قالتshe said:أحبكI love you وand الهوىpassion أشقانيmade me suffer
قالت:أحبك و الهوى أشقاني
وعلىand onto طريقa path شائكthorny ألقانيcast me
وعلى طريق شائك ألقاني
She said: I love you, and passion has made me suffer,
She said: I love you and this love torments me
And cast me onto a thorny path.
And sets me on a thorny path
قلتI said:المحبةlove هكذاlike this لمdid not يختلفdisagree
قلت:المحبة هكذا لم يختلف
فيin شرحexplaining خافيthe hidden aspect of أمرهاits nature اثنانtwo people
في شرح خافي أمرها اثنان
I said: Such is love; no two have disagreed
I said: Love is never so different
In explaining its hidden nature.
That two could disagree on its hidden meaning
قالتshe said:فهلthen, has...? أشقاكmade you suffer حبيmy love قلتI said:لno (truncated)
قالت:فهل أشقاك حبي قلت:ل
قالتshe said:إذنthen هلare...? نحنwe مختلفانdifferent
قالت:إذن هل نحن مختلفان
She said: Then has my love made you suffer? I said: No.
She said: Does my love cause you torment? I said: No
She said: Are we different, then?
She said: Are we then so different?
قلتI said:اسمعيlisten ياO بسمتيmy smile وand شقاوتيmy misery
قلت:اسمعي يا بسمتي و شقاوتي
إناindeed, we بأحضانin the embrace of الهوىpassion طفلانtwo children
إنا بأحضان الهوى طفلان
I said: Listen, O my smile and my misery:
I said: Hear me out, my joy and torment
We are two children in passion's embrace.
We are but children in the arms of passion
نبكيwe weep وand نضحكwe laugh فيin زمانa time واحدone
نبكي و نضحك في زمان واحد
شاءwilled الهوىpassion فتجمعso came together الضدانthe two opposites
شاء الهوى فتجمع الضدان
We weep and laugh at the same time.
We laugh and cry in the same moment
Passion willed it, and the two opposites came together.
Passion has joined these opposites
فإذاand when بكيناwe wept قالsaid دمعthe tears of عيوننour eyes (truncated)
فإذا بكينا قال دمع عيونن
سأظلI shall remain منسكباpouring forth مدىthroughout الأزمانthe ages
سأظل منسكبا مدى الأزمان
And when we weep, the tears of our eyes say:
So when we cry, our tears say
I shall keep pouring forth through all the ages.
I'll flow forevermore
لكنbut قلبthe heart of الطفلthe child بينbetween ضلوعنour ribs (truncated)
لكن قلب الطفل بين ضلوعن
لاnot يستطيعis able تحملbearing الأحزانsorrows
لا يستطيع تحمل الأحزان
But the child's heart within our ribs
But the child's heart between our ribs
Cannot bear sorrows.
Cannot bear the sorrows
يرتدturns away عنfrom أشجانهits sorrows فيin لحظةa moment
يرتد عن أشجانه في لحظة
وand الدمعtears لاnot ينسبflows (apparently intended) غيرexcept ثوانيseconds
و الدمع لا ينسب غير ثواني
It turns away from its sorrows in a moment,
It recoils from sadness in an instant
And tears flow for no more than seconds.
And the tears last but a few moments
ينسىit forgets وand ماnot منany نعمةblessing لقلوبنfor our hearts (truncated)
ينسى و ما من نعمة لقلوبن
لوif only تعلمينyou knew كنعمةlike the blessing of النسيانforgetting
لو تعلمين كنعمة النسيان
It forgets—and our hearts have no blessing
It forgets, and what a gift for our hearts
Like the blessing of forgetting, if only you knew.
If you knew the gift of forgetting
ليI have فيwithin الحناياthe inner recesses شابَgrew gray طفلٌa child خافقٌbeating
لي في الحنايا شابَ طفلٌ خافقٌ
منfrom هولthe horror of ماwhat لاقىhe endured منof الطغيانtyranny
من هول ما لاقى من الطغيان
Within my breast, a beating child has grown gray
In my longing there lives a throbbing child
From the horror of the tyranny he endured.
Terrified by the tyranny he's seen
علمتهI taught him ألاnot to يبوحspeak openly بسرهabout his secret
علمته ألا يبوح بسره
لكنهbut he لماwhen رآكhe saw you عصانيhe disobeyed me
لكنه لما رآك عصاني
I taught him not to reveal his secret,
I taught him not to reveal his secret
But when he saw you, he disobeyed me.
But when he saw you, he disobeyed me
أعطاكhe gave you تاريخيmy history بكلwith all فصولهits chapters
أعطاك تاريخي بكل فصوله
فعرفتso you knew قدريmy worth فيin الغرامpassionate love وand شانيmy standing
فعرفت قدري في الغرام و شاني
He gave you my history, with all its chapters,
He gave you my whole history
So you learned my worth in love, and my standing.
So you knew my love and standing
أغراكenticed you ثلجيmy snow فاحترقتso you burned بنارهin its fire
أغراك ثلجي فاحترقت بناره
وand لمستyou touched بردthe coldness of الثلجsnow فيin نيرانيmy fires
و لمست برد الثلج في نيراني
My snow enticed you, and you burned in its fire,
My coolness lured you and you burned in its fire
And you felt the cold of snow in my flames.
And you felt the coolness amidst my flames
أحرقتI burned بينbetween يديكyour two hands لهوthe play of طفولتيmy childhood
أحرقت بين يديك لهو طفولتي
بإرادتيof my own will وand كبرتI grew up قبلbefore أوانيmy time
بإرادتي و كبرت قبل أواني
I burned my childhood's play between your hands,
Before you I burned my childhood games
Of my own will, and grew up before my time.
Willingly, and grew up before my time
وand اخترتI chose سجنthe prison of الانتظارwaiting لأنهbecause it
و اخترت سجن الانتظار لأنه
ماnot كانwas قهرconquering الحبlove فيwithin إمكانيmy power
ما كان قهر الحب في إمكاني
And I chose the prison of waiting, because
And chose the prison of waiting
Conquering love was beyond my power.
For I could not escape love's grip
أهواكI love you ياO قدريmy fate الجميلbeautiful وand ليسis not ليfor me
أهواك يا قدري الجميل و ليس لي
إلاexcept الرضىacceptance حتىeven بمرwith the bitterness of هوانيmy humiliation
إلا الرضى حتى بمر هواني
I love you, O my beautiful fate, and I have nothing
I love you, my beautiful fate, and I have
But acceptance, even of my bitter humiliation.
Only acceptance, even in my disgrace
إنيindeed, I أحبكI love you دائماalways سأقولهI shall say it
إني أحبك دائما سأقوله
بلسانwith the tongue of قلبيmy heart لاnot بلفظwith the utterance of لسانيmy tongue
بلسان قلبي لا بلفظ لساني
I love you always—I shall say it
I will always love you, I will say it
With the tongue of my heart, not the words of my tongue.
With the tongue of my heart, not my mouth