رَوَّعَكَ الشِّعرُ بِأَوْهَامِهِ

رَوَّعَكَ الشِّعرُ بِأَوْهَامِهِ

وَالأَمْنُ كُلُّ الأَمْنِ مَا رَوَّعَكْ

وَالأَمْنُ كُلُّ الأَمْنِ مَا رَوَّعَكْ

Poetry frightened you with its illusions,

Poetry deluded you with its fantasies

And safety—perfect safety—is what frightened you.

While security is all the security that deluded you

يَا نَاظِمَ الدَّمْعِ بُكَاءً عَلَى

يَا نَاظِمَ الدَّمْعِ بُكَاءً عَلَى

شَبَابِهِ أَنِّي أَبْكِي مَعَكْ

شَبَابِهِ أَنِّي أَبْكِي مَعَكْ

O weaver of tears in lament for

O composer of tears, crying

His youth—I weep with you.

Over his youth, I cry with you

لَكِنَّني أَرْجُو وَتَخْشَى فَمَا

لَكِنَّني أَرْجُو وَتَخْشَى فَمَا

أَخْوَفَنِي حُبّاً وَمَا أَشْجَعَكْ

أَخْوَفَنِي حُبّاً وَمَا أَشْجَعَكْ

But I hope, and you fear—so how

But I hope and I fear, so nothing

Fearful I am in love, and how brave you are!

Frightened me in love, nor emboldened you

لاَ حَرِمَ النَّاسُ البَيَانَ الَّذِي

لاَ حَرِمَ النَّاسُ البَيَانَ الَّذِي

أَمْتَعَنَا مِنْكَ وَأَنْ صَدَّعَكْ

أَمْتَعَنَا مِنْكَ وَأَنْ صَدَّعَكْ

May people never be deprived of the eloquence that

People didn't deprive of the eloquence

Delighted us through you, even if it shattered you.

That delighted us about you, even if it split you