لقدindeed كانthere was ليfor me قلبa heart شفوقtender وأدتهI buried it alive
لقد كان لي قلب شفوق وأدته
فواراهthen shrouded it منfrom ليلthe night of التباريحanguish غيهبdeep darkness
فواراه من ليل التباريح غيهب
Indeed, I had a tender heart, which I buried alive;
I had a tender heart that led me
then a deep darkness from the night of anguish shrouded it.
Through nights of insomniac darkness astray
فلاso not ظبيةa female gazelle الواديthe valley تعنappears ببالهin its mind
فلا ظبية الوادي تعن بباله
ولاnor ودهits love بالقصرin the palace لمياءa dark-lipped beauty تخطبseeks
ولا وده بالقصر لمياء تخطب
So the valley's gazelle does not cross its mind,
No valley doe cares what’s on my mind
nor does a dark-lipped beauty in the palace seek its love.
No palace dove courts water I say
وإنيand indeed I نسيتI forgot اليومtoday أمسيmy yesterday فلمso did not أعدI continue
وإني نسيت اليوم أمسي فلم أعد
لتطراقat the nighttime visits of طيفa phantom الشركسياتthe Circassian women أطربI delight
لتطراق طيف الشركسيات أطرب
And today I have indeed forgotten my yesterday; I no longer
Today I’ve forgotten yesterday, can’t go back
thrill to the nightly visits of the Circassian women's phantom.
To chase the ghosts of Circassians away