أنتyou ياعصفورةًO little bird تشدوsings
أنت ياعصفورةً تشدو
علىon أغصـانboughs حبــيmy love
على أغصـان حبــي
You, O little bird that sings
You, little bird, sing
on the boughs of my love,
On the branches of my love
كيفhow ماتdied الشَّدوthe song ,بلrather كيفhow
كيف مات الشَّدو ,بل كيف
سـطاassailed البعـــدdistance بقربـــيupon my closeness
سـطا البعـــد بقربـــي
how did the song die—or rather, how
How did the singing die, but how
did distance assail my closeness?
Did distance spread with my closeness
كيفhow دحرجتِyou rolled صخورboulders اليأسdespair
كيف دحرجتِ صخور اليأس
حتىuntil سُــدَّwas blocked دربــــيmy path
حتى سُــدَّ دربــــي
How did you roll the boulders of despair
How did you roll the rocks of despair
until my path was blocked?
Until my path was blocked
كيفhow ترضينyou accept ضيـاعwasting العمرa lifetime
كيف ترضين ضيـاع العمر
مــنfrom ســربٍa flock لســربto a flock ؟
مــن ســربٍ لســرب ؟
How can you accept a lifetime wasted
How can you be content with the loss of life
from flock to flock?
From one flock to another?
كيفhow تنأينyou go far away , ومافـيand there is nothing in النَّأيdistance
كيف تنأين , ومافـي النَّأي
إلاexcept كـــلّevery كــــربanguish ؟
إلا كـــلّ كــــرب ؟
How can you go far away, when distance holds
How can you distance yourself, when in distance
nothing but anguish of every kind?
Is nothing but sorrow?
هوِّنيease matters عصفورتيmy little bird ماعادhas not returned
هوِّني عصفورتي ماعاد
ذوone possessing يـــأسٍdespair بكسبwith gain
ذو يـــأسٍ بكسب
Take heart, my little bird: never has
Comfort me, my little bird, I no longer
a despairing soul returned with gain.
Have hope of gain
يرحلjourneys المرتابthe doubter فيin دنيــاهhis world
يرحل المرتاب في دنيــاه
مـنfrom خــطبcalamity لخــطبto calamity
مـن خــطب لخــطب
The doubter journeys through his world
The anxious one travels his world
from calamity to calamity.
From worry to worry
فاملئيso fill الدنـيــاthe world بشدوٍwith song
فاملئي الدنـيــا بشدوٍ
وأميـــتيand put to death كـــلَّevery رعـبterror
وأميـــتي كـــلَّ رعـب
So fill the world with song,
So fill my world with song
and put every terror to death.
And slay all fear
أينـماwherever طــرتِyou fly ستـلقـينيyou will find me
أينـما طــرتِ ستـلقـيني
..فـإنfor indeed العــشَّthe nest قــلبيmy heart
..فـإن العــشَّ قــلبي
Wherever you fly, you will find me,
Wherever you fly you will find me
for the nest is my heart.
For my heart is your nest