1. (إلى محَمَّد بَلِّه )

    لا تَبكي عَلى يَومٍ مَضى

    (To Muhammad Balleh)

    She does not weep for a day gone by

  2. تَبكي بِحَرقَة

    على يَومٍ سَيأتي

    She weeps bitterly

    for a day yet to come

  3. الحاضِرُ

    لا يَذوبُ في دُموعِها .

    The present

    does not dissolve in her tears.

  4. /

    أعطَتهُ كُلَّ ما لا يُعطى

    /

    She gave him everything that cannot be given

  5. الوقتَ المبدَّدَ عَلى أَيِّ حَال

    اللَّحمَ الَّذي لَم يَنقُص

    the time squandered in any case

    the flesh that did not diminish

  6. العاطِفَةَ الَّتي بِمِقدار

    ما أَسرَفَت بِها

    the feeling that, the more

    she lavished it,

  7. زادَت !

    فَقَد آلَمَها أَنَّه لَم يُبادلها

    the more it grew!

    For it pained her that he did not return her

  8. كُرهاً بِكُره

    وأَنَّه عِندَما مَضى

    hatred with hatred

    and that when he went away

  9. لم يُخلِف نَدبَة .

    /

    he left no scar.

    /

  10. وللآخَرينَ أيضاً

    زَلازِلُهُم المُدَمِّرة

    And others, too, have

    their devastating earthquakes

  11. تَنجو الصِّحَفُ

    في حينَ تَتَكَسَّرُ

    The newspapers survive

    while breaking into pieces are

  12. الفَناجين

    وبقيةُ العائلَةِ البَلُّورية

    the cups

    and the rest of the crystal family

  13. المُتطاولَةِ والقَلِقَةِ الاِرتِكاز

    ذَواتِ البُطونِ المُجوَّفَة

    tall and unsteady in their footing

    with hollow bellies

  14. الَّتي اِمتلأَت

    ثُمَّ فُرِّغَت ونُظِّفَت

    that filled up

    then were emptied and cleaned

  15. ثُمَّ عادَت وامتلأَت

    مِمَّا يَجعلُها تَستَحِقُّ

    then filled up once again

    which makes them deserve

  16. هَذا المَصير

    أَن تَسقُطَ

    this fate

    to fall

  17. مُهشَّمةً مِن

    حافََّةِ مائدَةٍ

    shattered from

    the edge of a table

  18. أَو أَطرافِ أَصابِع

    أَمَّا الأَطفال

    or the tips of fingers

    As for the children

  19. فَمِنَ الأَفضلِ لَهم

    أَن يَلعَبوا بِكُلِّ شَيء

    it is better for them

    to play with everything

  20. شَرطَ

    أَلاَّ يُؤذوا أَنفسَهم .

    on condition

    that they do not hurt themselves.

  21. /

    ولِدَت

    /

    She was born

  22. بِعَينينِ باكِيتين

    وفَمٍ ضاحِك .

    with two weeping eyes

    and a laughing mouth.

  23. /

    مِن بينِ عَشَرَةِ أَشهاد

    /

    Among ten witnesses

  24. لا شُبهَةَ بَينَهم

    لم يَجِب أَحَدُهُم

    with no suspicion among them

    not one of them answered

  25. بِلا

    أَو

    with 'no'

    or

  26. نَعَم

    عَلى سُؤالِها :

    'yes'

    her question:

  27. ( ما هو مَعنى الدُّموع ؟ )

    ورُبَّما هذا

    (What is the meaning of tears?)

    And perhaps this

  28. ما أَضحَكَها بالذَّات

    عِندَما قَرَأَت

    is precisely what made her laugh

    when she read

  29. لَوحَةً صَغيرةً مُعَلَّقَةً

    على بابِ دُكَّانِ

    a small sign hanging

    on the door of the shop

  30. أَحَدِ الحَلاَّقين

    كُتِبَ عَليها :

    of one of the barbers

    on which was written:

  31. ( سَأَعودُ

    بَعدَ قَليل

    (I will return

    in a little while

  32. كالحُزن ) ..

    like sorrow)...