حَمّامُ مَن لَستَ لَهُ ذاكِراً

حَمّامُ مَن لَستَ لَهُ ذاكِراً

مِن أَجلَبِ الأَشياءِ لِلحُزنِ

مِن أَجلَبِ الأَشياءِ لِلحُزنِ

The bathhouse of one you do not mention

Dove, you whom I do not remember,

Is among the greatest sources of sorrow.

Among the most sorrowful things,

أَدخَلَنيهِ حُسنُ ظَنّي بِهِ

أَدخَلَنيهِ حُسنُ ظَنّي بِهِ

وَرُبَّما أَسلَمَني ظَنّي

وَرُبَّما أَسلَمَني ظَنّي

My good opinion of it led me inside,

My good opinion of you led me to it,

And sometimes my judgment has betrayed me.

And perhaps my opinion surrendered me.

وَكانَ قَد أَسلَمَني النُصحُ ما

وَكانَ قَد أَسلَمَني النُصحُ ما

يَعجَزُ عَن إِدراكِهِ ذِهني

يَعجَزُ عَن إِدراكِهِ ذِهني

And counsel had already delivered me over to what

My advice had surrendered me to what

My mind is unable to comprehend.

My mind cannot comprehend,

فَلَم أَجِد فيهِ مِنَ الماءِ ما

فَلَم أَجِد فيهِ مِنَ الماءِ ما

أَغسَلَ مِن وَجهي بِهِ جَفني

أَغسَلَ مِن وَجهي بِهِ جَفني

So I found no water there with which

So I did not find in it any water

To wash the eyelid of my face.

To wash my eyelids with.

كَأَنَّما صاحِبُ تابوتِهِ

كَأَنَّما صاحِبُ تابوتِهِ

كانَ عَدُوّي فَاِشتَفى مِنّي

كانَ عَدُوّي فَاِشتَفى مِنّي

As though the keeper of its chest

It was as if the carrier of his coffin

Were my enemy, and had taken his revenge on me.

Was my enemy, so he sought vengeance on me.