نسيتمyou forgot العهدthe pledge واسترحتمand you found rest
نسيتم العهد واسترحتم
منfrom لوعةanguish الحافظthe keeper الأمينthe faithful
من لوعة الحافظ الأمين
You forgot the pledge and found rest
You forgot the promise and found rest
from the anguish of the faithful keeper.
From the agony of the faithful keeper
فليتso, if only ماwhat راضكمsoothed you فنمتمso you slept
فليت ما راضكم فنمتم
أراحgave rest to بعدafter النوىseparation جفونيmy eyelids
أراح بعد النوى جفوني
If only what soothed you into sleep
I wish you hadn’t been satisfied and slept
had brought my eyelids rest after parting.
To give respite after intention to my eyelids
وليتنيand if only I إذwhen يئستُI despaired منكمof you
وليتني إذ يئستُ منكم
كبحتُI reined in فيin غربتيmy exile شجونيmy sorrows
كبحتُ في غربتي شجوني
And if only, when I despaired of you,
And I wish when I despaired of you
I had reined in my sorrows in my exile.
I had restrained my laments in my exile
ولّىhas passed خداعdeceit المنىhopes وقرّتand grew still
ولّى خداع المنى وقرّت
مطامحُaspirations الواجدthe yearning lover الحزينِthe sorrowful
مطامحُ الواجد الحزينِ
The deceit of hopes has passed, and at rest are
The deception of wishes passed
the aspirations of the sorrowful lover.
And the aspirations of the sad longing one
فماso why بكائيmy weeping علىfor حبيبٍa beloved
فما بكائي على حبيبٍ
لمnot تقضَwere repaid فيin حبهlove for him ديونيmy debts
لم تقضَ في حبه ديوني
Why, then, do I weep for a beloved
So my crying is not over a loved one
in whose love my debts remain unpaid?
Whose love did not fulfill my debts
ألقيتُI cast بالنفسmyself منout of هواهُlove for him
ألقيتُ بالنفس من هواهُ
فيinto لجةِthe deep waters السحرmagic والفتونand allure
في لجةِ السحر والفتون
Out of love for him, I cast myself
I flung myself from his love
into the deep waters of magic and allure.
In the abyss of sorcery and temptations
وقلتand I said أرتادُI seek out منfrom صباهhis youth
وقلت أرتادُ من صباه
ملاعبplaygrounds الطيشrecklessness والجنونِand madness
ملاعب الطيش والجنونِ
And I said I would seek within his youth
And said I will revisit from his youth
the playgrounds of recklessness and madness.
The playgrounds of frivolity and madness
فماbut not تذوقتُI tasted منof جناهُhis fruit
فما تذوقتُ من جناهُ
إلاexcept صدىthe echo النوحwailing والأنينِand moaning
إلا صدى النوح والأنينِ
Yet of his fruit I tasted nothing
But I never tasted of his paradise
but the echo of wailing and moaning.
Except the echo of wailing and moaning
ياO روعةsplendor البدرthe full moon فيin سماهits sky
يا روعة البدر في سماه
وفتنةand allure الزهرthe blossoms فيon الغصونthe boughs
وفتنة الزهر في الغصون
O splendor of the full moon in its sky,
O magnificence of the full moon in its sky
and allure of blossoms on the boughs,
And temptation of flowers on the branches
تناسfeign forgetfulness ماas much as شئتyou wish تخبوwill fade
تناس ما شئت تخبو
حرارةُthe heat الدمعof tears فيin الشئونthe tear ducts
حرارةُ الدمع في الشئون
Feign forgetfulness as you wish; it will fade—
Forget what you wish, you hide
the heat of tears in the tear ducts.
The heat of tears in feelings
وسوفand will تبلىwear away علىover اللياليthe nights
وسوف تبلى على الليالي
غرائبُmarvels السحرof magic فيin العيونthe eyes
غرائبُ السحر في العيون
And with the passing nights will wear away
And the wonders of magic in the eyes
the marvels of magic in the eyes.
Will wear out over the nights
أستغفرI ask forgiveness of الحبlove سوفwill يبقىremain
أستغفر الحب سوف يبقى
علىdespite صروفthe vicissitudes الأسىof sorrow حنينيmy yearning
على صروف الأسى حنيني
I ask love's forgiveness; there will remain,
I ask forgiveness, love will remain
despite sorrow's vicissitudes, my yearning.
With the turns of sorrow, my yearning
Sol 6.1