1. يَنامُ بِقَسوَة

    يَحلُمُ بِقَسوَة

    He sleeps harshly

    He dreams harshly

  2. حَولَهُ لَم يَكُن سِوى

    حَيواناتِهِ وشَياطينِه

    Around him there was nothing but

    his animals and his demons

  3. ومَلائكَتِهِ الَّذينَ يَتَظاهَرونَ

    بأَنَّهُم مَشغولونَ عَنهُ

    and his angels, who pretend

    to be too busy for him

  4. واللَّه.

    /

    and God.

    /

  5. واللَّه

    لا بُدَّ أَن يَكونَ

    And God—

    it must be that

  6. أَفضَلُ ما قامَ بِصُنعِهِ

    هُو آخِرُ ما قامَ بِصُنعِهِ

    the best thing he made

    is the last thing he made

  7. مُتَلافياً أَخطاءَهُ الكَثيرَة

    في المَوادِ وفي الخَلطَةِ

    avoiding his many mistakes

    in the materials and in the mixture

  8. وفي القالَب

    حينَ وَجَدَ العالَمَ وَحيداً

    and in the mold

    when he found the world lonely

  9. يَمشي ذَهاباً وإياباً

    دُونَ مَقصَد

    walking to and fro

    without a destination

  10. يَلُفُّ حَولَ نفسِهِ

    بِلا نِهاية

    circling around himself

    without end

  11. لَيسَ لَدَيهِ ما يَقولُهُ لأَحَد

    أَو لا يَقولُهُ لأَحَد

    He has nothing to say to anyone

    or not to say to anyone

  12. لأَنَّه لَيسَ لَدَيهِ أَحَد

    وليسَ لَديهِ ما يَفعَلُهُ اليَوم

    because he has no one

    and he has nothing to do today

  13. أَو يُؤَجِّلُهُ للغَد

    كَي يَكونَ لَدَيهِ غَد

    or to put off until tomorrow

    so that he may have a tomorrow

  14. حينَ وَجدَهُ ناقِصاً

    النَّقصُ الضَّئيل

    when he found him lacking

    the slight lack

  15. الَّذي مَهما بَلَغَت ضَآلَتُه

    يَبقى فارِغاً.

    which, however slight it may be,

    remains empty.

  16. /

    فهوَ يَعلَمُ

    /

    For he knows

  17. مَرَّةً خلَقَ مِسخاً

    لأَنَّهُ لَم يَضَع في داخِلِهِ

    he once created a monster

    because he had not put inside it

  18. قَلباً

    ثُمَّ وضَعَ في داخِلِهِ قَلباً

    a heart

    then he put a heart inside it

  19. لَكِنَّهُ لَم يَضَع في قَلبِهِ

    شَهوَةً

    but he did not put in its heart

    desire

  20. فلَم يُطلِق صَرخَةً

    ولَم يَفتَح

    so it did not let out a cry

    and did not open

  21. عَيناً

    ولَم يَنتَصِب مِنهُ

    an eye

    nor did there rise erect from it

  22. عُضوٌ.

    /

    a member.

    /

  23. وتَعلَمينَ أَنِّي رَغمَ جُوعي

    فَضَّلتُكِ عَن جَنَّتي

    And you know that, despite my hunger,

    I preferred you to my paradise

  24. تارِكاً لَكِ

    ثَلاثَةَ

    leaving for you

    three

  25. أَرباعِ

    تِفَّاحَتي..

    quarters of

    my apple..

  26. 23/1/1995

    23/1/1995