سمتُكَI named you بحرًاa sea لتفصحso that you may speak عبريthrough me
سمتُكَ بحرًا لتفصح عبري
وتزكيand you purify ملامحthe contours of مدّيmy flow وجزريand my ebb
وتزكي ملامح مدّي وجزري
I named you a sea, so you might speak through me
I named you a sea to speak my Hebrew
And purify the contours of my flow and ebb.
And purify the features of my tides and ebbs
أتدريdo you know بأنّكthat you سافرتyou traveled ضوءًas light
أتدري بأنّك سافرت ضوءً
خلاليthrough me يُرتّقmends أعماقthe depths of كسريmy brokenness
خلالي يُرتّق أعماق كسري
Do you know that you traveled as light
Do you know you have sailed a light
Through me, mending the depths of my brokenness?
Through me, exalting the depths of my breaking
وترجعand you restore أبعــادthe dimensions of نجمٍa star تهاوتfell apart
وترجع أبعــاد نجمٍ تهاوت
تقودyou lead كتائبthe battalions of يوميmy day ودهريand my lifetime
تقود كتائب يومي ودهري
And you restore a star’s fallen dimensions,
And return the dimensions of a star that has collapsed
You lead the battalions of my day and my lifetime,
Leading the battalions of my day and time
فتبدوso appear رؤاكyour visions بأنغامin the melodies of ثغريmy lips
فتبدو رؤاك بأنغام ثغري
بصوتكwith your voice أقرأُI read صمتيmy silence : ... أتدريdo you know؟!
بصوتك أقرأُ صمتي : ... أتدري؟!
So your visions appear in the melodies of my lips.
So your vision appears with the tunes of my lips
With your voice I read my silence ... do you know?!
With your voice I read my silence: ...Do you know?!