كــــلــــمــاwhenever أبــــصــرتــهــاI saw her
كــــلــــمــا أبــــصــرتــهــا
كــــلــــمــاeach time زادincreased اللهيـــــبthe flame
كــــلــــمــا زاد اللهيـــــب
Whenever I see her,
Whenever I see her
each time, the flame grows fiercer.
My passion grows more intense
فــــاso رحــمــونــيhave mercy on me إنــنــيindeed I
فــــا رحــمــونــي إنــنــي
قـــدalready ســئــمgrew weary of قــلــبيmy heart نــحيبsobbing
قـــد ســئــم قــلــبي نــحيب
So have mercy on me, for
Have mercy on me, for
my heart has grown weary of sobbing.
My heart is weary of weeping
فــــبــمــاso with what ذاcompletes 'what' أحــــتــمــيshall I shield myself؟
فــــبــمــا ذا أحــــتــمــي؟
عــنــدماwhen يــجــفوturns cold الــحــبيبthe beloved
عــنــدما يــجــفو الــحــبيب
So with what shall I shield myself
With what can I protect myself?
when the beloved turns cold?
When the beloved turns cold
ألــــنــســيــانforgetfulness وكـــــرهand hatred؟؟
ألــــنــســيــان وكـــــره؟؟
لــــيــتif only هـــذاthis يــســتجيبwould respond
لــــيــت هـــذا يــســتجيب
Forgetfulness and hatred?
Oblivion and hatred?
If only this would respond!
If only this would respond
فــــســــلاحــيso my weaponry كـــــلـــهall of it
فــــســــلاحــي كـــــلـــه
لاnot لــــهfor it هـــدفa target يــصــيبit hits
لا لــــه هـــدف يــصــيب
For all my weaponry
My weaponry is all
has no target it can hit.
Without any target to hit
والــحــيــلand stratagems قــــدalready أثــبــتتhave proved
والــحــيــل قــــد أثــبــتت
أنـــهـــاthat they أبــــداalways تــخــيــبfail
أنـــهـــا أبــــدا تــخــيــب
And stratagems have proved
And tricks have proven
that they always fail.
That they never fail
تــتــرامــىfall كــلــهاall of them صـــرstruck down (first fragment)
تــتــرامــى كــلــها صـــر
عـــىstruck down (final fragment) لــنــكرانby the rejection of الــحــبيبthe beloved
عـــى لــنــكران الــحــبيب
They all fall, struck
They all go in vain
down by the beloved's rejection.
Against the indifference of the beloved
إنindeed لــــلــذكــرىfor memory مــــكــانــاa place
إن لــــلــذكــرى مــــكــانــا
لــهــاfor it فــيin الــقلبthe heart نــصيبa share
لــهــا فــي الــقلب نــصيب
Indeed, memory has a place;
Memories do have a place
it has a share within the heart.
They have a share in the heart
تــتــعبwearies الــعــاشقthe lover حــتــىuntil
تــتــعب الــعــاشق حــتــى
يــســهــرstays awake الــلــيــلthe night كــئــيبdespondent
يــســهــر الــلــيــل كــئــيب
It wearies the lover until
The lover suffers until
he stays awake all night, despondent.
He stays up sad at night
يــســهرstays awake الــلــيلthe night مــريــضاsick
يــســهر الــلــيل مــريــضا
شــارحــاexplaining صـــدthe rejection of الــحــبيبthe beloved
شــارحــا صـــد الــحــبيب
He stays awake all night, sick,
He stays up sick at night
explaining the beloved's rejection.
Lamenting the aloofness of the beloved
أعــتــرفI confess قــلــتI said بــحــبيof my love
أعــتــرف قــلــت بــحــبي
إنــــنــيindeed I دومــــاalways غــريــبa stranger
إنــــنــي دومــــا غــريــب
I confess—I spoke of my love;
I confess, I declared my love
indeed, I am always a stranger.
Yet I'm always a stranger
كــــيــفhow لــــوif جــامــلتهاI flattered her؟
كــــيــف لــــو جــامــلتها؟
عــنــدهــاthen كــــنــتI would have been أديـــبa refined man
عــنــدهــا كــــنــت أديـــب
What if I had flattered her?
What if I indulged her?
Then I would have been a refined man.
I would be cultured then
أبــتــسمsmile يـــاO ثــغــرmouth هــيــاcome now
أبــتــسم يـــا ثــغــر هــيــا
ودعـــنand leave behind هــجــرthe abandonment by الــحــبيبthe beloved
ودعـــن هــجــر الــحــبيب
Smile, O mouth—come now!
Smile, o lips, come on
And leave the beloved's abandonment behind.
Let's cease the separation from the beloved
عــيــشa life of حــزنٍsorrow فــيin كــآبةgloom
عــيــش حــزنٍ فــي كــآبة
عـــيـــشa life of ذلٍhumiliation لاnot يــطــيــبis pleasant
عـــيـــش ذلٍ لا يــطــيــب
A life of sorrow amid gloom
A life of sadness in gloom
is a life of humiliation without joy.
A humiliating life that's not sweet
واســمــعنand listen يـــاO قــلبheart داعone who calls
واســمــعن يـــا قــلب داع
يــشــجبdenounces الــظــلمthe injustice الــرهيبthe dreadful
يــشــجب الــظــلم الــرهيب
And listen, O heart, to one who calls,
And listen, o aching heart
denouncing the dreadful injustice,
That denounces the terrible injustice
راجــيــاًhoping فـــيin كــلevery حــزنsorrow
راجــيــاً فـــي كــل حــزن
أنthat تــقــلyou say اتـــركleave off وجــيبthrobbing
أن تــقــل اتـــرك وجــيب
hoping in every sorrow
Hoping that with every sorrow
that you say, ‘Leave off throbbing,
You'd say: leave me be
وتــــمــــتــعand enjoy بــالــبــشــاشةcheerfulness
وتــــمــــتــع بــالــبــشــاشة
لــــتــذقso you may taste عــيــشاًa life رحــيــبspacious
لــــتــذق عــيــشاً رحــيــب
and delight in cheerfulness,
And enjoy cheerfulness
so you may taste a spacious life.’
To taste a comfortable life
وأمـــرنand command زهـــرthe flowers of الــحدائقthe gardens
وأمـــرن زهـــر الــحدائق
لــتــفــحso they waft scent تــغــمــرهenvelop it طــيــبfragrance
لــتــفــح تــغــمــره طــيــب
And command the garden flowers
And command the flowers of gardens
to waft scent and envelop it in fragrance.
To bloom, imbuing it with fragrance
واســألــنand ask طــيــراًa bird يــغــنِّيthat sings
واســألــن طــيــراً يــغــنِّي
عـــذبsweet لــحــنa melody ورطــيــبand tender
عـــذب لــحــن ورطــيــب
And ask a bird that sings
And ask a bird to sing
a sweet and tender melody
A gentle, heartwarming tune
لــيــضمدso it may bandage جـــرحthe wound of صـــبِّa lovesick lover
لــيــضمد جـــرح صـــبِّ
لــيــغــطيso it may cover مــــاwhat يــعــيــبmars
لــيــغــطي مــــا يــعــيــب
to bandage a lovesick lover's wound,
To dress the wounds of passion
to conceal whatever mars him.
And cover what's shameful
عــدتI returned مــنfrom حــيثwhere أتــيتI came
عــدت مــن حــيث أتــيت
إنَّindeed هــــــذاthis لــــعــجــيــبtruly strange
إنَّ هــــــذا لــــعــجــيــب
I returned to where I came from.
I'm back to where I started
Indeed, this is truly strange!
This is truly puzzling
كــلــمــاwhenever حــــاولــتI tried حـــلاًa solution
كــلــمــا حــــاولــت حـــلاً
زادنـــيgave me more الــوجــدlonging نــحــيبsobbing
زادنـــي الــوجــد نــحــيب
Whenever I tried a solution,
Whenever I try a solution
longing made me sob still more.
My fervor increases my weeping
هــــكــذاthus الــــحــبُّlove مـــلاكٌan angel
هــــكــذا الــــحــبُّ مـــلاكٌ
تـــارةًat times يــضــفيbestows الــعجيبthe wondrous
تـــارةً يــضــفي الــعجيب
Thus love is an angel,
Such is love, an angel
at times bestowing wonders;
Bestowing the extraordinary at times
ومــــــراراand repeatedly يــــتــنــكــرdisguises itself
ومــــــرارا يــــتــنــكــر
آهah شــــيــطــانa devil مـــريـــبdisquieting
آه شــــيــطــان مـــريـــب
and often it disguises itself:
And frequently masquerading
Ah—a disquieting devil!
Oh, a wicked devil
لــيــسthere is not مـــنany حــلٍّa solution لــهذاfor this!!
لــيــس مـــن حــلٍّ لــهذا!!
انَّــــهindeed it لــغــزٌa riddle غــريــبstrange!!!
انَّــــه لــغــزٌ غــريــب!!!
There is no solution to this!
There is no solution for this!!
It is a strange riddle!
It is a strange mystery!!!
يشبمYashbum مgovernorate (abbreviation) شبوةShabwah 2/12/1969
يشبم م شبوة 2/12/1969
Yashbum, Shabwah Governorate — 2/12/1969
Yushbahum - 2/12/1969