تميم البرغوثي | مع تميم - عتابا فصيحة Tamim|Al-Barghouthi|with|Tamim|Ataba|Fusha Tamim Al-Barghouti | With Tamim - Classical Ataba

وجوه كالأغاني أو صداها faces|like songs|or|their echo Faces like songs or their echoes

وري الأرض صيفا أو صداها and I saw|the earth|in summer|or|its echo And the earth is summer or its echoes

إذا ملكا جهنم أوصداها if|they owned|hell| If they owned Hell or its echoes

شققت ببسمة في السور بابا I split|with a smile|in|the wall|a door I split with a smile in the wall, O father.

وآيات الكتاب ومن تلاها and verses|the book|and whoever|recited them And the verses of the book and whoever recited them.

وقلب ما لها مهما تلاهى and heart|whatever|for it|however|distracted And a heart that has no care, no matter what it is distracted by.

بنفسي ظبي راعية تلاها by myself|a gazelle|a shepherdess|I followed her By myself, a gazelle shepherdess recited them.

ولم يحسب لصياد حسابا and not|he thought|for the hunter|account And the hunter did not take into account

بثوب خص بالبلوى وعما in a garment|special|for the calamity|and for the blindness In a garment specific to calamity and blindness

كشعر بين المعنى وعمى like hair|between|meaning|and blindness Like hair between meaning and blindness

عصت لتزورنا خالا وعما she disobeyed|to visit us|uncle|and blind uncle She disobeyed to visit us, uncle and blind

مفتلة شواربهم غضابا twisted|their mustaches|angry Their mustaches are curled in anger.

عصت لتزورنا عما وخالا she disobeyed|to visit us|uncle|maternal uncle She disobeyed to visit us, an uncle and a maternal uncle.

أحس الدرب خطوتها وخالا I felt|the path|her footsteps|maternal uncle I felt the path of her steps and a maternal uncle.

وأبدت يا أخي خدا وخالا and she showed|O|my brother|cheek|maternal uncle And she revealed, oh my brother, a cheek and a maternal uncle.

إذا الصبح انقضى ورآه آبا if|the morning|has passed|and he saw him|father If the morning has passed and he saw him, O father.

إذا الصبح انقضى ورآك عادا if|the morning|has passed|and he saw you|enemy If the morning has passed and he saw you, O 'Aad.

وصالح من أمرت به وعادى and befriend|whom|you commanded|with|and be enemy And the righteous one whom you commanded and opposed.

لها وجه هدى إرما وعادا for her|face|guidance|I throw|and I be enemy It has a guiding face, Irma and 'Aad.

ورد الريح عطرا أو شرابا he returned|the wind|fragrant|or|a drink The wind brought perfume or drink.

وحق من انتحى بحراء غارا and by the right|whoever|he turned|to Hira|he took refuge And by the right of the one who secluded himself in Hira.

وكلل جبهة المهزوم غارا and he crowned|the forehead|the defeated|he took refuge And crowned the forehead of the defeated with a cave.

قتيلُك لو قتلت سواه غارا your killed one|if|you killed|another|he took refuge Your slain, if you had killed another, would have been a cave.

وسهمك حيثما أخطا أصابا and your arrow|wherever|it missed|it hit And your arrow, wherever it misses, hits.

أنا اليمني إذا يشتاق شامه I am|the Yemeni|when|he longs for|his beauty mark I am the Yemeni when I long for my beloved.

ويتبع كل برق حيث شامه and he follows|every|lightning|wherever|his beauty mark And I follow every lightning where my beloved is.

ودمعا فوق كحل فوق شامة and tears|above|eyeliner|above|beauty mark And tears above kohl above the beauty mark.

كليل يكتسي صبحا مذابا a crown|he wears|in the morning|melted A dullness covers the morning like melted snow.

إذا قلم الزمان غدا وراحا if|he wrote|time|tomorrow|and he left When the pen of time writes and departs.

يسطر جبهة مني وراحا he writes|forehead|my|and he left It inscribes a forehead of mine and departs.

سقتني طفلة عسلا وراحا she gave me to drink|a girl|honey|and she left A little girl fed me honey and departed.

محت بهما الكتابة والكتابا I erased|them both|the writing|and the book The writing and the book erased them.