بنفس الكلام [Be Nafs El Kalam] [English translation]

With the same words

and the same way, we meet for the umpteenth time

And even his questions to me are almost routine

How am I doing,

How am I, what is going on with me, where have I been, and not an extra word

And upon what is between us there is a thousand question marks

Oh, recurrent scenes of me with him

I have seen it so many times with the same order

And nothing changed it all in them, no decrease nor increase [in anything]

Oh, It doesn't matter whether he forgets me or I forget him

And it doesn't matter when I win or let him [go]

It is all the same to me

And this is the truth that I wish that we would face

With the same words

And there is still inside of us a state of surrender

And instead of fixing a mistake we overdo it

How come this happened and why?!

And as if my asking about him is just a habit

And as if his asking about me is a task that must be carried out right away

Oh, recurrent scenes of me with him

I have seen it so many times with the same order

And nothing changed it all in them, no decrease nor increase [in anything]

Oh, It doesn't matter whether he forgets me or I forget him

And it doesn't matter when I win or let him [go]

It is all the same to me

And this is the truth that I wish that we would face