فيكin you معنىa meaning منamong المعانيthe meanings بعيدٌremote
فيك معنى من المعاني بعيدٌ
عنfrom مراميthe reach العقولthe minds والأفكارand the thoughts
عن مرامي العقول والأفكار
In you is a meaning among meanings, remote
You hold a meaning, of meanings, remote
from the reach of minds and thoughts.
From intentions of minds and thoughts
هوit سرٌّa secret لماbehind what أُكابدُI endure فيin حبّكloving you
هو سرٌّ لما أُكابدُ في حبّك
منof لوعتيmy anguish ووجديand my passion وناريand my fire
من لوعتي ووجدي وناري
It is the secret behind what I endure in loving you:
It's a secret to what I endure in loving you
my anguish, my passion, and my fire.
Of my agony, passion, and fire
أَتُرىI wonder تعرفينهyou know it لستI do not أدرىI know
أَتُرى تعرفينه لست أدرى
وأُرانيand I see myself لكنههof its essence غيرnot دارaware
وأُراني لكنهه غير دار
Do you, I wonder, know it? I do not know,
Do you know it? I'm not sure
and I find myself ignorant of its essence.
Yet I see it's not comprehensible
أناI مزّقتtore apart عنهfrom it كلّevery حجابveil
أنا مزّقت عنه كلّ حجاب
نسجَتهُwove it أناملُfingertips الأقدارthe fates
نسجَتهُ أناملُ الأقدار
I tore away from it every veil
I've torn away any veil about it
that the fingertips of fate had woven.
Woven by the fingers of fate
وحشدتُand I gathered الخواطرthe thoughts الهيمthe lovesick تنساflowing (first part)
وحشدتُ الخواطر الهيم تنسا
بُflowing (completion) لتفنىto perish فيin موجدpassion (uncertain reading) الهدارthe roaring
بُ لتفنى في موجد الهدار
And I gathered the lovesick thoughts, streaming
And rallied thoughts that forgot
to perish in roaring passion [reading uncertain].
To fade into the storm of passion
وتمثّلتُand I imagined كلّevery شيءٍthing عنabout المرthe woman (first part)
وتمثّلتُ كلّ شيءٍ عن المر
أةِwoman (completion) لُغزاًa riddle يموجُsurges بالأسرارwith secrets
أةِ لُغزاً يموجُ بالأسرار
And I imagined everything about woman
And imagined everything about the woman
as a riddle surging with secrets.
As an enigma swirling with secrets
وإذاand suddenly بيwith me أعودُI return بعدafter انطلاقيmy setting out
وإذا بي أعودُ بعد انطلاقي
فيin بواديكyour deserts موثَقاُbound فيin إسارىmy captivity
في بواديك موثَقاُ في إسارى
And suddenly I return, after roaming
And here I am, after my release
in your deserts, bound in my captivity.
In your wilderness, shackled in my chains
وأحِسُّand I sense الشيطانthe devil يضحكُlaughs فيin نفsoul (first part)
وأحِسُّ الشيطان يضحكُ في نف
سكyour soul (completion) منّىat me فيin حيرتيmy bewilderment وعثارىand my stumbling
سك منّى في حيرتي وعثارى
And I sense the devil laughing in your
I feel the devil laughing in your soul
soul at me, in my bewilderment and stumbling.
At me, in my confusion and disorder
أنتyou ماwhat أنتyou جنّةٌa paradise كجحيمٍlike hell
أنت ما أنت جنّةٌ كجحيمٍ
عندهاbefore it المؤمنونthe believers كالكُفّارlike unbelievers
عندها المؤمنون كالكُفّار
You—what are you? A paradise like hell,
You are what you are, a paradise like hell
where believers are like unbelievers.
Where believers are like disbelievers
كبريائيmy pride (possibly 'be haughty') ماas much as شئتyou wish واحترقىand burn حبّاًwith love
كبريائي ما شئت واحترقى حبّاً
لغيريfor someone other than me وامضىand go معwith التيارthe current
لغيري وامضى مع التيار
[Be haughty?] as you please, and burn with love
Be as proud as you wish, and burn with love
for someone other than me, and go with the current.
For another, and go with the tide
لستI do not أرجوكI beseech you لاno ولاand not أناI أخشاI fear (first part)
لست أرجوك لا ولا أنا أخشا
كyou (verb suffix) ولكنّهand yet it دمىmy blood وسعارىand my frenzy
ك ولكنّه دمى وسعارى
I do not beseech you—no—nor do I fear
I neither hope for you, nor fear you
you; but it is my blood and my frenzy,
But it's my blood, and my inferno
وشبابيand my youth المحرومthe deprived واللهفةand the longing الهوthe frenzied (first part)
وشبابي المحروم واللهفة الهو
جاءfrenzied (completion) تمضىmoves on بهwith it لغيرtoward no قرارresting place
جاء تمضى به لغير قرار
and my deprived youth, and the frenzied longing
And my deprived youth, and burning desire
that carries it toward no resting place.
That passes with it, with no peace
وحياتيand my life الخرياءُunclear; perhaps 'mute' مشدوهةُbewildered الأحلامthe dreams
وحياتي الخرياءُ مشدوهةُ الأحلام
مقرورةُchilled الدجىthe darkness of night والنهارand the day
مقرورةُ الدجى والنهار
And my [mute?] life, with bewildered dreams,
And my pretentious life, its dreams spellbound
chilled through the darkness of night and the day,
Cloaked by night and day
لمnot (past negation) تعُدremains غيرother than مسرحٍa stage لأفاعيfor the serpents of الthe (prefix)
لم تعُد غير مسرحٍ لأفاعي ال
وَهمِillusion تغذوnourish بسمّهاwith their venom أفكاريmy thoughts
وَهمِ تغذو بسمّها أفكاري
is now nothing but a stage for the serpents of
Becomes no more than a stage for snakes
illusion, feeding my thoughts with their venom.
Of illusion, feeding their venom to my thoughts
فاجذبيهاso draw it إلىinto حياتكyour life حيناًfor a while
فاجذبيها إلى حياتك حيناً
تنعشيyou will revive ماwhat حرقتِyou burned منof أزهاريmy flowers
تنعشي ما حرقتِ من أزهاري
So draw it into your life for a while,
So attract it to your life for a while
and revive those of my flowers you burned.
To revive what you burned of my flowers
وابعثينيand revive me فقدfor perhaps تخلّدُimmortalize أيّاdays (first part)
وابعثيني فقد تخلّدُ أيّا
مَكyour days (completion) فيin عالمَthe realm الهوىof love أشعاريmy poems
مَك في عالمَ الهوى أشعاري
And revive me, for my poems may immortalize your
And immortalize my days through your being
days in the realm of love.
In the world of love, through my poetry
وأعيديand restore إليّto me فجريmy dawn فقدfor indeed ضقgrown weary (first part)
وأعيدي إليّ فجري فقد ضق
تُI (verb suffix) بصمتيof my silence وظلمتيand my darkness وانتظاريand my waiting
تُ بصمتي وظلمتي وانتظاري
And restore my dawn to me, for I have grown weary
And return my dawn to me, for I'm weary
of my silence, my darkness, and my waiting.
Of my silence, darkness, and waiting
وإذاand if ماemphasis أبيتِyou refuse إلاanything but جموحاwild defiance
وإذا ما أبيتِ إلا جموحا
فحرامٌthen forbidden عليكto you حتىeven احتقاريmy contempt
فحرامٌ عليك حتى احتقاري
And if you insist on nothing but wild defiance,
And if you insist on rejection
then even my contempt is denied you.
It would be a sin even to despise me
أنتِyou ماwhat أنتِyou حكمتيmy wisdom فيكconcerning you عمياblind (first part)
أنتِ ما أنتِ حكمتي فيك عميا
ءُblind (completion) وعقليand my reason مُهَدّدٌthreatened بالدمارwith destruction
ءُ وعقلي مُهَدّدٌ بالدمار
You—what are you? My wisdom about you is blind,
You are what you are, my judgement is blind to you
and my reason is threatened with destruction.
And my mind is threatened with ruin
لمdid not يكُنbe حُبُّناour love لقلبيfor my heart يوماًever
لم يكُن حُبُّنا لقلبي يوماً
منamong مُناهits desires ولمand did not يكنbe باختياريby my choice
من مُناه ولم يكن باختياري
Our love, to my heart, was never
Our love was never voluntary for my heart
one of its desires, nor was it my choice.
Nor was it my choice
لكfor you منىfrom me تشوُّقٌa longing يرمِضُscorches الروthe soul (first part)
لك منى تشوُّقٌ يرمِضُ الرو
حsoul (completion) وليand for me منكfrom you خالدُeverlasting الأعذارthe excuses
ح ولي منك خالدُ الأعذار
For you, from me, a longing that scorches the
I have for you a yearning that smolders the soul
soul; for me, from you, everlasting excuses.
And for me you have lasting excuses
آهah ياO حسرتيmy sorrow إذاif ضاعis wasted عمريmy life
آه يا حسرتي إذا ضاع عمري
ويقينيand my certainty لديكto you كالإنكارlike denial
ويقيني لديك كالإنكار
Ah, O my sorrow, if my life is wasted,
Oh my regret, if my life passes
and my certainty, to you, is like denial.
While my certainty in you is denied