وددتI wished والحرwhile the heat فيin بيروتBeirut يكوينيsears me
وددت والحر في بيروت يكويني
انthat لاnot أعيشI live لشهرfor a month غيرother than كانونKanun (December or January)
ان لا أعيش لشهر غير كانون
I wished, while Beirut’s heat held sway,
I wished, while the heat in Beirut seared me,
To live in no month but Kānūn,
That I might live in no month but Kanun,
وأنand that أكونI might be وليand I have مالٌwealth ينقلنيcarries me
وأن أكون ولي مالٌ ينقلني
فيin الصيفthe summer ما(emphatic particle) بينbetween جزينJezzine وصنينand Sannine
في الصيف ما بين جزين وصنين
And to have, among my means, something to carry me
And that I might have wealth to carry me
In summer between Jezzine and Sannine.
In summer between Jezzine and Sannine.
اماdo ... not? ترانيyou see me وهذاand this الحرthe heat ذوبنيmelted me
اما تراني وهذا الحر ذوبني
حتىuntil استجفdried up دمائيmy blood فيin الشرايينthe arteries
حتى استجف دمائي في الشرايين
Do you not see me—how this heat has melted me,
Do you not see me—this heat has melted me,
Until it has dried the very blood within my veins?
Until it dried up my blood in the arteries?
كأنas though بيروتBeirut فيin ذاthis الصيفthe summer قدalready نفحتwas blown upon
كأن بيروت في ذا الصيف قد نفحت
منfrom الجحيمHell بأنفاسwith the breaths of الشياطينthe devils
من الجحيم بأنفاس الشياطين
As though Beirut, this summer, had been blasted
As though Beirut this summer had been blasted
With devils’ breaths out of Hell.
From Hell with the breath of devils.
Sol 6.1