حديثthe tale عينيكِyour eyes قدindeed أفضىrevealed بهwith it الخَفَرُbashfulness
حديث عينيكِ قد أفضى به الخَفَرُ
لماwhen تأوَّدswayed فيin أعطافكyour curves الخَفَرُbashfulness
لما تأوَّد في أعطافك الخَفَرُ
Bashfulness has revealed the tale of your eyes,
The tale of your eyes the vigilant disclosed
When bashfulness swayed in the curves of your body.
When he lingered in your soft curves, the vigilant
ياO منيةdesire النفسthe soul قدindeed طافcircled المراحmirth بناaround us
يا منية النفس قد طاف المراح بنا
فراحthen began ينشرto spread منsome of أفراحناour joys السمرevening talk
فراح ينشر من أفراحنا السمر
O desire of the soul, mirth has circled around us,
O soul's wish, the companions have circled around us
Then evening talk began to spread some of our joys.
So happiness from our joys spreads
فبادلينيso share with me الهوىlove فالبحرfor the sea موجتهits wave
فبادليني الهوى فالبحر موجته
عناabout us تُحدِّثspeaks لاnot ماwhat ينقلconveys الخبرthe news
عنا تُحدِّث لا ما ينقل الخبر
So share love with me, for the sea's wave
Reciprocate my passion, for the sea's waves
Speaks of us, not of what the news conveys.
Talk to us, not what the news conveys
وفيand on الشواطئthe shores للأصداءfor the echoes هينمةٌa murmur
وفي الشواطئ للأصداء هينمةٌ
يضمهاenfolds it فيin شُفوفِgauzy veils الفتنةenchantment السَّحَرthe predawn hour
يضمها في شُفوفِ الفتنة السَّحَر
And on the shores the echoes have a murmur,
And on the coasts the echoes have charm
Which the predawn hour enfolds in enchantment's gauzy veils.
Embraced in the lips of temptation's sorcery
والليلand the night أغفىdozed فأرخىthen let fall منfrom غدائرهits tresses
والليل أغفى فأرخى من غدائره
سودًاblack تهادىglided gently علىupon أطرافهاtheir tips العمرlife
سودًا تهادى على أطرافها العمر
And night dozed, then let fall from its tresses
The night dozed, so it released from its tresses
Black locks, on whose tips life glided gently.
Blacks that swayed at its edges is life
والصمتand silence يسكبpours فيinto سمعhearing الدجىnight's darkness نغمًاa melody
والصمت يسكب في سمع الدجى نغمًا
الحبlove صدَّاحهits singer والخافقand the beating heart الوترthe string
الحب صدَّاحه والخافق الوتر
And silence pours a melody into darkness's ear;
And silence pours into the ear of darkness a melody
Love is its singer, and the beating heart its string.
The lover its echo, and the throbbing pulse
وإنand indeed أحلامناour dreams فيon الشطthe shore غافيةasleep
وإن أحلامنا في الشط غافية
وفيand within الحناياthe breast's recesses لهيبthe flame الشوقlonging يستعرblazes
وفي الحنايا لهيب الشوق يستعر
And indeed our dreams lie sleeping on the shore,
Our dreams in the riverbank are sleeping
And in our breasts the flame of longing blazes.
And in the creeks, the flame of longing is kindled
والذكرياتand memories رؤاهاtheir visions كلماwhenever هتفتْcalled out
والذكريات رؤاها كلما هتفتْ
بناto us استراحتfound rest إلىin آمالناour hopes الصورthe images
بنا استراحت إلى آمالنا الصور
And memories—whenever their visions call
Memories, whenever their specters called out
To us, the images find rest in our hopes.
To us, they rested in our imagined forms
فياso O طيوفphantoms المنىdesires.. فاضoverflowed الحنينyearning بناwithin us
فيا طيوف المنى.. فاض الحنين بنا
وزادناand added to us شجنًاsorrow أنthat النوىseparation قدرfate
وزادنا شجنًا أن النوى قدر
So, O phantoms of desire, yearning has overflowed within us,
So, o visions of wishes.. Longing overflows in us
And our sorrow has deepened, for separation is fate.
And our pining increased, for the aim was fate
ولاand not نزالwe cease علىupon الأثباجthe wave crests منof لهبflame
ولا نزال على الأثباج من لهب
يسريtravels by night بناwith us شوقناour longing والوعدand the promise ينتظرwaits
يسري بنا شوقنا والوعد ينتظر
And still we are upon billows of flame;
We still have a blaze from passion
Our longing bears us along by night, and the promise waits.
Our fervor flows, and the promise awaits