ كفّاكَ!!
These years have passed; you never came to ask me
These are years that have passed, you did not come to ask me
About what you wounded and what your two hands made bleed!
What you have wounded and what your palm has damaged!
واللهby God ماnot غبتyou were absent عنيfrom me لحظةa moment ولكمand how often
والله ما غبت عني لحظة ولكم
سهرتI stayed awake أرجعُI bring back بالذكرىthrough remembrance سجاياكَyour qualities
سهرت أرجعُ بالذكرى سجاياكَ
By God, not for a moment were you absent from me—and how often
By Allah, you did not disappear from me for a moment, and I
I stayed awake, calling your ways back to mind.
stayed up returning with memories of your traits
لئنeven if تباعدتَyou have drawn away عنfrom عينٍan eye سكنتَyou dwelt بهاin it
لئن تباعدتَ عن عينٍ سكنتَ بها
منwho ذاis it that يباعدُkeeps away عنيfrom me طيفthe phantom of ذكراكyour memory !؟
من ذا يباعدُ عني طيف ذكراك !؟
Even if you have drawn far from an eye in which you dwelt,
If you kept your distance from an eye you resided in
Who can draw the phantom of your memory away from me?
Who can distance me from the specter of your memory?
وجدتُI found درباًa path بليلin the night of البعدseparation يجمعناbrings us together
وجدتُ درباً بليل البعد يجمعنا
ماnot كنتُI was أقطعُI cut off آماليmy hopes بلقياكِof meeting you
ما كنتُ أقطعُ آمالي بلقياكِ
I found a path in the night of separation that brings us together.
I found a path in the night of absence that brings us together
I never severed my hopes of meeting you.
I did not cut off my hopes of seeing you
هلّاwhy not نظرتِyou looked لبدرٍat a full moon بتُّI spent the night أنظرهwatching it ..
هلّا نظرتِ لبدرٍ بتُّ أنظره ..
كيso that تلتقيmay meet عندهat it عينيmy eye وعيناكِand your two eyes !
كي تلتقي عنده عيني وعيناكِ !
Won't you look at the full moon I spent the night watching,
If only you would look at a full moon I am looking at...
So that my eye and your eyes may meet there!
So that my eyes and your eyes would meet by it!
علمتنيyou taught me وجعلتand you made القلبthe heart مزرعةًa cultivated field
علمتني وجعلت القلب مزرعةً
فداكa ransom for you قلبيmy heart إنindeed القلبthe heart مرعاكَyour pasture
فداك قلبي إن القلب مرعاكَ
You taught me and made the heart a cultivated field.
You taught me and made my heart a pasture,
May my heart be your ransom; indeed, the heart is your pasture.
so for your sake, my heart, the heart is your livestock
قررتI decided ياO صاحfriend أنto أنساكforget you مبتعداًdrawing away
قررت يا صاح أن أنساك مبتعداً
فاصبرso be patient علىwith البعدseparation واستحملand endure خطاياكَyour sins
فاصبر على البعد واستحمل خطاياكَ
I have resolved, my friend, to forget you, keeping my distance;
I decided, oh friend, to forget you when you are distant
So bear the separation, and endure your sins.
So be patient with the distance and endure your sins
نعمyes سأنساكI will forget you لكنbut بعدتafter (apparently intended) معجزةٍa miracle
نعم سأنساك لكن بعدت معجزةٍ
إذاif نسيتُI forget فؤاديmy heart سوفwill أنساكَI forget you !!
إذا نسيتُ فؤادي سوف أنساكَ !!
Yes, I will forget you—but only after a miracle:
Yes I will forget you but after a miraculous distance!
If I forget my heart, I will forget you!
If I forget my heart I will forget you!
Sol 6.1