إليكَto you إهداءa dedication أطرابيmy raptures وأشجانيand my sorrows
إليكَ إهداء أطرابي وأشجاني
لوif كنتَyou were تعلمto know إسراريmy concealment وإعلانيand my disclosure
لو كنتَ تعلم إسراري وإعلاني
To you I dedicate my raptures and sorrows—
To you I dedicate my poems and laments
if only you knew what I conceal and what I proclaim!
If only you knew my secrets and declarations
شعرٌpoetry لحسنِكَfor your beauty فيهin it كلٌّevery قافيةrhyme
شعرٌ لحسنِكَ فيه كلٌّ قافية
وماand not تضمَّنit contained إلاexcept بعضَpart of وجدانيmy feelings
وما تضمَّن إلا بعضَ وجداني
Verse whose every rhyme is for your beauty,
Verses for your beauty, every line rhyming
yet it contains only part of my feelings.
Containing but some of my passion
يُهدَىis offered إليكto you ولمand did not تفطنdiscern لدعوتهto its call
يُهدَى إليك ولم تفطن لدعوته
كأنماas though هوit قربانan offering لأوثانto idols
كأنما هو قربان لأوثان
It is offered to you, yet you did not discern its call,
Dedicated to you, though you're not aware of its call
as though it were an offering to idols.
As if it were an offering to idols
ولوand if صمدتُI turned بتسبيحيwith my praise إلىtoward وثنan idol
ولو صمدتُ بتسبيحي إلى وثن
إذنthen لأثلجwould have cooled صدريmy breast صدقthe sincerity of إيمانيmy faith
إذن لأثلج صدري صدق إيماني
And had I turned with my praise toward an idol,
If I persisted glorifying you like an idol
then the sincerity of my faith would have cooled my breast,
My sincerity would chill my chest
وخففand would have eased النارthe fire نارَthe fire of الوجدlonging عنfrom كبديmy liver
وخفف النار نارَ الوجد عن كبدي
علميmy knowledge بأنكthat you لمdid not تجهلbe unaware بقربانيof my offering
علمي بأنك لم تجهل بقرباني
and my liver would have been relieved of the fire—the fire of longing—
And ease the fire, the fire of passion in my liver
by my knowledge that you were not unaware of my offering.
Knowing you're unaware of my offering
لكنbut جهلتَyou were unaware of مناجاتيmy whispered prayer فواso, oh جذليmy joy
لكن جهلتَ مناجاتي فوا جذلي
لوif فزتُI won منكfrom you، علىwith علمٍawareness، بحرمانwith deprivation
لو فزتُ منك، على علمٍ، بحرمان
But you knew nothing of my whispered prayer—oh, how glad I would be
But you're ignorant of my intimate discourse, how unlucky I am
if I won from you a refusal given knowingly!
If I gained from you, knowingly, deprivation
ياO منone who هوhe الناسthe people فيin عينيmy eye وإنand even if كثرواthey are many
يا من هو الناس في عيني وإن كثروا
إنيindeed I أخصُّsingle out بشعريwith my poetry كلَّevery إنسانperson
إني أخصُّ بشعري كلَّ إنسان
O you who are all people in my eyes, however many they may be,
O you who are all people in my eyes though many they are
indeed, I single out every person with my verse.
I reserve my poetry for every human
أُهديI offer إلىto الناسthe people ماwhat أعنيكَI mean you أنتَyou yourself بهby it
أُهدي إلى الناس ما أعنيكَ أنتَ به
فاقبلso accept، فإنكfor indeed you are بعضone of الناسthe people ديوانيmy collected poems
فاقبل، فإنك بعض الناس ديواني
I offer the people what I intend for you alone;
I dedicate to people what does not concern you
so accept my collected poems, for you are one of the people.
So accept, for you are part of my world