سـجنونيthey imprisoned me فـيin غرفـةa room قدalready تعرّتbecame bare
سـجنوني فـي غرفـة قد تعرّت
فكـأنيso it was as though I سـجنتwas imprisoned وسـطamid القفـارthe wastelands
فكـأني سـجنت وسـط القفـار
They imprisoned me in a room that had been stripped bare,
As though I had been imprisoned amid the wastelands.
جـاعلاًmaking مـنfrom ترابهاits dirt ليfor me فراشاًa bed
جـاعلاً مـن ترابها لي فراشاً
وغطــاءand a covering يلفنّــيwraps me مـنof غبـارdust
وغطــاء يلفنّــي مـن غبـار
Making its dirt a bed for myself,
And a covering of dust to wrap me.
ثـمthen زادواthey added علىover الغبارthe dust غطاءًa covering
ثـم زادوا على الغبار غطاءً
مــنof نســيجfabric مضعضـعtattered منهـارfalling apart
مــن نســيج مضعضـع منهـار
Then they added a covering over the dust,
Of tattered fabric falling apart.
فـاذاso when نمـتI sleep يكتسيbecomes clothed منهfrom it وجهيmy face
فـاذا نمـت يكتسي منه وجهي
بغريــبwith strange الأصــوافthe wool fibers والأوبـارand the animal hairs
بغريــب الأصــواف والأوبـار
So when I sleep, it clothes my face
In strange wool and animal hair.
فترانيso you see me فيin الصبحthe morning امضغI chew شعراًhair
فتراني في الصبح امضغ شعراً
وترابــاًand dirt برغـمdespite حلقـيmy throat سـارpassed
وترابــاً برغـم حلقـي سـار
So in the morning you see me chewing hair
And dirt that passed down my unwilling throat.
فكــأنيso it is as though I أكلـتI ate نصـفhalf فراشـيmy bed
فكــأني أكلـت نصـف فراشـي
وكــأنيand as though I شـربتI drank نصـفhalf دثـاريmy blanket
وكــأني شـربت نصـف دثـاري
So it is as though I had eaten half my bed,
And as though I had drunk half my blanket;
وكـأننيand as though I والصـوفwhile the wool كلـلcrowned وجهيmy face
وكـأنني والصـوف كلـل وجهي
نـوعa kind وحـشٍbeast مـاnot مـرpassed بالافكارthrough thoughts
نـوع وحـشٍ مـا مـر بالافكار
And as though, with wool crowning my face, I were
A kind of beast that never crossed anyone's mind.