فَدُمْso remain ياO شِعْرُpoetry نِبْراسيmy guiding light
فَدُمْ يا شِعْرُ نِبْراسي
ودُمْand remain ياO شِعرُpoetry أوتاريmy strings
ودُمْ يا شِعرُ أوتاري
Remain, O poetry, my beacon;
So remain, O poetry, my guiding light,
remain, O poetry, my strings.
and remain, O poetry, my strings.
عَجِيبٌstrange أنتَyou ياO شِعْريmy poetry
عَجِيبٌ أنتَ يا شِعْري
وياand O تَسبيحَhymn of praise قِيثاريmy lyre
ويا تَسبيحَ قِيثاري
Wondrous are you, O my poetry—
Strange are you, O my poetry,
O hymn of my lyre.
and O hymn of praise from my lyre.
إلامَhow long تُثِيرُyou stir قُرَّائيmy readers؟
إلامَ تُثِيرُ قُرَّائي؟
بِتأييدٍwith approval وإنكارِand rejection؟
بِتأييدٍ وإنكارِ؟
How long will you provoke my readers
How long will you stir my readers
with my affirmation and denial?
to approval and rejection?
وأَغْضَبْتَand you angered الأُلَىthose who كانواused to
وأَغْضَبْتَ الأُلَى كانوا
يَرَوْنَregard الشِّعرَpoetry مِزماريmy flute
يَرَوْنَ الشِّعرَ مِزماري
And you have angered those who once
And you have angered those who used to
regarded poetry as my flute.
see poetry as my flute.
فهذاso this شاعرٌa poet يَتلوrecites
فهذا شاعرٌ يَتلو
ويَلْعَنُand curses بعضَsome of أفكاريmy thoughts
ويَلْعَنُ بعضَ أفكاري
Here, then, is a poet reciting
So here is a poet who recites
and cursing some of my ideas;
and curses some of my thoughts,
وهذاand this قارئٌa reader يَشدوsings
وهذا قارئٌ يَشدو
يَشُمُّsmells عَبيرَthe fragrance of أزهاريmy flowers
يَشُمُّ عَبيرَ أزهاري
and here is a reader singing,
and here is a reader who sings,
breathing in the fragrance of my flowers.
smelling the fragrance of my flowers.
كذاthus ياO شِعرُpoetry تُحْرِجُنيyou embarrass me
كذا يا شِعرُ تُحْرِجُني
وتُفْشِيand you reveal كلَّall أَسرارِيmy secrets
وتُفْشِي كلَّ أَسرارِي
Thus, O poetry, you embarrass me
Thus, O poetry, you embarrass me
and divulge all my secrets.
and reveal all my secrets.
