طفتُ في ارجاءِ حُـلْمٍ

لم أجـدْ إلا سـرابي

I wandered in the horizons of a dream

I wandered through the realms of a dream,

I found nothing but my own mirage

But found nothing except my mirage.

لم يكنْ حلـماً غريبـاً

إنـما زاد ارتيـابي

It was not an alien dream

It was not a strange dream,

It only increased my doubts

Yet it only deepened my doubt.

أين آمـالي تـرَدّت

فتلاشت في اضطرابِ

Where did my hopes scatter?

Where did my hopes plummet,

They faded into confusion

Fading away in turmoil?

هل عـذابي في مـلامٍ

أم ملامي في عذابي؟

Is my torment because of blame

Is my torment found in blame,

Or is the blame because of my torment?

Or is my blame found in my torment?

كُلُّ شيءٍ باتَ خصمي

من كلامٍ أو شرابِ

Everything has become my adversary

Everything has become my adversary,

Be it words or drink

From spoken words to drink;

وأنيسُ الروحِ أبدى

لي نـفوراً في انقلابِ

The soul's companion showed

And the companion of my soul has shown

Aversion to me in upheaval

Aversion to me in a sudden reversal.

إنـه صِنْفٌ مَلولٌ

لم يمـلْ نحـو الصواب

It is a bored type

He is of a fickle, wearying kind,

That did not incline towards right

Who never leans toward what is right.

إنْ يكن ذا منك حبٌّ

لا تغالي في المصابِ

If you have love for me

If this from you is love,

Do not overdo in calamity

Do not go too far with the affliction.

ضاع مني سرُّ ودي

أيـن أيامي العـذابِ؟

I lost the secret of my intimacy

The secret of my affection is lost to me;

Where are my days of torment?

Where are my sweet, pleasant days?

حيثُ عشنا في غرامٍ

انتـهى تحت التـرابِ

When we lived in passion

Where we lived in a passion

It ended under the soil

That has ended beneath the dust.

فحبيبي هائمٌ يَبْـ

ـغي هَوىً فوق السحابِ

So my beloved wanders

For my beloved wanders, seeking

Seeking love above the clouds

A love high above the clouds.

أأنا في النّارِ وحدي

وهْوَ لا يـدري عـذابي؟

Am I in the fire alone

Am I in the fire all alone,

While he does not know my torment?

While he remains unaware of my torment?

آثِـمٌ يامن رمـانـي

في مَـواتٍ واغترابِ

You sinner, who threw me

Sinful is the one who cast me

In desolation and estrangement

Into lifelessness and exile.

لا تغبْ عـني كثـيراً

خاب ظني في الغيابِ

Do not be away from me for long

Do not be absent from me for long,

My assumption failed in absence

My hopes have been dashed in this absence.

اصغَ وارحمْ نبضَ قلبي

لا تبالغْ في اسـتلابي

Listen and have mercy on the pulse of my heart

Listen, and have mercy on my heartbeat;

Do not overdo in testing me

Do not go too far in plundering my soul.

لا تقلْ لي فيك حُمْـقٌ

داوني قبـل الحسابِ

Do not tell me you are a fool

Do not tell me, There is foolishness in you;

Heal me before reckoning

Heal me before the day of reckoning.

حجمُ مأسـاتي عظيمٌ

أشتـكي في كلِّ بابِ

The volume of my tragedy is great

The magnitude of my tragedy is immense,

I complain at every door

I complain at every door,

راجيا ًغَـوْثَ غريقٍ

غاصَ مثلي في العُبابِ

Praying for the help of a drowning person

Hoping for the rescue of a drowning man,

Who drowned like me in the turbid water

Who plunged, like me, into the swelling waves.