طفتُI roamed فيthrough ارجاءِthe reaches حُـلْمٍa dream
طفتُ في ارجاءِ حُـلْمٍ
لمdid not أجـدْfind إلاexcept سـرابيmy mirage
لم أجـدْ إلا سـرابي
I roamed through the reaches of a dream.
I wandered in the horizons of a dream
I wandered through the realms of a dream,
I found nothing but my mirage.
I found nothing but my own mirage
But found nothing except my mirage.
لمnot يكنْbe حلـماًa dream غريبـاًstrange
لم يكنْ حلـماً غريبـاً
إنـماonly زادincreased ارتيـابيmy doubt
إنـما زاد ارتيـابي
It was not a strange dream;
It was not an alien dream
It was not a strange dream,
it only deepened my doubt.
It only increased my doubts
Yet it only deepened my doubt.
أينwhere آمـاليmy hopes تـرَدّتfell
أين آمـالي تـرَدّت
فتلاشتthen vanished فيin اضطرابِturmoil
فتلاشت في اضطرابِ
Where have my hopes fallen,
Where did my hopes scatter?
Where did my hopes plummet,
then vanished amid turmoil?
They faded into confusion
Fading away in turmoil?
هلwhether عـذابيmy torment فيin مـلامٍreproach
هل عـذابي في مـلامٍ
أمor ملاميmy reproach فيin عذابيmy torment؟
أم ملامي في عذابي؟
Is my torment in reproach,
Is my torment because of blame
Is my torment found in blame,
or my reproach in my torment?
Or is the blame because of my torment?
Or is my blame found in my torment?
كُلُّevery شيءٍthing باتَbecame خصميmy adversary
كُلُّ شيءٍ باتَ خصمي
منfrom كلامٍspeech أوor شرابِdrink
من كلامٍ أو شرابِ
Everything has become my adversary,
Everything has become my adversary
Everything has become my adversary,
be it speech or drink.
Be it words or drink
From spoken words to drink;
وأنيسُand the companion الروحِthe soul أبدىshowed
وأنيسُ الروحِ أبدى
ليto me نـفوراًaversion فيin انقلابِa reversal
لي نـفوراً في انقلابِ
And the soul's companion showed
The soul's companion showed
And the companion of my soul has shown
aversion toward me in a change of heart.
Aversion to me in upheaval
Aversion to me in a sudden reversal.
إنـهindeed he صِنْفٌa sort مَلولٌeasily bored
إنـه صِنْفٌ مَلولٌ
لمdid not يمـلْincline نحـوtoward الصوابwhat is right
لم يمـلْ نحـو الصواب
He is the sort who tires easily;
It is a bored type
He is of a fickle, wearying kind,
he did not incline toward what is right.
That did not incline towards right
Who never leans toward what is right.
إنْif يكنbe ذاthis منكfrom you حبٌّlove
إنْ يكن ذا منك حبٌّ
لاdo not تغاليgo to excess فيin المصابِthe affliction
لا تغالي في المصابِ
If this from you is love,
If you have love for me
If this from you is love,
do not go too far in affliction.
Do not overdo in calamity
Do not go too far with the affliction.
ضاعwas lost منيfrom me سرُّthe secret وديmy affection
ضاع مني سرُّ ودي
أيـنwhere أياميmy days العـذابِthe sweet ones؟
أيـن أيامي العـذابِ؟
The secret of my affection was lost to me.
I lost the secret of my intimacy
The secret of my affection is lost to me;
Where are my sweet days?
Where are my days of torment?
Where are my sweet, pleasant days?
حيثُwhen عشناwe lived فيin غرامٍpassionate love
حيثُ عشنا في غرامٍ
انتـهىended تحتbeneath التـرابِthe earth
انتـهى تحت التـرابِ
When we lived in love
When we lived in passion
Where we lived in a passion
that ended beneath the earth.
It ended under the soil
That has ended beneath the dust.
فحبيبيfor my beloved هائمٌwandering يَبْـseeks (first part)
فحبيبي هائمٌ يَبْـ
ـغيseeks (remaining part) هَوىًlove فوقabove السحابِthe clouds
ـغي هَوىً فوق السحابِ
For my beloved wanders, seek-
So my beloved wanders
For my beloved wanders, seeking
-ing love above the clouds.
Seeking love above the clouds
A love high above the clouds.
أأناam I? فيin النّارِthe fire وحديby myself
أأنا في النّارِ وحدي
وهْوَwhile he لاnot يـدريknows عـذابيmy torment؟
وهْوَ لا يـدري عـذابي؟
Am I alone in the fire,
Am I in the fire alone
Am I in the fire all alone,
while he knows nothing of my torment?
While he does not know my torment?
While he remains unaware of my torment?
آثِـمٌsinful يامنO you who رمـانـيcast me
آثِـمٌ يامن رمـانـي
فيinto مَـواتٍlifelessness واغترابِand estrangement
في مَـواتٍ واغترابِ
Sinful are you, O you who cast me
You sinner, who threw me
Sinful is the one who cast me
into lifelessness and estrangement.
In desolation and estrangement
Into lifelessness and exile.
لاdo not تغبْstay away عـنيfrom me كثـيراًfor long
لا تغبْ عـني كثـيراً
خابfailed ظنيmy expectation فيin الغيابِthe absence
خاب ظني في الغيابِ
Do not stay away from me for long;
Do not be away from me for long
Do not be absent from me for long,
my expectations were dashed in absence.
My assumption failed in absence
My hopes have been dashed in this absence.
اصغَlisten وارحمْand have mercy on نبضَthe pulse قلبيmy heart
اصغَ وارحمْ نبضَ قلبي
لاdo not تبالغْgo too far فيin اسـتلابيrobbing me
لا تبالغْ في اسـتلابي
Listen, and have mercy on my heart's pulse;
Listen and have mercy on the pulse of my heart
Listen, and have mercy on my heartbeat;
do not go too far in robbing me.
Do not overdo in testing me
Do not go too far in plundering my soul.
لاdo not تقلْsay ليto me فيكin you حُمْـقٌfolly
لا تقلْ لي فيك حُمْـقٌ
داونيheal me قبـلbefore الحسابِthe reckoning
داوني قبـل الحسابِ
Do not tell me, 'There is folly in you';
Do not tell me you are a fool
Do not tell me, There is foolishness in you;
heal me before the reckoning.
Heal me before reckoning
Heal me before the day of reckoning.
حجمُthe scale مأسـاتيmy tragedy عظيمٌimmense
حجمُ مأسـاتي عظيمٌ
أشتـكيI lament فيat كلِّevery بابِdoor
أشتـكي في كلِّ بابِ
The scale of my tragedy is immense;
The volume of my tragedy is great
The magnitude of my tragedy is immense,
I lament at every door,
I complain at every door
I complain at every door,
راجياhoping ًغَـوْثَrescue غريقٍa drowning man
راجيا ًغَـوْثَ غريقٍ
غاصَsank مثليlike me فيinto العُبابِthe billows
غاصَ مثلي في العُبابِ
hoping for the rescue of a drowning man
Praying for the help of a drowning person
Hoping for the rescue of a drowning man,
who sank, like me, into the billows.
Who drowned like me in the turbid water
Who plunged, like me, into the swelling waves.