ما للجمال ومالي

يا رمز هذا الجمال

What has beauty to do with me?

O symbol of this beauty,

يا منية النفس والرو

ح والفؤاد تعالي

O desire of the soul and the spirit,

And of the heart—come!

اليك ارنو رنو ال

مشدوه يا كل مالي

To you I gaze with the gaze of the

Dumbstruck one, O all that I possess.

إليك ارفع ايدي ال

خشوع والابتهال

To you I raise the hands of

Humility and supplication.

الا ترين شحوبي

وصفرتي وانفعالي

Do you not see my pallor,

And my yellowness and my agitation?

الا ترين اضطرابي

وحيرتي وضلالي

Do you not see my turmoil,

And my bewilderment and my waywardness?

الا ترين حنيني

وذلتي وسؤالي

Do you not see my yearning,

And my abasement and my pleading?

انا أسير غرامي

روحي وعبد الجمال

I am the captive of my passion,

O my spirit, and the slave of beauty.

الدمع من ذل نفسي

والسقم من سوء حالي

The tears come from my soul's abasement,

And sickness from my wretched state.

ما أنت أنت خيال

أم أنت طيف خيال

What are you? Are you a vision,

Or are you a vision's phantom?

أم موجة من اثير

أم هالة من هلال

Or a wave of ether,

Or a halo from a crescent moon?

ام وهجة من شعاع

تضيء هذي الليالي

Or a glow from a ray

That lights these nights?

وصورة من جلال

ام دمية من كمال

And an image of majesty,

Or a figurine of perfection?

ورقية من سحير

ام نفثة من دلال

And a charm of early dawn,

Or a puff of coquetry?

ونفحة من عطور

ام ومضة من لآلي

And a waft of perfumes,

Or a flash of pearls?

ولفحة من نسيم

ام انت ريح الشمال

And a gust from a breeze,

Or are you the north wind?

ولهفة من حنين

ام نشوة من تعال

And a pang of yearning,

Or a rapture of exaltation?

ام انت سر خفي

يموج بين الظلال

Or are you a hidden secret,

Surging among the shadows?

ام انت خطرة نفس

لا تخطرين ببال

Or are you a passing thought of the soul,

Never crossing the mind?

واين انت افي الشه

ب ام ترى في الجبال

And where are you—in the shooting stars,

Or perhaps in the mountains?

وفي ثنايا الهواء

ام في ظلال الدوالي

And in the folds of the air,

Or in the shadows of the vines?

وفي اعالي الفضاء

ام في فضاء الاعالي

And in the heights of space,

Or in the space of the heights?

وفي قرارة نفسي

ام في سماء خيالي

And in the depths of my soul,

Or in the sky of my imagination?

روحي الا تذكرين

الايام تتلو الليالي

My spirit, do you not remember

The days that follow the nights?

ساعات كنا نناجي

الا أنوار طيّ الغلال

Hours when we communed with

The lights within the folds of the veils.

ساعات همت وهامت

بك السنين الخوالي

Hours when I was enraptured, and so were

The bygone years, by you.

نسيت روحي كياني

وانني في الاعالي

I forgot, my spirit, my being,

And that I was in the heights.

فرحت الثم ثغرا

ما ان له من مثال

So I began to kiss lips

That had no equal,

ووجنة من شعاع

ومقلة من ظلال

And a cheek of radiance,

And an eye of shadows.

ورحت اطوي جسيماً

من الجسوم الغوالي

And I began to enfold a substantial body

Among the precious bodies:

غلالة من جمال

وكوكباً من جلال

A veil of beauty,

And a star of majesty.

فما شعرت بنفسي

الا شهيد ابتذالي

Then I felt myself to be nothing

But a martyr to my degradation.

وصرت اهبط ارضا

مكللا بضلالي

And I began descending to earth,

Crowned with my waywardness.

وسرت نحو الخلود

وسرت نحو الزوال

And I journeyed toward immortality,

And I journeyed toward extinction.

وجئت عالم ارضى

بهيكل كالخلال

And I came to the world of my earth

With a frame like a toothpick.

والشرمذ جئت ارضي

كما سعيت سعى لي

And evil, since I came to my earth,

Pursued me as I journeyed.

روحي اناجيك روحي

بلوعة وانفعال

My spirit, I whisper to you, my spirit,

With heartache and agitation.

متى اراك وهلا

تعود تلك الليالي

When shall I see you—and will not

Those nights return?

متى اغادر ارضي

اليك سامي الفعال

When shall I leave my earth

For you, exalted in deeds?

انا اروم اندماجي

بك وعنها انفصالي

I seek my union

With you, and my separation from it.

يا روح ذبت اشتياقاً

اليك رمز الجمال

O spirit, I have melted with longing

For you, symbol of beauty.

يا روح طال اصطباري

متى يكون زوالي

O spirit, my patient endurance has lasted long;

When will I pass away?