1. نَفْسي الظَمَانه مِنْ هَمْس الشُروق

    لَقَيتَك ..

    My thirsty soul, amid the whisper of sunrise,

    found you...

  2. بَعد مَا كادت تطفِّيها

    الحُرُوق

    after the burning had nearly extinguished it.

    The burning.

  3. ولاقَت ..

    بين أحظانَك مَطرّهَا

    And it found...

    in your embrace, its rain

  4. والبُروق

    ومنَّك

    and lightning.

    And from you

  5. ارتَوتْ كُل المشَاتل

    والعُروق

    all the seedlings drank their fill,

    and the roots.

  6. أحبَّك ..

    قُلتها مِن قَلْب عاشِق

    I love you...

    I said it from a lover’s heart,

  7. وفي حُبك إلى الأذنين غارق

    يُدوِّر في صَدَفْ بحرك

    drowning up to the ears in your love,

    searching among the shells of your sea,

  8. مُعانِق

    لاحلام المُعنّى لا يُفارق

    embracing

    the suffering one’s dreams, never letting go.

  9. ***

    يا رُمّان أيامي

    ***

    O pomegranate of my days,

  10. وغرسي والعِنَبْ

    عَليْك يا ما تعُب روحي

    my planting and my grapes,

    how weary my soul has grown for you.

  11. تعب روحي تعب

    ولاجْلَك قَد عَصَر

    My soul is weary, weary.

    And for your sake it has pressed

  12. رُوحُه

    عَصَر روحُه وصَب

    its spirit;

    pressed its spirit and poured

  13. عَصيرُه في تُرابكْ

    وأغْتَربْ

    its juice into your soil,

    and gone into exile.

  14. ***

    تمَنْيتك مَع المقْيل

    ***

    I wished for you at the afternoon gathering

  15. وبالسمْرهْ

    واَهْداني خَيالك

    and in the evening conversation.

    And your image gave me

  16. للغُنى سِمره

    وحاريت وقيد الشوق

    an evening of song.

    I waited, while longing’s bonds

  17. مِن جَمْره

    وحبَّيْتك بضوء الصُبح والغُدره

    were made of embers.

    And I loved you in the morning light and the darkness.

  18. ***

    لَقيتَكْ شوقْ احْلامي وصُبحي

    ***

    I found you: the longing of my dreams and my morning.

  19. وفي سحرك شِفاء دَائي

    وجُرحي

    In your enchantment lies the cure for my illness

    and my wound.

  20. كَتَبتك مِنْ مداد قلبّي

    ورَمحي

    I wrote you with the ink of my heart

    and my spear.

  21. وغنيتك باحزاني

    وفرحِي

    And I sang you with my sorrows

    and my joy.