ياO قاسيَcruel one البُعدِseparation كيفhow تبتعدُyou draw away
يا قاسيَ البُعدِ كيف تبتعدُ
إنيindeed, I am غريبُa stranger الفؤادthe heart مُنفردُalone
إني غريبُ الفؤاد مُنفردُ
O you whose absence is cruel, how can you draw away?
O you who are harsh with distance, how could you be so far
I am a stranger at heart, alone.
My heart is a lonely stranger, isolated
إنif خاننيbetrayed me اليومُtoday فيكconcerning you قلتُI said غداًtomorrow
إن خانني اليومُ فيك قلتُ غداً
وأينand where منّيfrom me ومنand from لقاكmeeting you غَدُtomorrow
وأين منّي ومن لقاك غَدُ
If today betrays my hope of you, I say, 'Tomorrow.'
If today has betrayed me about you, I thought tomorrow
Yet how far tomorrow is from me, and from meeting you!
And where am I to meet you tomorrow
إنَّindeed غداًtomorrow هُوَّةٌan abyss لناظرهاto its beholder
إنَّ غداً هُوَّةٌ لناظرها
تكادalmost فيهاwithin it الظنونthe conjectures ترتعدtremble
تكاد فيها الظنون ترتعد
Indeed, tomorrow is an abyss to its beholder;
Tomorrow is an abyss for its viewer
within it, conjectures almost tremble.
In which suspicions nearly shiver
أُطِلُّI peer فيinto عمقِهاits depth أُسَائِلُهَاI question it
أُطِلُّ في عمقِها أُسَائِلُهَا
أفيكin you? أخفَىhid خيالَهits image الأبدُeternity
أفيك أخفَى خيالَه الأبدُ
I peer into its depth, questioning it:
I peer into its depths asking it
'Has eternity hidden its image in you?'
Did eternity conceal your image in it?
ياO لامسone who touches الجُرحِthe wound ماwhat الذيwhich صنعَتdid
يا لامس الجُرحِ ما الذي صنعَت
بهto it شفاهٌlips رحيمةٌcompassionate ويدand a hand
به شفاهٌ رحيمةٌ ويد
O you who touch the wound, what has been done
O you who touched the wound, what have you done
to it by compassionate lips and a hand?
With merciful lips and hands?
ملءُfilling ضلوعيmy ribs لظىًblazing fire وأعجبُهand its strangest aspect
ملءُ ضلوعي لظىً وأعجبُه
أنيthat I بهذاwith this اللهيبِthe blaze أبتردI cool myself
أني بهذا اللهيبِ أبترد
Flame fills my ribs, and the strangest thing about it
My ribs are filled with agony, yet it pleases him
is that I cool myself with this blaze.
That with this blaze, I feel cold
ياO تاركيone who leaves me حيثُwhere كانwas مجلسُناour sitting place
يا تاركي حيثُ كان مجلسُنا
وحيثand where غنَّاكَsang to you قلبيَmy heart الغَرِدُmelodious
وحيث غنَّاكَ قلبيَ الغَرِدُ
O you who left me where we used to sit,
O you who left where we used to gather
and where my melodious heart sang to you,
And where my heart, a singing bird, sang you
أرنوI gaze إلىat الناسthe people فيin جموعهمtheir throngs
أرنو إلى الناس في جموعهم
أشقتهُمُmade them wretched الحادثاتُevents أمor سَعِدواthey were happy
أشقتهُمُ الحادثاتُ أم سَعِدوا
I gaze at the people in their throngs:
Show me the people in their crowds
have events made them wretched, or have they been happy?
Did events split them? Or were they fortunate?
تفرَّقواthey scattered أمor هُمُthey بهاbecause of them احتشدواthey gathered
تفرَّقوا أم هُمُ بها احتشدوا
وغوَّرواand they descended فيinto الوهادِthe hollows أمor صَعَدواthey ascended
وغوَّروا في الوهادِ أم صَعَدوا
Have they scattered, or have they gathered because of them?
Did they disperse? Or gather together?
And have they descended into the hollows, or ascended?
Did they cower in the valleys? Or ascend?
إنيindeed, I am غريبٌa stranger تعالcome ياO سَكَنيmy solace
إني غريبٌ تعال يا سَكَني
فليسfor there is not ليfor me فيin زحامهمtheir throng أحدanyone
فليس لي في زحامهم أحد
I am a stranger; come, O my solace,
I am a stranger, come O my tranquility
for in their throng I have no one.
For I have no one in their commotion