نَفْسيmy soul الظَمَانهthe thirsty one مِنْfrom هَمْسwhisper الشُروقthe sunrise
نَفْسي الظَمَانه مِنْ هَمْس الشُروق
لَقَيتَكI found you ..
لَقَيتَك ..
My thirsty soul, amid the whisper of sunrise,
found you...
بَعدafter مَاwhat; when كادتalmost تطفِّيهاextinguish it
بَعد مَا كادت تطفِّيها
الحُرُوقthe burning
الحُرُوق
after the burning had nearly extinguished it.
The burning.
ولاقَتand it found ..
ولاقَت ..
بينbetween أحظانَكyour embraces مَطرّهَاits rain
بين أحظانَك مَطرّهَا
And it found...
in your embrace, its rain
والبُروقand the lightning
والبُروق
ومنَّكand from you
ومنَّك
and lightning.
And from you
ارتَوتْdrank their fill كُلall المشَاتلthe seedlings
ارتَوتْ كُل المشَاتل
والعُروقand the roots
والعُروق
all the seedlings drank their fill,
and the roots.
أحبَّكI love you ..
أحبَّك ..
قُلتهاI said it مِنfrom قَلْبheart عاشِقof a lover
قُلتها مِن قَلْب عاشِق
I love you...
I said it from a lover’s heart,
وفيand in حُبكyour love إلىup to الأذنينthe ears غارقdrowning
وفي حُبك إلى الأذنين غارق
يُدوِّرsearching فيin صَدَفْshells بحركof your sea
يُدوِّر في صَدَفْ بحرك
drowning up to the ears in your love,
searching among the shells of your sea,
مُعانِقembracing
مُعانِق
لاحلامthe dreams of المُعنّىthe suffering one لاdoes not يُفارقleave
لاحلام المُعنّى لا يُفارق
embracing
the suffering one’s dreams, never letting go.
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ياO رُمّانpomegranate أياميof my days
يا رُمّان أيامي
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O pomegranate of my days,
وغرسيand my planting والعِنَبْand the grapes
وغرسي والعِنَبْ
عَليْكfor you ياhow much ماgrows weary تعُبmy soul was weary for you روحيmy soul
عَليْك يا ما تعُب روحي
my planting and my grapes,
how weary my soul has grown for you.
تعبwas weary روحيmy soul تعبwas weary
تعب روحي تعب
ولاجْلَكand for your sake قَدhas عَصَرpressed
ولاجْلَك قَد عَصَر
My soul is weary, weary.
And for your sake it has pressed
رُوحُهits spirit
رُوحُه
عَصَرpressed روحُهits spirit وصَبand poured
عَصَر روحُه وصَب
its spirit;
pressed its spirit and poured
عَصيرُهits juice فيinto تُرابكْyour soil
عَصيرُه في تُرابكْ
وأغْتَربْand went into exile
وأغْتَربْ
its juice into your soil,
and gone into exile.
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تمَنْيتكI wished for you مَعwith المقْيلthe afternoon gathering
تمَنْيتك مَع المقْيل
***
I wished for you at the afternoon gathering
وبالسمْرهْand at the evening conversation
وبالسمْرهْ
واَهْدانيand gave me خَيالكyour image
واَهْداني خَيالك
and in the evening conversation.
And your image gave me
للغُنىfor singing سِمرهan evening conversation
للغُنى سِمره
وحاريتand I waited وقيدand the bonds الشوقof longing
وحاريت وقيد الشوق
an evening of song.
I waited, while longing’s bonds
مِنof جَمْرهan ember
مِن جَمْره
وحبَّيْتكand I loved you بضوءin the light الصُبحof the morning والغُدرهand the darkness
وحبَّيْتك بضوء الصُبح والغُدره
were made of embers.
And I loved you in the morning light and the darkness.
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لَقيتَكْI found you شوقْlonging احْلاميof my dreams وصُبحيand my morning
لَقيتَكْ شوقْ احْلامي وصُبحي
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I found you: the longing of my dreams and my morning.
وفيand in سحركyour enchantment شِفاءa cure دَائيfor my illness
وفي سحرك شِفاء دَائي
وجُرحيand my wound
وجُرحي
In your enchantment lies the cure for my illness
and my wound.
كَتَبتكI wrote you مِنْwith مدادink قلبّيof my heart
كَتَبتك مِنْ مداد قلبّي
ورَمحيand my spear
ورَمحي
I wrote you with the ink of my heart
and my spear.
وغنيتكand I sang you باحزانيwith my sorrows
وغنيتك باحزاني
وفرحِيand my joy
وفرحِي
And I sang you with my sorrows
and my joy.
Sol 6