اسْكُني يا جِراحْ

واسْكُتي يا شُجُونْ

Be still, my wounds,

Be still, O wounds,

And hush, my sorrows,

And be silent, O sorrows,

ماتَ عَهْدُ النُّواحْ

وزَمَانُ الجُنُونْ

The days of lament are gone,

The age of wailing has died,

And the age of madness is past.

And the time of madness,

وأَطَلَّ الصَّبَاحْ

مِنْ وراءِ القُرُونْ

The dawn has risen

And the morning has dawned

Beyond the centuries.

From beyond the centuries.

في فِجاجِ الرَّدى

قَدْ دفنتُ الأَلمْ

In the ravines of ruin

In the ravines of demise,

I have buried my pain

I have buried my pain,

ونثرتُ الدُّموعْ

لرِيَاحِ العَدَمْ

And scattered my tears

And scattered my tears

To the winds of oblivion.

To the winds of the void,

واتَّخذتُ الحَيَاةْ

معزفاً للنَّغَمْ

I have taken life

And I have taken life

As a lute for music

As a lute for melody,

أَتغنَّى عليهْ

في رِحابِ الزَّمانْ

To sing upon it

Upon which I sing

In the fields of time,

In the vastness of time,

وأَذبتُ الأَسَى

في جمالِ الوُجُودْ

And melted my sorrows

And I dissolved my grief

In the beauty of existence,

In the beauty of existence,

ودَحَوْتُ الفؤادْ

واحةً للنَّشيدْ

And filled my heart

And I spread out my heart

As a sanctuary for hymns,

As an oasis for song,

والضِّيا والظِّلالْ

والشَّذَى والورودْ

And light and shade,

For light and for shadows,

Dew drops and roses,

For fragrance and roses,

والهوى والشَّبابْ

والمنى والحَنانْ

Passion and youth,

For passion and youth,

Hope and affection.

For dreams and for tenderness.

اسكُني يا جراحْ

واسكُتي يا شُجونْ

Be still, my wounds,

Be still, O wounds,

And hush, my sorrows,

And be silent, O sorrows,

ماتَ عَهْدُ النُّواحْ

وزَمَانُ الجُنُونْ

The days of lament are gone

The age of wailing has died,

And the age of madness is past.

And the time of madness,

وأَطَلَّ الصَّبَاحْ

مِنْ وراءِ القُرُونْ

The dawn has risen

And the morning has dawned

Beyond the centuries.

From beyond the centuries.

في فؤادي الرَّحيبْ

مَعْبَدٌ للجَمَالْ

In my spacious heart

In my spacious heart

Is a temple of beauty

There is a temple for beauty,

شيَّدتْهُ الحَيَاةْ

بالرُّؤى والخَيالْ

Built by life

Constructed by life

With visions and dreams.

With visions and fancy,

فَتَلَوْتُ الصَّلاةْ

في خشوعِ الظِّلالْ

There I recited my prayers

So I recited my prayer

In the sanctity of shades,

In the reverence of shadows,

وحَرَقْتُ البُخُورْ

وأَضَأْتُ الشُّمُوعْ

And burned incense

And I burned the incense,

And lit candles.

And I lit the candles.

إنَّ سِحْرَ الحَيَاةْ

خَالدٌ لا يزولْ

The magic of life

For the magic of life

Is everlasting, imperishable,

Is eternal and fades not,

فَعَلامَ الشَّكَاةْ

مِنْ ظَلامٍ يَحُولْ

Why then complain

So why the complaint

Of surrounding darkness?

Of a darkness that shifts?

ثمَّ يأتي الصَّباحْ

وتَمُرُّ الفُصُولْ

The dawn comes

Then the morning arrives,

And seasons pass.

And the seasons pass by,

سوف يأتي رَبيعْ

إن تقضَّى رَبيعْ

Spring shall come,

A spring will return

If spring is destined.

If a spring has gone by.

اسكُني يا جراحْ

واسكُتي يا شُجونْ

Be still, my wounds,

Be still, O wounds,

And hush, my sorrows,

And be silent, O sorrows,

ماتَ عَهْدُ النُّواحْ

وزَمَانُ الجُنُونْ

The days of lament are gone,

The age of wailing has died,

And the age of madness is past.

And the time of madness,

وأَطَلَّ الصَّبَاحْ

مِنْ وراءِ القُرُونْ

The dawn has risen

And the morning has dawned

Beyond the centuries.

From beyond the centuries.

مِنْ وراءِ الظَّلامْ

وهديرِ المياهْ

Beyond the darkness,

From beyond the darkness,

And the roar of waters,

And the roar of the waters,

قَدْ دعاني الصَّباحْ

ورَبيعُ الحَيَاهْ

The dawn has called me,

The morning has called me,

And the spring of life,

And the spring of life,

يا لهُ مِنْ دُعاءْ

هزَّ قلبي صَداهْ

What an invitation!

Oh, what a call!

Its echo shook my heart.

Its echo shook my heart.

لمْ يَعُدْ لي بقاءْ

فَوْقَ هذي البقاعْ

I can no longer linger

I can no longer linger

In these lands.

Upon these lands,

الْوَداعَ الوَداعْ

يا جِبَالَ الهُمومْ

Farewell, farewell,

Farewell, farewell!

O mountains of sorrow,

O mountains of care,

يا ضَبابَ الأَسى

يا فِجاجَ الجحيمْ

O mists of grief,

O fog of despair,

O ravines of hell,

O valleys of hell,

قَدْ جرى زَوْرَقي

في الخِضَّمِ العَظيمْ

My boat has sailed

My boat has set sail

Through the great unknown.

On the boundless deep,

ونشرتُ القلاعْ

فالوَداعْ الوداعْ

I spread my sails,

And I have hoisted the sails,

So farewell, farewell!

So farewell, farewell!