أشَككتِ في حبّ غدا ملمُوسا

أشَككتِ في حبّ غدا ملمُوسا

فبَعثتِ طيفَكِ رائداً جاسُوسا

فبَعثتِ طيفَكِ رائداً جاسُوسا

Did you doubt a love that had become tangible,

You doubted a love that became tangible

and so send your phantom as a scout, a spy?

So you sent your ghost as a spy

أبصَرتُهُ خللَ السّجوفِ ولحظُهُ

أبصَرتُهُ خللَ السّجوفِ ولحظُهُ

سيفٌ يشقُّ القلبَ والحنديسا

سيفٌ يشقُّ القلبَ والحنديسا

I saw it through the curtains, and its gaze

I saw him through the eyelashes and his gaze

was a sword cleaving the heart and the pitch darkness.

Was a sword that cleaves the heart and the cuirass

فدَعوتُهُ وضَممتُهُ ولثَمتُهُ

فدَعوتُهُ وضَممتُهُ ولثَمتُهُ

حتَّى غدا بعدَ النُفورِ أنيسا

حتَّى غدا بعدَ النُفورِ أنيسا

So I called it, embraced it, and kissed it,

So I called him, embraced him, and kissed him

until, after its aversion, it became a companion.

Until after aloofness, he became a companion

والحلمُ لذّتُه كَلذّةِ يَقظةٍ

والحلمُ لذّتُه كَلذّةِ يَقظةٍ

إن زرتِ ديراً فاسألي القسِّيسا

إن زرتِ ديراً فاسألي القسِّيسا

And the dream's pleasure is like the pleasure of wakefulness;

And the dream's pleasure is like the pleasure of wakefulness

if you visit a monastery, ask the priest.

If you visit a monastery, ask the priest

ردّيه عني إنّ طيفَكِ خادعٌ

ردّيه عني إنّ طيفَكِ خادعٌ

من قبلهِ يوداسُ قبَّلَ عيسى

من قبلهِ يوداسُ قبَّلَ عيسى

Turn it away from me, for your phantom is deceitful:

Send him away from me, your ghost is deceitful

before it, Judas had kissed Jesus.

Judas who kissed Jesus before betraying him