لأنيbecause I لاnot أرىI see غيريother than myself أراكَI see you
لأني لا أرى غيري أراكَ
فأنتَfor you أناI وفيand in سرّيmy secret مداكَyour reach
فأنتَ أنا وفي سرّي مداكَ
Because I see no one but myself, I see you.
Because I see none but you, I see you
For you are I, and in my secret lies your reach.
So you are me, and you are my secret confidant
حملتُI carried إليكَto you ماwhat أخفيI hide فهامتْand wandered
حملتُ إليكَ ما أخفي فهامتْ
مسافاتيmy distances إلىtoward أقصىfarthest هواكَyour love
مسافاتي إلى أقصى هواكَ
I carried to you what I hide, and off wandered
I carried to you what I hide, so horizons
My distances to the farthest reaches of your love.
Understood my distances to your deepest love
كأنكَas though you حينwhen تشربُyou drink منfrom دنانيmy wine jars
كأنكَ حين تشربُ من دناني
تصبpours الخمرُthe wine فيinto روحيmy soul لظاكَyour blaze
تصب الخمرُ في روحي لظاكَ
As though, when you drink from my wine jars,
It's as if when you drink from my vines
The wine pours your blaze into my soul.
Wine pours into my soul for you
فأرفعُso I raise ماwhat ترسبَhas settled فيin دمائيmy blood
فأرفعُ ما ترسبَ في دمائي
إلىto ماwhat قدalready ترسبَhas settled فيin دماكَyour blood
إلى ما قد ترسبَ في دماكَ
So I raise what has settled in my blood
So I raise what settled in my blood
To what has already settled in your blood.
To what settled in your blood
أناI سرّa secret خفيٌhidden لاnot يرانيsees me
أنا سرّ خفيٌ لا يراني
لأنيbecause I لاnot أرىI see غيريother than myself – سواكَexcept you
لأني لا أرى غيري – سواكَ
I am a hidden secret; no one sees me,
I'm a hidden secret that none sees
Because I see no one but myself—except you.
Because I see none but you
فخذْso take ماwhatever شئتَyou wish منfrom شكّيmy doubt يقيناcertainty
فخذْ ما شئتَ من شكّي يقينا
ومنand from صمتيmy silence حياةlife أوor هلاكاdeath
ومن صمتي حياة أو هلاكا
So take from my doubt whatever certainty you wish,
So take what you wish of my doubt as truth
And from my silence, life or death.
And from my silence, life or demise
أناI فيin وحدتيmy solitude كالماءlike water وحديby myself
أنا في وحدتي كالماء وحدي
وأنتَand you هناكَthere فيin قاعيmy depths هناكَthere
وأنتَ هناكَ في قاعي هناكَ
In my solitude I am like water, alone,
I in my solitude am like water alone
And you are there, in my depths, there.
And you are there, in my depths, there
أحبكَI love you إنماonly لأحبَso I may love نفسيmyself
أحبكَ إنما لأحبَ نفسي
وأبلغَand I may reach سرّهاits secret فيin منتهاكَyour farthest limit
وأبلغَ سرّها في منتهاكَ
I love you only so that I may love myself
I love you just to love myself
And reach its secret at your farthest limit.
And convey its secret in your violation
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle الليلُthe night أغرانيlured me بلحنwith a melody
إذا ما الليلُ أغراني بلحن
وكانand was حنينُهits longing فيّwithin me انتهاكاa violation
وكان حنينُه فيّ انتهاكا
When the night lured me with a melody
If the night tempts me with a tune
And its longing was a violation within me,
And its yearning in me a violation
تركتُI let الروحthe soul تسريflows فيthrough مداهاits expanse
تركتُ الروح تسري في مداها
لأدركَهاso I may grasp it إذاwhen القلبُthe heart احتواكَembraced you
لأدركَها إذا القلبُ احتواكَ
I let the soul flow through its expanse,
I let the soul flow in its extent
To grasp it when the heart embraced you.
To attain it if the heart contains you
أناI ماnot كنتُI was إلاexcept كيso that أرانيI see myself
أنا ما كنتُ إلا كي أراني
وأعرفَنيand I know myself وإنand even if ضلّتْwent astray رؤاكَyour visions
وأعرفَني وإن ضلّتْ رؤاكَ
I existed only so that I might see myself
I was nothing but to see myself
And know myself, even if your visions went astray.
And know myself even if your vision strayed
أمزقُI tear away عنfrom رؤىvisions روحيmy soul ضباباa mist
أمزقُ عن رؤى روحي ضبابا
يُحوكُweaves علىover مسافاتيmy distances شباكاnets
يُحوكُ على مسافاتي شباكا
I tear away from my soul’s visions a mist
I tear away the mist from my soul's visions
That weaves nets across my distances,
That hides you across my distances
لأكشفَso I may uncover ماwhat تراكمhas accumulated فيin ضلاليmy delusion
لأكشفَ ما تراكم في ضلالي
وأعرفَand I may know ماwhat اعترانيَbefell me واعتراكَand befell you
وأعرفَ ما اعترانيَ واعتراكَ
To uncover what has accumulated in my delusion
To reveal what accumulated in my misguidance
And know what befell me and befell you.
And know what afflicted me and you
أحبكَI love you فلتكنْso be منّيof me لأنّيbecause I
أحبكَ فلتكنْ منّي لأنّي
وإنand even if جاوزتَyou went beyond آفاقيmy horizons – صداكَyour echo
وإن جاوزتَ آفاقي – صداكَ
I love you; so be of me, for I,
I love you so be from me because I am
Even if you have passed beyond my horizons, am your echo.
And if you exceeded my horizons - your echo
بلغتُI reached الصمتَsilence حينwhen أردتَyou wanted قتليto kill me
بلغتُ الصمتَ حين أردتَ قتلي
وسهمُكَand your arrow كنتَyou were تشهدُyou watch إذْwhen رماكَit struck you
وسهمُكَ كنتَ تشهدُ إذْ رماكَ
I reached silence when you wished to kill me,
I reached silence when you wanted my murder
And your arrow—you watched as it struck you.
And your arrow you witnessed as you threw
رأيتُكI saw you والهوىand love أمسىbecame هلالاa crescent
رأيتُك والهوى أمسى هلالا
وكنتَand you were الريحَthe wind تنصبُyou set ليfor me شراكاsnares
وكنتَ الريحَ تنصبُ لي شراكا
I saw you, and love had become a crescent,
I saw you and passion became a crescent
And you were the wind, setting snares for me.
And you were the wind, setting up snares for me
ولكنيbut I لأنيbecause I لستُI am not غيريother than myself
ولكني لأني لستُ غيري
سأبقىI will remain فيin حمىsanctuary صمتيmy silence ملاكاan angel
سأبقى في حمى صمتي ملاكا
But I, because I am no one but myself,
But because I'm none but myself
Will remain an angel in the sanctuary of my silence.
I'll remain in the protection of my silence an angel
وأمضيand I go on كيso that أرىI see أسبابَreasons كونيmy being
وأمضي كي أرى أسبابَ كوني
وتمضيand you go on دونwithout حبيَmy love فيin عماكَyour blindness
وتمضي دون حبيَ في عماكَ
And I go on, to see the reasons for my being,
And I pass to see the reasons for my being
And you go on without my love, in your blindness.
And you pass without my love in your blindness
أعلمكَI teach you الهوىlove لاnot كيso that ترانيyou see me
أعلمكَ الهوى لا كي تراني
ولكنbut كيso that ترىyou see ماwhat فيin حماكَyour sanctuary
ولكن كي ترى ما في حماكَ
I teach you love, not so that you may see me,
I teach you passion not to see me
But so that you may see what is in your sanctuary.
But so you may see what is in your frenzy
أناI الرؤياthe vision وأنتَand you هناhere ضلاليmy delusion
أنا الرؤيا وأنتَ هنا ضلالي
أناI أهديكَI guide you إنْif ضلّتْgo astray خطاكَyour footsteps
أنا أهديكَ إنْ ضلّتْ خطاكَ
I am the vision, and here you are my delusion.
I'm the vision and you are my misguidance here
I guide you if your footsteps go astray.
I guide you if your steps strayed
فكنso be ظليmy shadow لتبلغَso you may reach سابحاتيmy floating ones
فكن ظلي لتبلغَ سابحاتي
وكنand be سرّيmy secret لتبلغَso you may reach مبتغاكَyour desire
وكن سرّي لتبلغَ مبتغاكَ
So be my shadow, to reach my floating ones,
So be my shadow to attain my swims
And be my secret, to reach your desire.
And be my secret to attain your goals
وكنand be نفسيmy self لتعرفَنيso you may know me تماماcompletely
وكن نفسي لتعرفَني تماما
وكنand be روحيmy soul لتفنىso you may vanish كيso that أراكَI see you
وكن روحي لتفنى كي أراكَ
And be my self, to know me completely.
And be my soul to fully know me
And be my soul, to vanish so that I may see you.
And be my spirit to fade for me to see you