هذاthis ربيعكyour spring ياO فؤادheart
هذا ربيعك يا فؤاد
زمنُthe season of الغرامlove هوit is الربيعspring
زمنُ الغرام هو الربيع
This is your spring, O heart.
This is your spring, my heart
The season of love is spring.
The season of love is spring
ماnot الزهرthe flowers أوor ألوانهtheir colors
ما الزهر أو ألوانه
إلاbut فنونforms منfrom دموعtears
إلا فنون من دموع
The flowers, or their colors, are nothing
Neither the flower, nor its colors
But forms of tears.
Except techniques of tears
إنيindeed I أحبّI love أحبّI love
إني أحبّ أحبّ
وللملاحةand for beauty أصبوI yearn
وللملاحة أصبو
Indeed, I love, I love,
I love, I love
And I yearn for beauty.
And I yearn for sweetness
ماذاwhat تراهbehold it الليالىthe nights
ماذا تراه الليالى
ماذاwhat ترىbehold الأيامthe days
ماذا ترى الأيام
What is it that the nights behold?
What do the nights see?
What do the days behold?
What do the days see?
الحسنُbeauty وحيُthe inspiration of خياليmy imagination
الحسنُ وحيُ خيالي
والشعرand poetry للأحلامfor dreams
والشعر للأحلام
Beauty is my imagination's inspiration,
Beauty is the revelation of my imagination
And poetry is for dreams.
And poetry is for dreams
حفظتI kept فيin الحبlove عهدكyour pledge
حفظت في الحب عهدك
ياO زهرةٌa flower فيin الربيعspring
يا زهرةٌ في الربيع
In love, I have kept your pledge,
I kept your covenant in love
O flower in spring.
A flower in the spring
فاحفظso keep عهوديmy pledges عندكwith you
فاحفظ عهودي عندك
عهدthe pledge of الهوىlove لاnot يضيعis lost
عهد الهوى لا يضيع
So keep my pledges with you:
So keep my covenants with you
Love's pledge is never lost.
The covenant of love does not get lost
إنيindeed I خلقتI created جمالكyour beauty
إني خلقت جمالك
وأنتand you أبدعتyou created شعريmy poetry
وأنت أبدعت شعري
Indeed, I created your beauty,
I created your beauty
And you brought my poetry into being.
And you perfected my poetry
ماnot كانwas سحركyour enchantment يوماever
ما كان سحرك يوما
إلاbut خيالةa phantom سحرىmy enchantment
إلا خيالة سحرى
Your enchantment was never
Never was your magic
Anything but a phantom of my enchantment.
Except my magical imagination
منwho أنتyou فيamong الزهراتthe flowers
من أنت في الزهرات
لوif شئتُI wished سمّيتكI would name you
لو شئتُ سمّيتك
Who are you among the flowers?
Who are you among the flowers?
If I wished, I would name you.
If I wanted, I would name you
إنيindeed I بوحيthrough the inspiration of الهوىlove
إني بوحي الهوى
منfrom مهجتيmy soul صغتكI fashioned you
من مهجتي صغتك
Indeed, through love's inspiration,
With the inspiration of love
I fashioned you from my soul.
From my essence I sculpted you
لونٌa hue كلونlike the hue of الورودthe roses
لونٌ كلون الورود
عندat ازدهارthe blooming of الربيعspring
عند ازدهار الربيع
A hue like the hue of roses,
A color like the roses' color
When spring is in bloom;
When spring blooms
روحa spirit كشعرlike the poetry of الخلودeternity
روح كشعر الخلود
عندat اضطرامthe blazing of الضلوعthe ribs
عند اضطرام الضلوع
A spirit like the poetry of eternity,
A soul like the poetry of eternity
When the ribs are ablaze.
When passions blaze
ماwhat ذلكthat اللطفgentleness
ما ذلك اللطف
ماwhat ذلكthat الظرفgrace
ما ذلك الظرف
What gentleness that is!
What is that charm?
What grace that is!
What is that grace?
تكونyou may be منfrom سنتريسSantaris
تكون من سنتريس
تكونyou may be منfrom باريسParis
تكون من باريس
You may be from Santaris,
You are made in Sentier
You may be from Paris,
You are made in Paris
تكونyou may be منfrom بغدادBaghdad
تكون من بغداد
ياO ذلكthat الروحُthe spirit
يا ذلك الروحُ
You may be from Baghdad,
You are made in Baghdad
O that spirit!
Oh, that soul!
Sol 6.1