اقتربي

أوتار مبعثرة
ترجمة إنجليزية
شارك:
اقْتَرِبِي مِنِّي كَيْ أَرْنُولِلَهِيبِ الرَّغْبَةِ فِي عَيْنَيْكْ
اقْتَرِبِي مِنِّي كَيْ تَبْدُوحَلَمَاتُ الشَّوْقِ عَلَى نَهْدَيْكْ
اقْتَرِبِي مِنِّي كَيْ أَحْظَىبِعِنَاقِ الْوَصْلِ عَلَى حِضْنَيْكْ
اقْتَرِبِي مِنِّي كَيْ أُذْكِيَلَهَبَ الْبُوسَاتِ عَلَى شَفَتَيْكْ
الْتَهِبِي شَوْقًا وَاحْتَدِمِيفَأَنَا مَجْنُونٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكْ
نَهْدَاكِ النَّهْرَانِ بِسُقْيَاحُبِّي اتَّحَدَا يَا لَبَّيْكْ!

Come Closer

  1. Come closer to me, so I may gaze
    at the flame of desire in your eyes.
  2. Come closer to me, so that on your breasts
    the nipples of longing may rise.
  3. Come closer to me, so I may win
    the embrace of union in your arms.
  4. Come closer to me, so I may fan
    the flame of kisses1 on your lips.
  5. Blaze with longing, and rage on,
    for I'm a madman in your hands.
  6. Your breasts, twin rivers, watered by my love,
    have merged in one. Here I am, at your call!2

Notes

  1. Būsāt, 'kisses', is from būsa, a word for a kiss borrowed long ago from Persian and common in colloquial Arabic, warmer and more everyday than the classical qubla used elsewhere in the collection. ↩
  2. Labbayka (here labbayki) is the ritual cry of the pilgrims to Mecca: 'Here I am, at Your service!' The poet turns the words of total, devoted response into the lover's answer to the beloved's call. ↩

English translation prepared by artificial intelligence and reviewed against the Arabic for accuracy of meaning and rhetoric.