تجرّدتِyou stripped bare كالحُلُمlike a dream العاطِفِيِّromantic
تجرّدتِ كالحُلُم العاطِفِيِّ
أوor الفكرةِthe thought الحرّةfree الثائرهrebellious
أو الفكرةِ الحرّة الثائره
You stripped bare like a romantic dream,
You shed yourself like a dream of passion
or a free, rebellious thought.
Or a free, rebellious thought
فأيُّthen what هوىًlove عبقريّinspired الرؤىvisions
فأيُّ هوىً عبقريّ الرؤى
أذابتكِmelted you أشواقهits longings الشاعرهpoetic
أذابتكِ أشواقه الشاعره
What love, then, so inspired in its visions,
So which genius vision of love
has melted you with its poetic longings?
Melted you with its poetic passions
أظنّكI imagine you حوّاءَEve بعدafter الخروجthe departure
أظنّك حوّاءَ بعد الخروج
مشرّدةhomeless فيin الدُنىthe worlds حائرهbewildered
مشرّدة في الدُنى حائره
I imagine you as Eve after her departure,
I think you are Eve after the fall
homeless in the worlds, bewildered,
Wandering lost in the mortal world
وقدand already غابwent away آدمAdam يجنىgathers لهاfor her
وقد غاب آدم يجنى لها
منfrom الأرضthe earth أثمارهاits fruits الباكرهearly
من الأرض أثمارها الباكره
while Adam has gone off to gather for her
With Adam gone to reap for her
from the earth its early fruits.
The first fruits of the fertile earth
فنامتso she slept عنaway from الكونthe universe والكائناتand all beings
فنامت عن الكون والكائنات
كسَوسنةِlike an iris الروضةthe garden الزاهرهblooming
كسَوسنةِ الروضة الزاهره
So she slept, oblivious to the universe and all beings,
You slept, oblivious of the universe and beings
like an iris in the blooming garden.
Like a lily of the flowering garden
وراحتand she began وقدand already فارقَتهاhad forsaken her الجنانthe gardens
وراحت وقد فارقَتها الجنان
تعيشُshe lives علىon جنَّةِparadise الذاكرهmemory
تعيشُ على جنَّةِ الذاكره
And she began, the gardens having forsaken her,
And you went on, forsaken of heavens
to live on the paradise of memory.
To live in the garden of memory
فياso, oh ليتَنيif only I كنتُwere صفصافةa willow
فيا ليتَني كنتُ صفصافة
تُظلُّshades أُنوثتكyour womanhood الفائرهsurging
تُظلُّ أُنوثتك الفائره
So, oh, if only I were a willow,
Oh, if only I were a willow
shading your surging womanhood.
Shading your flowing femininity
وياand oh ليتنيif only I خفقةٌa flutter فيin النسيمthe breeze
ويا ليتني خفقةٌ في النسيم
تشعشعmakes shimmer أنفاسكyour breaths العاطرهfragrant
تشعشع أنفاسك العاطره
And oh, if only I were a flutter in the breeze,
And if only I were a breeze in the air
making your fragrant breaths shimmer.
Perfuming your aromatic breaths
تنامينyou sleep ياoh للجمالfor the beauty الكسولlanguid
تنامين يا للجمال الكسول
وياand oh لمفاتنهfor its charms الآسرهcaptivating
ويا لمفاتنه الآسره
You sleep—oh, the languid beauty!
You sleep, O beauty nonchalant
And oh, its captivating charms!
O charms so captivating
Sol 6.1