ياO ساعةhour الحسراتsorrows والعبراتand tears
يا ساعة الحسرات والعبرات
أعَصَفتِdid you rage أمor عَصَفَraged الهوىlove بحياتيthrough my life
أعَصَفتِ أم عَصَفَ الهوى بحياتي
O hour of sorrows and tears!
O hour of regrets and tears
Was it you, or love, that ravaged my life?
Did you ravage or did love ravage my life?
ماwhat مَهرَبيmy escape ملأfilled الجحيمُhell مسالكيmy paths
ما مَهرَبي ملأ الجحيمُ مسالكي
وطَغىand surged علىover سُبُليmy roads وسَدَّand blocked جهاتيmy directions
وطَغى على سُبُلي وسَدَّ جهاتي
Where can I flee? Hell has filled my paths,
Hell filled my paths
and surged over my roads and blocked every direction.
And exceeded my ways and blocked my sides
منfrom أيwhich حصنٍfortress قدalready نزعتyou tore out كوامناًhidden ones
من أي حصنٍ قد نزعت كوامناً
منamong أدمعيmy tears استعصمنthey sought refuge خلفbehind ثباتيmy steadfastness
من أدمعي استعصمن خلف ثباتي
From what fortress have you torn those hidden
From which fortress were my secrets extracted?
tears of mine that sought refuge behind my steadfastness?
With my tears did I seek protection behind my composure
حطمتyou shattered منsome of جبروتهنtheir proud might فقلنso they said ليto me
حطمت من جبروتهن فقلن لي
أَزِفَdrew near الفراقparting فقلتُso I said ويحكwoe to you هاتيbring it forth
أَزِفَ الفراق فقلتُ ويحك هاتي
You broke down their proud might, and they said to me:
They broke me with their tyranny and said to me
“Parting is near!” I said, “Woe to you—bring it forth!”
Farewell is near, I said woe to you, give it to me
أأموتshall I die ظمآناًthirsty وثغركwhile your mouth جدوليmy stream
أأموت ظمآناً وثغرك جدولي
وأبيتand spend the night أشربdrinking لهفتيmy yearning وولوعيand my ardor
وأبيت أشرب لهفتي وولوعي
Shall I die thirsty, while your mouth is my stream,
Shall I die thirsty while your stream is my river?
and spend the night drinking my yearning and my ardor?
Shall I spend the night while my fervor and agony are my company?
جفَّتdried up علىupon شفتيmy lips الحياةُlife وحُلمُهاand its dream
جفَّت على شفتي الحياةُ وحُلمُها
وخيالُهاand its vision منfrom ذلكthat الينبوعspring
وخيالُها من ذلك الينبوع
Life and its dream have dried upon my lips,
Life has dried up on my lips and its dreams
along with its vision from that spring.
And its imagination from that spring
قدindeed هدَّنيhas crushed me جزعيmy anguish عليكover you وأدّعيand I claim
قد هدَّني جزعي عليك وأدّعي
أنيthat I am غداةَon the morning of البَينِparting غيرُnot جَزوعdistraught
أني غداةَ البَينِ غيرُ جَزوع
My anguish over you has crushed me, yet I claim
My anguish over you has led me
that on the morning of parting I am not distraught.
To claim that the day after separation I shall not despair
وأريدand I wish أُشبعto sate ناظريَّmy eyes فأنثنيthen I turn aside
وأريد أُشبع ناظريَّ فأنثني
كيso that أستبينَكI see you clearly منfrom خِلالamid دموعيmy tears
كي أستبينَك من خِلال دموعي
And I wish to feast my eyes, then turn aside,
And I wanted to saturate my eyes so I leaned
to see you clearly through my tears.
In order to discern you through my tears
هانwould be bearable الردىdeath لوif أنthat قلبكyour heart دارِaware
هان الردى لو أن قلبك دارِ
أأموتshall I die مغترباًfar from home وصدرُكwhile your breast داريmy home
أأموت مغترباً وصدرُك داري
Death would be bearable, if only your heart knew;
Disgrace is nothing if your heart would be my abode
shall I die far from home, while your breast is my home?
Shall I die estranged while your bosom is my abode?
ياO منyou who رفعتِyou raised بناءedifice نفسيmy soul شاهقاًtowering
يا من رفعتِ بناء نفسي شاهقاً
متهلّلَradiant الجَنَباتthe sides بالأنوارwith light
متهلّلَ الجَنَبات بالأنوار
O you who raised the edifice of my soul so high,
O you who erected the structure of my soul lofty
radiant on every side with light,
Adorned on its sides with lights
اليومtoday ليI have روحٌa soul كظلٍّlike a shadow شاحبٍpallid
اليوم لي روحٌ كظلٍّ شاحبٍ
فيin هيكلa temple متخاذلgiving way الأسوارthe walls
في هيكل متخاذل الأسوار
today I have a soul like a pallid shadow
Today I have a soul like a pale shadow
in a temple whose walls are giving way.
In a temple with walls in surrender
لوif فيwithin الضلوعthe ribs أجلتِyou let roam عينكyour eye أبصرتyou would see
لو في الضلوع أجلتِ عينك أبصرت
مُنهارةًshattered تبكيweeping علىover منهارone shattered
مُنهارةً تبكي على منهار
If you let your eye roam within my ribs, you would see
If you looked into my ribs you would see
a shattered soul weeping over a shattered temple.
Collapsed, crying over the collapsed one
لاdo not تسأليask عنabout ليلِthe night of أمسِyesterday وخطبهand its ordeal
لا تسألي عن ليلِ أمسِ وخطبه
وخذيand take جوابَكyour answer منfrom شقيّa wretch واجمsilent with grief
وخذي جوابَك من شقيّ واجم
Do not ask about last night and its ordeal;
Do not ask about last night and its tribulations
and take your answer from a silent wretch.
And take your answer from my misery and pain
طالتgrew long مسافتُهits span عليَّfor me كأنهاas though it were
طالت مسافتُه عليَّ كأنها
أبدٌan eternity غليظhard القلبof heart ليسnot براحمmerciful
أبدٌ غليظ القلب ليس براحم
Its span dragged on for me, as though it were
Its distance from me was prolonged as if
an eternity, hard-hearted and merciless.
It were endless, unkind and unmerciful
وكأننيand as though I were طفلٌa child بهاwithin it وخواطريand my thoughts
وكأنني طفلٌ بها وخواطري
أرجوحةٌa swing فيamid لجّهاits deep waters المتلاطمsurging
أرجوحةٌ في لجّها المتلاطم
And as though I were a child within it, and my thoughts
As if I am a child in it and my worries
a swing amid its surging depths.
Are a swing in its turbulent eddy
عانيتُهاI endured it والليلُwhile night لعنةُa curse كافرٍan unbeliever
عانيتُها والليلُ لعنةُ كافرٍ
وطويتُهاand I traversed it والصبحُwhile dawn دمعةa tear نادمa penitent
وطويتُها والصبحُ دمعة نادم
I endured it, while night was an unbeliever's curse,
I suffered it and the night is the curse of a disbeliever
and traversed it, while dawn was a penitent's tear.
And I folded it and the dawn is the tear of a regretful one
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.