تحدثتyou said بالهتافin the call أنكthat you حاضرpresent
تحدثت بالهتاف أنك حاضر
لإيناسto comfort روحيmy soul بعدafter بضعa few دقائقminutes
لإيناس روحي بعد بضع دقائق
You said in your call that you would be here
You talked with shouting that you were present
to comfort my soul after a few minutes.
To comfort my soul after a few minutes
فكيفso how ترىdo you think عيشىmy life يطولendures فأجتنىso I gather
فكيف ترى عيشى يطول فأجتنى
علىdespite شغفيmy passion أرواحspirits تلكthose الشقائقthe anemones
على شغفي أرواح تلك الشقائق
So how, do you think, can my life endure, that I may gather
So how do you see my life lasting so I pick
for all my passion, the spirits of those anemones?
On my passion the souls of those wallflowers
ألوفٌthousands منof الأحلامdreams طافتcircled فداعبتthen caressed
ألوفٌ من الأحلام طافت فداعبت
فؤادa heart أسيرcaptive ظامىءthirsty الروحin spirit وامقenamored
فؤاد أسير ظامىء الروح وامق
Thousands of dreams circled about, then caressed
Thousands of dreams floated and caressed
a captive heart, parched in spirit, enamored.
The heart of the prisoner is dim in spirit and fades
فماso not صحcame true حلمa dream فيin هواكlove for you ولاnor انتهتended
فما صح حلم في هواك ولا انتهت
علىdespite اليأسdespair موجاتwaves الدموعtears الدوافقpouring
على اليأس موجات الدموع الدوافق
So no dream came true in loving you, nor was there an end,
No dream came true in your love, no
despite despair, to the waves of pouring tears.
On despair, the waves of tears ended
أأنتare you برغمdespite الصدrejection والدلand coyness قادمٌcoming
أأنت برغم الصد والدل قادمٌ
لإسعادto gladden مشتاقone who longs وإنجادand to aid عاشقa lover
لإسعاد مشتاق وإنجاد عاشق
Are you, despite rejection and coyness, coming
Are you coming despite the rejection and evidence
to gladden one who longs and aid a lover?
To make a longing happy and save a lover
أمثلكsomeone like you? تسديهbestows him الحياةlife إلىupon فتىa youth
أمثلك تسديه الحياة إلى فتى
مريدa devotee of الهوىlove والشوقand longing وعرِrough in الخلائقdisposition
مريد الهوى والشوق وعرِ الخلائق
Does life bestow someone like you upon a youth,
Are you like closing life to a young man
a devotee of love and longing, rough in disposition?
Seeking love, passion and the disability of creatures
وكيفand how أرىcan I see داريmy house علىdespite ضيقthe narrowness of ساحهاits courtyard
وكيف أرى داري على ضيق ساحها
تحيطencompasses بديّانaround the lord of الشموسthe suns الشوارقrising
تحيط بديّان الشموس الشوارق
And how can I see my house, despite its narrow courtyard,
And how do I see my house narrow in its yard
encompass the lord of the rising suns?
Surrounded by the suns of the brilliant
سألقاكI shall meet you هلwill...? ألقاكI meet you فيin ثوبthe garb of ضيغمٍa lion
سألقاك هل ألقاك في ثوب ضيغمٍ
يرىregards الرفقَkindness بالغزلانtoward gazelles إحدىone of البوائقgrave wrongs
يرى الرفقَ بالغزلان إحدى البوائق
I shall meet you; shall I meet you in the guise of a lion
Will I meet you, will I meet you in an outfit
who counts kindness to gazelles among the grave wrongs?
That sees grace in the gazelles one of the obstacles
تعالcome تجدنيyou will find me جذوةًan ember منof صبابةٍlonging
تعال تجدني جذوةً من صبابةٍ
تسعّرُblazes فيin صدرٍa breast مشوقyearning وشائقand inspiring yearning
تسعّرُ في صدرٍ مشوق وشائق
Come: you will find me an ember of longing
Come you will find me an ember of youth
blazing in a breast that yearns and inspires yearning.
That provokes in a longing and passionate chest
لنجواكfor your whispers أستبقىI preserve شبابيmy youth فعاطنيso offer me
لنجواك أستبقى شبابي فعاطني
كؤوسcups الهوىof love قبلbefore ابيضاضthe whitening of المفارقhair partings
كؤوس الهوى قبل ابيضاض المفارق
For your whispered confidences I preserve my youth; so offer me
To stay young I outrun my youth so give me
cups of love before the partings of my hair turn white.
The cups of love before the whiteness of the separations
وأعززand strengthen فؤاداًa heart لوif أردتyou wished جعلتهyou would make it
وأعزز فؤاداً لو أردت جعلته
أعزّmore unassailable منthan الشغواءthe eagle فيon رأسthe summit of شاهقِa lofty peak
أعزّ من الشغواء في رأس شاهقِ
And strengthen a heart that, if you wished, you would make
And strengthen a heart that if you wanted you would make it
more unassailable than the eagle atop a lofty peak.
More precious than the arrogant in the head of the supreme
لقدindeed مالتturned aside الدنياthe world وجافتand shunned وجانبَتand avoided
لقد مالت الدنيا وجافت وجانبَت
فكنso be منقذيmy rescuer منfrom جورهاits injustice المتلاحقrecurring
فكن منقذي من جورها المتلاحق
The world has indeed turned against me, shunned me, and drawn away;
The world has leaned and dried up and turned away
so be my rescuer from its unremitting injustice.
So be my savior from its successive tyranny
إذاif كنتyou are ليmine يوماone day ولوeven if بعضpart of ساعةan hour
إذا كنت لي يوما ولو بعض ساعة
تجودyou give generously بهاwith it جودthe generosity of الحبيبthe beloved الموافقwilling
تجود بها جود الحبيب الموافق
If one day you are mine, even for part of an hour,
If you were mine one day even for an hour
bestowing it with a willing beloved's generosity,
You generously give in the generosity of the consenting beloved
فسوفthen will أرىI see الدنياthe world علىdespite سوءthe wickedness of بغيهاits oppression
فسوف أرى الدنيا على سوء بغيها
أطايبchoicest delights منof لهوthe play of الشبابyoung men الغرانقhandsome
أطايب من لهو الشباب الغرانق
then I shall see the world, despite its vile oppression,
So I will see the world despite its ugly tyranny
as the choicest delights of handsome youths at play.
More fragrant than the play of the elegant youth
دقائقminutes كالأعوامlike years طالتgrew long ولمand have not تجىءyou come
دقائق كالأعوام طالت ولم تجىء
حماكmay he protect you إلهthe god of الحبّlove منfrom كلevery عائقhindrance
حماك إله الحبّ من كل عائق
Minutes, like years, have dragged on, and you have not come.
Minutes like years have lengthened and you did not come
May the god of love protect you from every hindrance.
Protect you from all obstacles, God of love
سيقتلنيwill kill me شوقيmy longing إليكfor you فهلso will...? أرىI see
سيقتلني شوقي إليك فهل أرى
خيالكyour phantom عندat الموتdeath وهوwhile it is معانقيembracing me
خيالك عند الموت وهو معانقي
My longing for you will kill me; shall I see
My longing for you will kill me, will I see
your phantom at death, while it embraces me?
Your imagination while hugging me while I die
أحبكI love you حبّthe love of القلبthe heart للوحيfor revelation فالقنىso meet me
أحبك حبّ القلب للوحي فالقنى
ولوeven if لحظةًan instant ينفذpierces إلىinto الغيبthe unseen بارقىmy lightning
ولو لحظةً ينفذ إلى الغيب بارقى
I love you as the heart loves revelation; so meet me,
I love you the heart’s love for inspiration so inspire me
even for an instant, that my lightning may pierce the unseen.
Even for a moment, my sublime penetrates the unseen
شببتyou kindled بقلبىin my heart ثورةًan upheaval لمnever تعانِهاendured it
شببت بقلبى ثورةً لم تعانِها
جوانحُthe ribs of مشغوفٍone love-stricken ولاnor صدرthe breast of حانقone enraged
جوانحُ مشغوفٍ ولا صدر حانق
You kindled in my heart an upheaval never endured
I have kindled a revolution in my heart that
by the ribs of one love-stricken, nor the breast of one enraged.
The passionate breasts and angry chests did not suffer
وصيرتنيand you made me لاmay not صرتyou become مثليlike me عبرةًa warning
وصيرتني لا صرت مثلي عبرةً
لكلّfor every ألوفaffectionate الروحin spirit جمّabundant in العلائقattachments
لكلّ ألوف الروح جمّ العلائق
And you made me—may you never become like me—a warning
And you made me not become like me a lesson
for everyone affectionate in spirit, rich in attachments.
To all the thousands of souls the relationships are beautiful
فحتىso until متىwhen أحنوI show tenderness عليكtoward you ولمwhile never أكنI have been
فحتى متى أحنو عليك ولم أكن
بحفظكof your keeping للميثاقof the pledge يوماone day بواثقconfident
بحفظك للميثاق يوما بواثق
So how long shall I cherish you, when I have never been
So until when do I sympathize with you and I have not
sure, even for a day, that you would keep the pledge?
By keeping the covenant one day confident
أحبّكI love you حبthe love of العينthe eye للنورfor light فاهدنيso guide me
أحبّك حب العين للنور فاهدني
إلىto الصبرpatience عنwithout لقياكmeeting you إنif كنتyou are صادقيtrue to me
إلى الصبر عن لقياك إن كنت صادقي
I love you as the eye loves light; so guide me
I love you the eye’s love for light so guide me
to bear not seeing you, if you are true to me.
To patience from meeting you if you are my truthful
وهلand have...? أبصرbeheld الراءونseers منamong عصبةthe fellowship of الهوىlove
وهل أبصر الراءون من عصبة الهوى
نظيركyour equal فيin أوهامهمtheir imaginings والحقائقand realities
نظيرك في أوهامهم والحقائق
And have the seers among love's fellowship beheld
Do the lovestruck see the likes of you
your equal in their imaginings and in reality?
In their illusions and facts
لكyours المجدglory بينamong الخاتلينdeceivers فولّنيso appoint me to
لك المجد بين الخاتلين فولّني
قضاءjudgeship over الأسىsorrow بينamong القلوبhearts الصوادقtruthful
قضاء الأسى بين القلوب الصوادق
Glory is yours among deceivers; so appoint me
Yours is the glory between the deceivers so make me
judge of sorrow among truthful hearts.
Meet the sorrow between the sincere hearts
أحبّكI love you حبّاًa love لوif تمثّلتyou imagined وقدهits blaze
أحبّك حبّاً لو تمثّلت وقده
لأمسيتyou would become فيin كربٍanguish منfrom الحزنsorrow ساحقcrushing
لأمسيت في كربٍ من الحزن ساحق
I love you with a love that, if you imagined its blaze,
I love you a love that if its severity was embodied
would leave you in crushing anguish born of sorrow.
I would become in distress from sadness crushing
إلىto اللَهGod اشكوI complain ماwhat أعانيهI endure it منof جوىburning grief
إلى اللَه اشكو ما أعانيه من جوى
هوit is الدهرTime يرمىhurls بالصروفwith vicissitudes الصواعقthunderbolt-like
هو الدهر يرمى بالصروف الصواعق
To God I complain of the burning grief I endure;
I complain to God what I suffer from yearning
it is Time that hurls thunderbolt calamities.
It is time to throw lightning bolts
إلىto خالقthe creator of الأرواحsouls أشكوI complain بلييىmy affliction
إلى خالق الأرواح أشكو بلييى
بروحwith a soul غدورtreacherous فيin الغرامlove وماذقِand insincere
بروح غدور في الغرام وماذقِ
To the creator of souls I complain of my affliction
To the Creator of Souls I complain of my affliction
with a soul treacherous in love and false in affection.
With a cheating soul in love and tasted
تؤرّقنيkeep me sleepless أطيافُphantoms of ذكراهhis memory سحرةًbefore dawn
تؤرّقني أطيافُ ذكراه سحرةً
بروعwith dread كأهوالlike the horrors of الخطوبcalamities الطوارقnight-assailing
بروع كأهوال الخطوب الطوارق
The phantoms of his memory keep me sleepless before dawn,
I am kept awake by the ghosts of his memory as a spell
with dread like the horrors of night-assailing calamities.
With horrors like the terrors of attacking calamities
فماso what is الذنبthe fault ماwhat is ذنبيmy fault وماand not أناI فيin الهوىlove
فما الذنب ما ذنبي وما أنا في الهوى
سوىbut شاعرٍa poet للصدقof truth فيin الحبّlove خالقa creator
سوى شاعرٍ للصدق في الحبّ خالق
What, then, is the fault? What is my fault? In love I am nothing
So what is the sin, what is my sin, and I am not in love
but a poet who creates truth in love.
But a poet of honesty in creating love
ستطوىwill be folded away أحابيلُthe snares of الملاحthe beauties وتنطفىand will go out
ستطوى أحابيلُ الملاح وتنطفى
علىover الدهرtime نيرانُthe fires of الشجونsorrows المواحقِdevastating
على الدهر نيرانُ الشجون المواحقِ
The snares of the fair will be folded away, and extinguished
The ships of disaster will fold and extinguish
over time will be the fires of devastating sorrows.
The fires of sorrows that seek reconciliation on time
ويبقىand will remain نشيديmy song فيin هواكlove for you وثيقةًa record
ويبقى نشيدي في هواك وثيقةً
تسجّلrecords أحلامthe dreams of القلوبhearts الخوافقِfluttering
تسجّل أحلام القلوب الخوافقِ
And my song of love for you will remain a testament
And my anthem in your love remains a document
recording the dreams of fluttering hearts.
That records the dreams of harmonious hearts
Sol 6.1