ردِّدي بَعـْدي وجيبي

ردِّدي بَعـْدي وجيبي

واسمعينـي في نـحيـبي

واسمعينـي في نـحيـبي

Echo my heartbeat after me,

Recite after me, and hear me in my lament

Repeat after me and answer,

And hear me in my sobbing.

Realize my love, woe to me

And hear me amidst my wailing.

أدركـي ودي فويلي

أدركـي ودي فويلي

من تَجَـنِّيـك الغـريبِ

من تَجَـنِّيـك الغـريبِ

Understand my love—so woe to me

From your estrangement, O stranger

Realize my devotion, for woe is me

From your strange mistreatment!

And have mercy on a suffering heart

From your strange cruelty.

وارحمـي قلـباً كليماً

وارحمـي قلـباً كليماً

لم يجـدْ عنـد الطـبيبِ

لم يجـدْ عنـد الطـبيبِ

And have mercy on a wounded heart

That found no solace or cure from the healer

And have mercy on a wounded heart

That found at the physician's

Should not my beloved fear

That found not with the physician

أيَّ نُصْـحٍ، أو دواءٍ

أيَّ نُصْـحٍ، أو دواءٍ

أَفـَلا يخـشـى حبيبـي

أَفـَلا يخـشـى حبيبـي

No counsel or remedy.

My teary reactions whenever she turns away

Any advice, or any cure.

So does my beloved not fear

My heart has become my enemy

Does my beloved not fear

مِنْ ردودي كلما، هَد

مِنْ ردودي كلما، هَد

ـدتُ بالدمـع الصبيبِ

ـدتُ بالدمـع الصبيبِ

My responses whenever I threat-

So my mind must be its keeper

My reactions whenever I issue

-en with streaming tears?

Why did I become flawed in the eyes of my family and friends?

Threats of pouring tears?

إنَّ قلبـي، عُدَّ خصمي

إنَّ قلبـي، عُدَّ خصمي

فَلْيَكُنْ عـقلي رقيبـي

فَلْيَكُنْ عـقلي رقيبـي

Indeed, my heart was deemed my foe;

Do you think I'm fine

Indeed my heart is considered my enemy,

So let my mind be my guardian.

When my silence is but weeping?

So let my mind be my guardian.

لِمَ أهلي، ثم صـحبي

لِمَ أهلي، ثم صـحبي

صِـرْتُ فيـهم كالمعيبِ؟

صِـرْتُ فيـهم كالمعيبِ؟

Why, among my kin and then my friends,

Is it because I'm lovelorn and honest to my beloved?

Why is it that to my family, then my friends,

Have I become like someone flawed?

Drowning in a terrible wave

I have become like a disgrace?

هَلْ تَرى أنّـي سليمٌ

هَلْ تَرى أنّـي سليمٌ

وأنـا صَــمْتي نحيبـي؟

وأنـا صَــمْتي نحيبـي؟

Do you think that I am well,

When will my imagination come an inch closer to my flame?

Do you see me as perfectly whole,

When my silence is my sobbing?

I used to live in harmony

When my silence is my very wailing?

هَلْ لأنّي مُغْـرَمٌ شـا

هَلْ لأنّي مُغْـرَمٌ شـا

كٍ،صَـدوقٌ للـحبيبِ؟

كٍ،صَـدوقٌ للـحبيبِ؟

Is it because I am in love, complain-

Now I suffer estrangement

Is it because I am a passionate,

-ing, truthful to the beloved?

Yet I did not obey the opinion of my mind about the loved one

Complainer, truly faithful to the beloved?

هاأنا في الهَمِّ وحـدي

هاأنا في الهَمِّ وحـدي

غُصْتُ في موجٍ رهـيبِ

غُصْتُ في موجٍ رهـيبِ

Here I am, alone in sorrow;

It had warned me against hurting her or bizarre suicide!

Here I am, alone in my sorrow,

I have plunged into a fearsome wave.

For my soul has become yours

Plunging into a terrifying wave.

فمتـى يجنحْ خـيالي

فمتـى يجنحْ خـيالي

اَدْنُ شِبْـراً من لـهيبـي

اَدْنُ شِبْـراً من لـهيبـي

So whenever my imagination takes wing,

Like a captive

Whenever my imagination wanders,

I draw a handspan nearer to my blaze.

Let my tears bear witness

I draw a span closer to my flames.

كنتُ أحيا في وئـام

كنتُ أحيا في وئـام

بِتُّ في الهـجر المـريبِ

بِتُّ في الهـجر المـريبِ

I used to live in harmony;

Since no one responds to my call

I used to live in harmony,

Now I dwell in unsettling estrangement.

O my healer, it is you who hurt me

Now I dwell in suspicious estrangement.

غير أنّـي لم أطـاوعْ

غير أنّـي لم أطـاوعْ

رَأْيَ عقـلي في القريبِ

رَأْيَ عقـلي في القريبِ

Yet I did not heed

You are no longer meant for me

Yet I did not obey

My mind's counsel in recent times.

You betrayed me, nothing dubious in this from you

The judgment of my mind recently,

قد نهـاني عن عُقوقٍ

قد نهـاني عن عُقوقٍ

وانتـحاري ذا العجيبِ!

وانتـحاري ذا العجيبِ!

It had warned me against disloyalty

My mind has left me

Which forbade me from such rebellion

And this strange suicide of mine!

Perplexed on the fateful day

And this strange suicide of mine!

حيثُ باتـتْ منك روحي

حيثُ باتـتْ منك روحي

في هواكم كالسَّليبِ

في هواكم كالسَّليبِ

For my soul, because of you, has become

The day I buried my love

For my soul, because of you, has become

Like one despoiled in its love for you.

And said: away with the stranger!

In your love, like one plundered.

دَعْ دمـوعي شاهداتٍ

دَعْ دمـوعي شاهداتٍ

إذْ فلا من مستجـيبِ

إذْ فلا من مستجـيبِ

Let my tears bear witness,

Since that day my star has certainly declined

Let my tears bear witness,

For no one responds.

I used to be a desired beloved

Since there is no one to answer.

يا طبيبي، منـك دائـي

يا طبيبي، منـك دائـي

لمْ تَعُـدْ لي، من نصيبي

لمْ تَعُـدْ لي، من نصيبي

O my physician, my illness comes from you;

With the right opinion

O my physician, my illness comes from you,

You are no longer mine—no longer my allotted share.

I became miserable and disgraced

You are no longer mine, no longer my share.

فيك غدرٌ، ليس عندي

فيك غدرٌ، ليس عندي

منـك بالأمر المُـريبِ

منـك بالأمر المُـريبِ

There is treachery in you; to me,

Hiding the shameful secret

In you is treachery, which I do not

Coming from you, it is no doubtful matter.

Maybe I was wrong one day

Consider a surprising act from you.

إنَّ عقـلي، راح مـني

إنَّ عقـلي، راح مـني

تُهْتُ في اليوم العصيبِ

تُهْتُ في اليوم العصيبِ

Indeed, my reason deserted me;

Confess to me, I will respond

Indeed, my mind has left me,

I lost my way on that harrowing day.

I have come to ask for a meeting

I was lost on that difficult day,

يومَ أنْ أقْبَـرْت ودّي

يومَ أنْ أقْبَـرْت ودّي

قلت:بُعْـداً للـغريبِ

قلت:بُعْـداً للـغريبِ

The day I buried my affection,

I wish you would respond

The day you buried my affection,

I said, "Away with the stranger!"

In it we'd end every bond

And said: 'Away with the stranger!'

منذُ ذاك اليوم حَتْـماً

منذُ ذاك اليوم حَتْـماً

مـال نجمـي للمغيبِ!

مـال نجمـي للمغيبِ!

From that day on, surely,

That remained a shackle, O beloved

Since that day, inevitably,

My star inclined toward setting!

Gather my heart's dreams

My star has leaned toward setting!

كنتُ محبـوباً رَغيبـاً

كنتُ محبـوباً رَغيبـاً

صاحبَ الرأي الصَّويبِ

صاحبَ الرأي الصَّويبِ

I was loved and sought after,

For they are plentiful in my chest

I used to be beloved and desired,

A man of sound judgment.

And keep them in a pouch

A possessor of sound judgment,

عـدتُ مغمـوماً مهيناً

عـدتُ مغمـوماً مهيناً

كـاتمَ السّـرّ ِالمَعيبِ

كـاتمَ السّـرّ ِالمَعيبِ

I became sorrowful and humiliated,

For a time soon to come!

I returned distressed and humiliated,

Concealing a shameful secret.

Concealer of a shameful secret.

ربما أخـطأتُ يـوماً

ربما أخـطأتُ يـوماً

صَرِّحي، بوحي، أجيبـي.

صَرِّحي، بوحي، أجيبـي.

Perhaps I erred one day.

Perhaps I erred one day,

Speak openly, confide, answer.

Speak clearly, confess, and answer.

جئتُ أستجدي لـقاءً

جئتُ أستجدي لـقاءً

حَبَّـذا لـو تستجيبـي

حَبَّـذا لـو تستجيبـي

I came begging for a meeting;

I came begging for a meeting,

How I wish you would respond!

How wonderful it would be if you responded,

فيهِ نُنْهـي كلَّ عَـهْدٍ

فيهِ نُنْهـي كلَّ عَـهْدٍ

ظَـلَّ قَيْـداً ياحبيبـي!

ظَـلَّ قَيْـداً ياحبيبـي!

There we would end every pledge

In which we end every covenant

That has remained a shackle, my beloved!

That has remained a shackle, O my beloved!

لَمْلِمي أحـلام قلبـي

لَمْلِمي أحـلام قلبـي

فَهْيَ في صدري الرَّحيبِ

فَهْيَ في صدري الرَّحيبِ

Gather up my heart's dreams;

Gather the dreams of my heart,

For they are within my spacious breast.

For they lie in my spacious chest,

واحْفَظـيها في شِغافٍ

واحْفَظـيها في شِغافٍ

لَوْ إلـى وقتٍ قـريبِ!

لَوْ إلـى وقتٍ قـريبِ!

And keep them in a heart's sheath,

And preserve them in its very core,

Even if only for a short while!

If only for a little while!