وقفتshe stood تبكىweeping وماand there was no منany سامعlistener
وقفت تبكى وما من سامع
غيرexcept آذانears الظلامthe darkness الأقتمpitch-black
غير آذان الظلام الأقتم
She stood weeping, with no one to hear
She stood weeping, with no listener
save the ears of the pitch-black darkness.
Except the ears of the darkest darkness
لاnot ترىshe sees فيin فحمةthe coal-blackness of الليلthe night اذاwhen
لا ترى في فحمة الليل اذا
نظرتshe looked غيرexcept قبورgraves جثمcrouching
نظرت غير قبور جثم
She sees nothing in the coal-black night, when
You see in the blackness of night, if
she looks, except crouching graves.
You look, only hunched graves
تصدعcleaves الظلماءthe darkness منهاfrom her صرخةa cry
تصدع الظلماء منها صرخة
خرجتemerged منfrom قلبهاher heart المنهدمshattered
خرجت من قلبها المنهدم
A cry from her cleaves the darkness,
The gloom cracks from them a scream
issuing from her shattered heart.
That came from its crumbled heart
تقرعshe beats الصدرthe breast وفيand in القلبthe heart أسىgrief
تقرع الصدر وفي القلب أسى
شقtore ذاكthat القلبthe heart شقthe tearing of الحلمthe dream
شق ذاك القلب شق الحلم
She beats her breast, and in her heart is grief
Beating her chest, and in her heart is agony
that tore that heart as a dream is torn.
That split that heart, split the dream
تلطمshe slaps الوجهthe face بكفwith a palm أسودblack
تلطم الوجه بكف أسود
وتناجىand she whispers to جثةthe corpse of المحترمthe honored one
وتناجى جثة المحترم
She slaps her face with a black palm,
Slapping her face with a black palm
and whispers to the honored one's corpse.
And whispering to the corpse of the respected
واذاand when ماemphatic particle صرختshe cried out جاوبهاanswered her
واذا ما صرخت جاوبها
منfrom فمthe mouth of الأقدارfate صوتthe voice of العدمnothingness
من فم الأقدار صوت العدم
And whenever she cries out, she is answered
And if she screams, answering her
from the mouth of fate by the voice of nothingness.
From the mouth of fates, the voice of nothingness
هيshe والأقدارand fate تجرىflows حولهاaround her
هي والأقدار تجرى حولها
جثةa corpse فيin موجهاits waves الملتطمcrashing
جثة في موجها الملتطم
She, while fate flows around her,
She and the fates flow around her
is a corpse amid its crashing waves.
A corpse in its turbulent wave
ياO رجالmen of الشعرpoetry قومواrise وانظرواand behold
يا رجال الشعر قوموا وانظروا
صورةan image للبائسof the wretched one المنهزمdefeated
صورة للبائس المنهزم
O men of poetry, rise and behold
Oh poets, stand and see
an image of the wretched, defeated one.
An image of the defeated miserable
تلكthat أمa mother أودعتshe placed مكرهةagainst her will
تلك أم أودعت مكرهة
طفلهاher child المحبوبbeloved جوفthe hollow of الرجمthe stone cairn
طفلها المحبوب جوف الرجم
That is a mother who, against her will, placed
That is a mother who reluctantly
her beloved child in the hollow of the stone cairn.
Entrusted her beloved child to the belly of stoning
وجثتand she knelt تبكىweeping علىover جثتهhis corpse
وجثت تبكى على جثته
ودموعand tears الموتof death لمdid not تنسجمflow
ودموع الموت لم تنسجم
And she knelt, weeping over his corpse,
And fell weeping over his corpse
and death's tears did not flow.
And the tears of death did not harmonize
خففواlighten الوطأthe tread لئلاlest تزعجواyou disturb
خففوا الوطأ لئلا تزعجوا
شبحthe specter of اليأسdespair وطيفand the phantom of الألمpain
شبح اليأس وطيف الألم
Tread softly, lest you disturb
Lighten the burden lest you disturb
the specter of despair and the phantom of pain.
The specter of despair and the phantom of pain
تحتbeneath هذاthis التربearth نامتfell asleep أنفسsouls
تحت هذا الترب نامت أنفس
فيin خبوتstillness منof عظامbones ودمand blood
في خبوت من عظام ودم
Beneath this earth, souls have fallen asleep
Under this soil slept souls
in the stillness of bones and blood.
In dormancy of bones and blood
فانظرواso behold مقبرةa graveyard فيwithin طيهاits folds
فانظروا مقبرة في طيها
يرقدlies asleep المبصرthe sighted فيat جنبthe side of العمىthe blind
يرقد المبصر في جنب العمى
So behold a graveyard, within whose folds
So see a grave in its fold
the sighted lies asleep beside the blind.
The seeing lies next to the blind
واسمعواand hear منfrom بابهاits gate موعظةًan admonition
واسمعوا من بابها موعظةً
واعبدواand worship فيهاwithin it جلالthe majesty of القدمantiquity
واعبدوا فيها جلال القدم
And hear an admonition from its gate,
And listen from its door to an admonition
and worship within it the majesty of antiquity.
And worship therein the majesty of the Ancient