نغمه درد

You are within me, yet so far apart from me.

در منی و این همه ز من جدا

You are with me, yet your gaze is turned toward another.

با منی ور دیده ات بسوی غیر

For me, no way to speak remains,

بهر من نمانده راه گفتگو

while you sit absorbed in conversation with another.

تو نشسته گرم گفتگوی غیر

Drowned in sorrow, my heart beats within my breast,

غرق غم دلم به سینه می تپد

restless with you, and restless without you.

با تو بی قرار و بی تو بی قرار

Alas for that moment when, without my knowing,

وای از آن دمی که بیخبر زمن

you carry your belongings away from this land.

بر کشی تو رخت خویش از این دیار

I am your shadow, wherever you go.

سایه تو ام بهر کجا روی

I have laid my head beneath your feet.

سر نهاده ام به زیر پای تو

I have not yet found anyone like you in the world

چون تو در جهان نجسته ام هنوز

to choose in your place.

تا که برگزینمش به جای تو

You are my joy and sorrow; I am bewildered.

شادی و غم منی به حیرتم

From you… I wish to take refuge within you.

خواهم از تو ... در تو آورم پناه

I am a wild wave who, unaware of myself,

موج وحشیم که بی خبر ز خویش

has become captive to the moon's enchantments.

گشته ام اسیر جذبه های ماه

You said I should break away from you—alas and pain!

گفتی از تو بگسلم ... دریغ و درد

Can the thread of faithfulness be broken?

رشته وفا مگر گسستنی است ؟

I shall break away from myself, but not from you.

بگسلم ز خویش و از تو نگسلم

Can the promise of lovers be broken?

عهد عاشقان مگر شکستنی است ؟

One night I saw you in a dream, and I am happy.

دیدمت شبی بخواب و سرخوشم

Ah… must I see you only in dreams?

وه ... مگر به خوابها ببینمت

You are not a bud, that, drunk with longing,

غنچه نیستی که مست اشتیاق

I might rise and pluck you from the branches.

خیزم و ز شاخه ها بچینمت

Through the darkness of my night, there flames

شعله میکشد به ظلمت شبم

the blue fire of your eyes.

آتش کبود دیدگان تو

Do not bar the way… perhaps, in longing, I may find a path

ره مبند... بلکه ره برم شوق

into the little house of your hidden sorrow.

در سراچه غم نهان تو