نفوس معذبه هائمة

نفوس معذبه هائمة

 تخبط في الظلمة القاتمة

تخبط في الظلمة القاتمة

Tormented, wandering souls

Tormented wandering souls

Tormented, wandering souls,

flounder in the pitch-black darkness.

Flailing in the pitch-black darkness

Stumbling in the gloomy darkness.

أجد لها الليل أحزانها

أجد لها الليل أحزانها

 و تذكار أيامها الباسمة

و تذكار أيامها الباسمة

Night renewed their sorrows

I find their sorrow in the night

The night renewed for them their sorrows,

and the memory of their smiling days.

And memories of their smiling days

And the memory of their smiling days.

فسارت تفتش عن حبها

فسارت تفتش عن حبها

 و تنشد لذاتها الدائمة

و تنشد لذاتها الدائمة

So they went seeking their love

They went searching for their love

So they went searching for their love,

and searching for their lasting pleasures.

And singing for their lasting pleasures

And seeking their eternal pleasures.

و أسرى بها تحت جنح الظلام

و أسرى بها تحت جنح الظلام

 زوارق في اللجة الغائمة

زوارق في اللجة الغائمة

And beneath the wing of darkness they were borne by night

And I sailed them beneath the wings of darkness

And carried away under the wing of darkness,

by boats upon the mist-shrouded deep.

Boats in the gloomy sea

Were boats in the cloudy deep.

إذا ما تلوث على الشاطئين

إذا ما تلوث على الشاطئين

 من النهر أمواجه اللاطمه

من النهر أمواجه اللاطمه

When upon both banks there coiled

Whenever waves surge

When the waves twisted upon the shores,

the river's lashing waves,

From the river onto the shores

From the river came its slapping waves.

و أرسى على مائه زورق

و أرسى على مائه زورق

 تؤرجحه النسمة الحالمة

تؤرجحه النسمة الحالمة

and a boat anchored upon its waters,

And a boat anchored

And a boat anchored upon its water,

rocked by the dreaming breeze,

Rocked by the dreaming breeze

Swayed by the dreaming breeze.

أطلت على النهر حورية

أطلت على النهر حورية

 فأغوته بالنظرة الساهمة

فأغوته بالنظرة الساهمة

a nymph appeared above the river

A nymph leaned

A nymph looked out over the river,

and beguiled it with her pensive gaze.

And tempted it with her piercing gaze

And seduced him with an absent gaze.

فأغواره و هي أوطانها

فأغواره و هي أوطانها

 بواك على فقدها نادمة

بواك على فقدها نادمة

So its depths—her homelands—

So it forgot its homelands

Its depths are her homelands,

wept at her loss, full of regret.

Weeping over the loss

Weeping, regretting her loss.

و أمواجه و هي أترابها

و أمواجه و هي أترابها

 جئت تحت أقدامها لاثمه

جئت تحت أقدامها لاثمه

And its waves—her companions—

And its waves, her friends

And its waves are her playmates,

came beneath her feet, kissing them.

Came kissing her feet

Coming to kiss beneath her feet.

أحورية النهر غضي العيون

أحورية النهر غضي العيون

 و كوني بملاحة راحمه

و كوني بملاحة راحمه

O river nymph, lower your eyes

Nymph of the river, cast down your eyes

O River Nymph, lower your gaze,

and be merciful to its boatman.

And be compassionate

And be merciful to the sailor.

تسيرين في زورق من ظلال

تسيرين في زورق من ظلال

 فتدفعه النسمة الناعمة

فتدفعه النسمة الناعمة

You sail in a boat of shadows,

You walk in a boat of shadows

You sail in a boat of shadows,

driven onward by the gentle breeze.

Pushed by the gentle breeze

Pushed by the soft breeze.

و مجدافك اخترته من ضي

و مجدافك اخترته من ضي

 اء النجوم على اللجة القاتمة

اء النجوم على اللجة القاتمة

And your oar you chose from the light

Your oar you picked from the light

And your oar you chose from the light

of the stars upon the pitch-black deep.

Of stars on the dark sea

Of the stars upon the dark deep.

و أطربت النهر و الضفتين

و أطربت النهر و الضفتين

 أغان و قيثارة ناغمة

أغان و قيثارة ناغمة

And the river and both banks were delighted

You charmed the river and shores

You delighted the river and the banks,

by songs and a melodious lyre.

With songs and melodious lyre

With songs and a melodious lyre.

لقد حق أن تسحر الكائنات

لقد حق أن تسحر الكائنات

 وتستل آهاتها الجاثمة

وتستل آهاتها الجاثمة

Indeed, it is fitting that it enchant all beings

You have the right to enchant all creatures

It is right that creatures be bewitched,

and draw out the sighs that weigh upon them:

And elicit their stifled sighs

And their crouching sighs extracted.

فأوتارها شعرك العسجدي

فأوتارها شعرك العسجدي

 و أنت الموقعة الباسمة

و أنت الموقعة الباسمة

for its strings are your golden hair,

For your strings are your wavy hair

For its strings are your golden hair,

and you are its smiling player.

While you are the smiling player

And you are the smiling player.

رأى النهر مصرع ملاحه

رأى النهر مصرع ملاحه

 بعينيك أيتها الظالمة

بعينيك أيتها الظالمة

The river saw its boatman's doom

The river saw the death of its sailor

The river saw the death of its sailor,

in your eyes, O cruel one.

In your eyes, O unjust one

In your eyes, O unjust one.

رآك فهيأ مجدافه

رآك فهيأ مجدافه

 و أسلم زورقه للظلام

و أسلم زورقه للظلام

He saw you and readied his oar,

It saw you and readied its oar

He saw you and prepared his oar,

and surrendered his boat to the darkness.

And surrendered its boat to the darkness

And surrendered his boat to the darkness.

يثير إذا سار عزم الميا

يثير إذا سار عزم الميا

 ه فتطلق عن جانبيه السهام

ه فتطلق عن جانبيه السهام

As he went, he roused the waters' resolve,

To stir up determination in the water and unleash arrows

He stirs, as he moves, the water's resolve,

so they loosed arrows from either side of him.

The wave swelled and coiled back shadows

So arrows launch from its sides.

طغى الموج و ارتد يطوي الظلال

طغى الموج و ارتد يطوي الظلال

 فلم يبق للعين إلا القتام

فلم يبق للعين إلا القتام

The waves surged, then recoiled, folding away the shadows,

Leaving the eye naught but darkness

The wave surged and recoiled, folding the shadows,

till nothing remained to the eye but murk.

Oh boat of shadows that dissolved

And nothing remained for the eye but gloom.

فيا زورقا من ظلال تلاشى

فيا زورقا من ظلال تلاشى

 بحورية ليس ترعى الذمام

بحورية ليس ترعى الذمام

O boat of shadows, which vanished

With a nymph who heeds no blame

O boat of shadows that vanished,

because of a nymph who honors no bond,

You left our sailor alone

With a nymph who keeps no pact.

أخلفت ملاحنا وحده

أخلفت ملاحنا وحده

 و للموج في الشاطئين احتدام

و للموج في الشاطئين احتدام

have you left our boatman alone,

With waves clashing on the shores

She left our sailor alone,

while the waves rage on both banks?

The nymph of the river left

While the waves raged on the shores.

و حورية النهر ما خلفت

و حورية النهر ما خلفت

 سوى أغنيات تثير الغرام

سوى أغنيات تثير الغرام

And the river nymph left nothing

Only songs that stir passion

And the river nymph left nothing behind,

but songs that stir passionate love:

A boat, wave and heart filled with love race

Except songs that stir passion.

يجاري اختلاجاتها زورق

يجاري اختلاجاتها زورق

 و موج و قلب حواه الهيام

و موج و قلب حواه الهيام

a boat keeps pace with her quiverings,

And a river blends its waters

A boat races to match her tremors,

and waves, and a heart possessed by passion,

Bearing them as foam when it sleeps

With a wave and a heart held by infatuation.

و نهر تمازج أمواهه

و نهر تمازج أمواهه

 و يحملها رغوة إذ تنام

و يحملها رغوة إذ تنام

and a river whose waters she mingles with,

A star dims the gloom with its light

And a river whose waters blend,

which carries her as foam when she sleeps,

Like a spring on whose lips grass sleeps

Carrying her as foam when she sleeps.

و نجم يعشى الدجى ضوءه

و نجم يعشى الدجى ضوءه

 كنبع على ثغره العشب نام

كنبع على ثغره العشب نام

and a star whose light blinds the night,

And a boat pursues her traces

And a star whose light dims the darkness,

like a spring at whose mouth the grass sleeps.

With its dreaming, wandering sailor

Like a spring upon whose mouth the grass slept.

و يقتاف آثارها زورق

و يقتاف آثارها زورق

 و ملاحه الشارد المستهام

و ملاحه الشارد المستهام

And a boat follows in her wake,

Her phantom from the wave smiles at him

And a boat tracks her traces,

with its wandering, love-stricken boatman.

Her cheek appears from every side

With its wandering, lovesick sailor.

يطالعه طيف حورية

يطالعه طيف حورية

 من الموج يختال في الابتسام

من الموج يختال في الابتسام

The phantom of a nymph appears before him,

If he walks a thousand darknesses

The phantom of a nymph appears to him,

from the waves, swaying proudly with a smile.

As if he sees nothing, her voice reaches him

From the waves, strutting with a smile.

فمن كل صوب سرى خالها

فمن كل صوب سرى خالها

 هناك و إن سار ألفى الظلام

هناك و إن سار ألفى الظلام

Whichever way he traveled, he imagined her

And the water speaks again

From every direction her image traveled,

there; yet when he went, he found the dark.

Yearning eyes gazed at him

There, but if he went, he found darkness.

أوهما يرى لا فذا صوتها

أوهما يرى لا فذا صوتها

 ينتهي فتعيد المياه الكلام

ينتهي فتعيد المياه الكلام

Is he seeing an illusion? No—this is her voice,

From behind the clouds, warning him

An illusion he sees? No, it is her voice,

dying away; then the waters repeat the words.

Of peril and ruin that seized him

Ending, so the waters repeat the words.

و لاحت له أعين مشفقات

و لاحت له أعين مشفقات

 محدقة من وراء الغمام

محدقة من وراء الغمام

And pitying eyes appeared to him,

But his ears did not hear

And compassionate eyes appeared to him,

gazing intently from behind the clouds,

The heavens' talk, where there is peace

Staring from behind the clouds.

تنادي به ظللتك الخطوب

تنادي به ظللتك الخطوب

 و قادتك نحو الردى و الحمام

و قادتك نحو الردى و الحمام

calling to him: Calamities have overshadowed you

He sailed aimlessly

Calling to him: Misfortunes have shadowed you,

and led you toward doom and death.

Only to row until dawn

And led you toward destruction and death.

و لكن أذنيه لم تسمعا

و لكن أذنيه لم تسمعا

 حديث السماوات حيث السلام

حديث السماوات حيث السلام

But his ears did not hear

And follow the light of stars on the water

But his ears did not hear,

the speech of the heavens, where peace dwells.

As they struck his soul with wailing

The speech of the heavens where peace resides.

جرى وهو ليس له غاية

جرى وهو ليس له غاية

 سوى أن يجدف حتى الصباح

سوى أن يجدف حتى الصباح

He sped on, with no goal

The night smashed his oar

He ran with no goal,

but to row until morning,

And the gust tore his sail

Except to row until morning.

و يقفو على الماء ضوء النجوم

و يقفو على الماء ضوء النجوم

 و يصرع أشجانه بالنواح

و يصرع أشجانه بالنواح

and follow the stars' light upon the water,

The wave put out his lamp

Following the starlight on the water,

and slay his sorrows with wailing.

So he shouted but that shout found none

And slaying his sorrows with wailing.

لقد حطم الليل مجدافه

لقد حطم الليل مجدافه

 و هيض الشراع بعصف الرياح

و هيض الشراع بعصف الرياح

Night had shattered his oar

You scowled, O night, at the miserable ones

The night smashed his oar,

and crippled his sail with the winds' fury.

So relent and let the dawn heal the wounds

And the sail was broken by the blowing winds.

وقد أطفأ الموج مصباحه

وقد أطفأ الموج مصباحه

 فصاح و لم يجد ذاك الصياح

فصاح و لم يجد ذاك الصياح

And the waves had put out his lamp,

He cried out, extending both hands

And the wave extinguished his lamp,

so he cried out, but that cry availed him nothing:

The time for departure from you has come, O land

He screamed, but that screaming availed nothing.

تبرمت يا ليل بالبائسين

تبرمت يا ليل بالبائسين

 فزل و اترك الصبح يأسو الجراح

فزل و اترك الصبح يأسو الجراح

Night, you have grown weary of the wretched;

Farewell, O shore that was the stranger's refuge

You have grown weary, O Night, of the miserable,

be gone, and let dawn heal their wounds!

When he was weary of the path, so he rested

So be gone, and let the morning heal the wounds.

و نادى وقد مد كلتا يديه

و نادى وقد مد كلتا يديه

 لقد حان يا أرض عنك الرواح

لقد حان يا أرض عنك الرواح

And he called out, stretching forth both hands:

Farewell, farewell of the sad wretched one

And he called out, stretching forth both hands:

Earth, the time has come to leave you.

Who will walk to death after struggle

'The time has come, O Earth, to depart from you.'

فيا شاطئا كان مأوى الغريب

فيا شاطئا كان مأوى الغريب

 إذا مل طول السرى فاسترح

إذا مل طول السرى فاسترح

O shore that was the stranger's refuge

And O sea foam, cheek of the sail

O shore that was the stranger's shelter,

when he tired of long night journeys—rest now.

Tranquil breeze, melodious calling

If he tired of long travel, he rested.

وداعا وداع الشقي الحزين

وداعا وداع الشقي الحزين

 سيسر إلى الموت بعد الكفاح

سيسر إلى الموت بعد الكفاح

Farewell—the farewell of the wretched, grieving man

We both yearn for the soil

Farewell, the farewell of the wretched sad one,

who will go to death after the struggle.

So farewell, I fold my wings

Who will go to death after the struggle.

و يا زمج الماء خدن السفين

و يا زمج الماء خدن السفين

 سمير الشراع الطروب الصداح

سمير الشراع الطروب الصداح

And you, petrel, companion of ships,

O night stars, my friends

O water-bird, companion of the ship,

night companion of the merry, singing sail,

When the heart is ill by night and perishes

Friend of the sail, the merry singer.

كلانا يحن إلى تربه

كلانا يحن إلى تربه

 فطر لي فإني مهيض الجناح

فطر لي فإني مهيض الجناح

each of us longs for his companion;

When your bright light wanes

Both of us yearn for our home,

fly for me, for my wing is broken.

Sorrow and the morning star shines

So fly for me, for I have a broken wing.

و يا أنجم الليل يا عودي

و يا أنجم الليل يا عودي

 إذا القلب في الليل بالداء طاح

إذا القلب في الليل بالداء طاح

And you, stars of night, my sickbed visitors,

Tell it about a boy lost in the gloom

O stars of the night, O my comforters,

when the heart falls stricken with illness in the night,

Engulfed by clouds and love of sailing

If the heart falls ill in the night.

إذا ما خبا نوركن الوضيء

إذا ما خبا نوركن الوضيء

 أسى و تألق نجم الصباح

أسى و تألق نجم الصباح

if your radiant light fades

He saw a nymph with his eyes

If your luminous light fades in sorrow,

in sorrow, and the morning star shines,

So he was possessed by her for a time, then left

And the morning star shines forth,

فحدثنه عن فتى في الدجى

فحدثنه عن فتى في الدجى

 طواه العباب  وحب الملاح

طواه العباب وحب الملاح

then tell him of a youth in the darkness,

The shepherds may tell about him,

Then tell him of a youth in the dark,

swallowed by the surging waters and love of fair women.

So they weep in sorrow and the plains cry

Swallowed by the billows and the love of beauty.

رأى ويح عينيه حورية

رأى ويح عينيه حورية

 فجن بها ساعة ثم راح

فجن بها ساعة ثم راح

He saw—alas for his eyes!—a nymph,

The wretched sad one died so the winds

He saw—woe to his eyes—a nymph,

so he went mad for her a while, then was gone.

Began shrouding him with the sail

He went mad for her a while, then perished.

فقد يخبر النجم عنه الرعاة

فقد يخبر النجم عنه الرعاة

 فيبكون حزنا و تبكي البطاح

فيبكون حزنا و تبكي البطاح

For perhaps the star will tell the shepherds of him,

The star might tell the shepherds about him,

and they will weep in grief, and the plains will weep.

So they weep in sorrow, and the valleys weep.

و مات الشقي الحزين فعادت

و مات الشقي الحزين فعادت

 تكفنه بالشراع الرياح

تكفنه بالشراع الرياح

And the wretched, grieving man died; and back came

The wretched sad one died, and the winds returned,

the winds, to shroud him in the sail.

To shroud him with the sail.