يَمَّمتُI directed إليكِtoward you الأنظاراthe gazes
يَمَّمتُ إليكِ الأنظارا
ورَسمتُكِand I pictured you للرّوحِfor the soul مَزاراa shrine
ورَسمتُكِ للرّوحِ مَزارا
I turned my gaze toward you,
I turned my gaze towards you,
And pictured you as a shrine for the soul.
And made you a shrine for my soul.
فيon دربِكِyour path .. ياO قِبلةَsacred destination رَكبيmy caravan
في دربِكِ .. يا قِبلةَ رَكبي
ماnot تاهَstrayed القلبُthe heart .. ولاnor احْتاراgrew bewildered
ما تاهَ القلبُ .. ولا احْتارا
On your path, O my caravan's sacred destination,
In your path, O destination of my journey,
The heart neither strayed nor grew bewildered.
My heart did not go astray nor become confused.
ألشَوقُlonging إليكِfor you اغتالَmurdered الصَبرَpatience ..
ألشَوقُ إليكِ اغتالَ الصَبرَ ..
وأشعلَand kindled فيin الشوقِlonging الناراthe fire
وأشعلَ في الشوقِ النارا
Longing for you slew patience,
Yearning for you ambushed my patience,
And kindled fire within longing.
And ignited flames of passion within my yearning.
والجُرحُand the wound .. توَطّنَsettled فيin الأعماقِthe depths ..
والجُرحُ .. توَطّنَ في الأعماقِ ..
وأفشَىand divulged الصَمْتُsilence الأسرَاراthe secrets
وأفشَى الصَمْتُ الأسرَارا
And the wound made its home in the depths,
The wound settled in the depths,
And silence divulged the secrets.
While silence revealed secrets.
ماnot زالَceased العِشقُlove يُحاصِرُنيbesieges me ..
ما زالَ العِشقُ يُحاصِرُني ..
بالعِشقِwith love .. يَميناًto the right وَيَساراand to the left
بالعِشقِ .. يَميناً وَيَسارا
Love still besieges me,
Love still besieges me,
With love, from right and left.
With love, on the right and left.
لمْdid not أنسَI forget الوعدَthe promise ..وأنتِand you الوَعدُthe promise ..
لمْ أنسَ الوعدَ ..وأنتِ الوَعدُ ..
حملتُI bore غَرامَكِpassion for you إصرَاراwith resolve
حملتُ غَرامَكِ إصرَارا
I have not forgotten the promise—and you are the promise;
I did not forget the promise, and you are the promise,
I bore my passion for you with resolve.
I carried your love with determination.
عينايَmy two eyes علىupon شطِّكِyour shore .. جُرحانِtwo wounds ..
عينايَ على شطِّكِ .. جُرحانِ ..
حملتُهُماI carried them both .. ليلَby night نَهاراby day
حملتُهُما .. ليلَ نَهارا
My eyes upon your shore are two wounds;
My eyes are two wounds fixed on your shore,
I carried them both night and day.
I carried them night and day.
يَدعُونيbeckons me الشَطُّthe shore .. يُنادينيcalls to me
يَدعُوني الشَطُّ .. يُناديني
لاdo not تخشَfear .. اقتحِمِstorm الأسوَاراthe walls
لا تخشَ .. اقتحِمِ الأسوَارا
The shore beckons me, calls to me:
The shore calls me, summons me:
Do not fear; storm the walls.
"Do not fear, storm the barriers!"
والدارُand the house تَصيحُcries out .. تُلوِّحُwaves ليto me
والدارُ تَصيحُ .. تُلوِّحُ لي
أناI دارُكَyour home .. لاdo not تَنسَforget الدّاراthe home
أنا دارُكَ .. لا تَنسَ الدّارا
And the house cries out, waving to me:
And the house cries, waves to me:
I am your home; do not forget home.
"I am your house, do not forget the home!"
والكرْمُand the vineyard يَميسُsways gracefully .. يُغازلُنيflirts with me
والكرْمُ يَميسُ .. يُغازلُني
تَختالُstrut دَواليهِits grapevines سُكارَىdrunk
تَختالُ دَواليهِ سُكارَى
And the vineyard sways, flirting with me;
Generosity caresses me, seduces me,
Its grapevines strut drunkenly.
Its vessels staggering drunk.
والبيَّاراتُand the citrus groves .. تُناجينيconfide in me
والبيَّاراتُ .. تُناجيني
تَرقصُdance .. أغصاناًbranches وثِماراand fruit
تَرقصُ .. أغصاناً وثِمارا
And the citrus groves confide in me,
The wells whisper to me,
Dancing with branches and fruit.
Dancing branches and fruit.
ياO حبّاًlove .. عادتهُopposed it الأقدارُthe fates ..
يا حبّاً .. عادتهُ الأقدارُ ..
صَحاawoke يتَحدّىdefies الأقداراthe fates
صَحا يتَحدّى الأقدارا
O love that the fates opposed,
O love! Whose way is destiny,
That awoke to defy the fates.
Wake up and defy destiny!
ضاقَgrew confining المَنفىexile .. فجِنانُfor the gardens الدُنياthe world
ضاقَ المَنفى .. فجِنانُ الدُنيا
بعدَكِin your absence قفرٌwasteland وصَحارىand deserts
بعدَكِ قفرٌ وصَحارى
Exile has grown confining, for the world's gardens
The exile narrowed, so the gardens of life
Without you are wasteland and deserts.
After you are barren wastelands.
بعدَكِin your absence .. لاno شَمسٌsun .. لاno فَجرٌdawn
بعدَكِ .. لا شَمسٌ .. لا فَجرٌ
لاnot عَشِقَloved القَلبُthe heart ولاnor اخْتاراchose
لا عَشِقَ القَلبُ ولا اخْتارا
Without you, no sun, no dawn;
After you, no sun, no dawn,
The heart has neither loved nor chosen.
The heart loved no more nor chose.
بعدَكِin your absence .. لمdid not يأتِcome رَبيعٌspring ..
بعدَكِ .. لم يأتِ رَبيعٌ ..
لمdid not تلدِgive birth to الأزهارُthe flowers الأزهَاراthe flowers
لم تلدِ الأزهارُ الأزهَارا
Without you, no spring has come;
After you, spring did not come,
The flowers have not given birth to flowers.
The flowers did not bear flowers.
لاno عِطرٌfragrance بعدَكِin your absence ..
لا عِطرٌ بعدَكِ ..
صارَbecame العِطرُfragrance دُخانَsmoke رَمادٍash .. وَغُباراand dust
صارَ العِطرُ دُخانَ رَمادٍ .. وَغُبارا
There is no fragrance without you;
No fragrance after you -
Fragrance has turned to the smoke of ashes and to dust.
Fragrance turned to smoke and dust and ashes.
ألعمرُlife سِنونَyears عِجافٌlean بَعدَكِin your absence ..
ألعمرُ سِنونَ عِجافٌ بَعدَكِ ..
عينٌan eye تَبكيweeps أمْطاراrains
عينٌ تَبكي أمْطارا
Life is a succession of lean years without you,
After you, life is barren years,
An eye that weeps rain.
An eye that rains tears.
فاضَتit overflowed أنهاراًrivers بعدَafter فِراقِكِparting from you ..
فاضَت أنهاراً بعدَ فِراقِكِ ..
رحمَmay have mercy on اللهُGod الأنْهاراthe rivers
رحمَ اللهُ الأنْهارا
It overflowed in rivers after parting from you;
Rivers overflowed with tears after we parted,
May God have mercy on the rivers.
God have mercy on the rivers!
بكتِwept for الآصالُthe evenings .. لَياليthe nights of العِشقِlove ..
بكتِ الآصالُ .. لَيالي العِشقِ ..
وأبكتْand made weep معَهاwith them الأسحاراthe predawn hours
وأبكتْ معَها الأسحارا
The evenings wept for the nights of love,
The night birds wept on nights of love,
And made the predawn hours weep with them.
And the dawns wept with them.
بكتِwept for النَجماتُthe stars مَطالعَهاtheir rising places
بكتِ النَجماتُ مَطالعَها
نعتِlamented the death of الّليلاتُthe nights الأقماراthe moons
نعتِ الّليلاتُ الأقمارا
The stars wept for their rising places;
The stars wept their rising places,
The nights mourned the moons.
The nights eulogized the moons.
غابَvanished السُمّارُthe evening companions .. عنfrom السَاحاتِthe squares ..
غابَ السُمّارُ .. عن السَاحاتِ ..
اغتالَmurdered الحُزنُgrief السُمّاراthe evening companions
اغتالَ الحُزنُ السُمّارا
The evening companions vanished from the squares;
The nightingale disappeared from the meadows,
Grief slew the evening companions.
Sorrow assassinated the nightingale.
ماhow أصعبَhard أنْthat تَقسوgrow cruel الأنسامُthe breezes ..
ما أصعبَ أنْ تَقسو الأنسامُ ..
وتُصبحَand become .. بعدَكِin your absence إعصَاراa hurricane
وتُصبحَ .. بعدَكِ إعصَارا
How hard it is for the breezes to grow cruel,
How hard it is when the breezes are cruel,
And become, without you, a hurricane.
And after you, become storms!
بعدَكِin your absence .. صَرْحُthe edifice of الأحلامِdreams هَوىfell
بعدَكِ .. صَرْحُ الأحلامِ هَوى
والعالَمُand the world .. فيin قَلبيmy heart انهَاراcollapsed
والعالَمُ .. في قَلبي انهَارا
Without you, the edifice of dreams fell,
After you, the palace of dreams collapsed,
And the world collapsed within my heart.
And in my heart, the world crumbled.