تناسيتَ ما أوعيتَ سمعَكَ يا سمعي

تناسيتَ ما أوعيتَ سمعَكَ يا سمعي

كأنكَ بعد الضرِّ خالٍ من النفعِ

كأنكَ بعد الضرِّ خالٍ من النفعِ

You feigned forgetting what you lodged in your hearing, O my hearing;

You forgot what you stored in your hearing, O my hearing!

As though, after harm, you were devoid of benefit.

As if after adversity you are devoid of benefit.

أما عندَ عينيكَ اللتينِ هما هما

أما عندَ عينيكَ اللتينِ هما هما

لمكتئبٍ يرجوكَ شيئاً سِوَى المنعِ

لمكتئبٍ يرجوكَ شيئاً سِوَى المنعِ

Is there not, in your two eyes—which are what they are—

As for before your two eyes which are anxiety, anxiety,

Something other than refusal for a dejected man who hopes in you?

For a grieved one who hopes from you something other than prevention!

لئن كنتَ مطبوعاً على الهجر عارفاً

لئن كنتَ مطبوعاً على الهجر عارفاً

فما الصبرُ في تركيبِ قلبي ولا طبعي

فما الصبرُ في تركيبِ قلبي ولا طبعي

If indeed you are made for estrangement, well versed in it,

If you are inclined to estrangement, knowing,

Then patience is neither in my heart's makeup nor in my nature.

Then patience is not in the makeup of my heart nor my nature.

وإن تكُ أضحكت فوقَ خدِّكَ روضةٌ

وإن تكُ أضحكت فوقَ خدِّكَ روضةٌ

فإنَّ على خدّي نوءاً من الدمعِ

فإنَّ على خدّي نوءاً من الدمعِ

And if a garden has brought laughter upon your cheek,

And if above your cheek laughter is a meadow,

Then upon my cheek is a downpour of tears.

Then upon my cheek is a brightness from tears.

سلِ المطرَ العامَ الذي عمَّ أرضكُم

سلِ المطرَ العامَ الذي عمَّ أرضكُم

أجاء بِمقدارِ الذي فاضَ من دمعي

أجاء بِمقدارِ الذي فاضَ من دمعي

Ask this year's rain, which covered your land:

Ask the rain of the year which covered your lands,

Did it come in the same measure as my overflowing tears?

Did it bring the amount which overflowed from my tears?