أصارَhas … become? يألفُgrows accustomed to فيضَoverflow الدَّمعtears مَدمَعُهhis tear duct
أصارَ يألفُ فيضَ الدَّمع مَدمَعُه
أمor الأسىgrief عنfrom جميلِnoble الصَّبرِpatience يَردَعُهُdeters him
أم الأسى عن جميلِ الصَّبرِ يَردَعُهُ
Has his tear duct grown accustomed to the flood of tears,
His flowing tears have become accustomed to streaming,
or does grief deter him from noble patience?
Not to be held back from the beauty of patience.
قدindeed كانَwas مُجتَمَعa gathering place الأَسرارِsecrets كاتِمَهاconcealing them
قد كانَ مُجتَمَع الأَسرارِ كاتِمَها
ففرَّقتthen scattered عينُهُhis eye ماwhat كانَwas يَجمعُهُgathering it
ففرَّقت عينُهُ ما كانَ يَجمعُهُ
He had been a repository of secrets, concealing them;
Once the keeper of secrets, his eyes now scatter
then his eye scattered what he used to gather.
What they used to gather so discretely before.
وكلَّماand whenever رامَsought منعَrestraining الدَّمعtears عارَضَهُopposed him
وكلَّما رامَ منعَ الدَّمع عارَضَهُ
فيin منعِهrestraining it عارِضٌa surge للشوقِof longing يمنعُهُthwarts him
في منعِه عارِضٌ للشوقِ يمنعُهُ
And whenever he sought to hold back tears, he was opposed
Whenever he tries to hold back his tears,
in restraining them by a surge of longing that thwarted him.
His longing rises against him, refusing restraint.
كأنَّهas though he ذوpossessor of قلوبٍhearts فيin الهَوىlove كَثُرتgrew numerous
كأنَّه ذو قلوبٍ في الهَوى كَثُرت
وكلّand every يَومٍday لهhe has قَلبٌa heart يودِّعُهُbids him farewell
وكلّ يَومٍ له قَلبٌ يودِّعُهُ
As though he possessed many hearts in love,
It's as if he has many hearts filled with love
and every day a heart of his bids him farewell.
And each day bids farewell to another one.
ماno حبلُcord وَصلٍunion تَراهُyou see it الدهرthroughout time متَّصلاًunbroken
ما حبلُ وَصلٍ تَراهُ الدهر متَّصلاً
إلاexcept ولاand no شَكَّdoubt أنَّthat البَينَseparation يَقطعُهُsevers it
إلا ولا شَكَّ أنَّ البَينَ يَقطعُهُ
There is no cord of union you see unbroken through time
No tie of union remains unbroken by fate,
but separation will, without doubt, sever it.
Doubtless, estrangement will sever it soon enough.
ولاand not نَرىwe see نورَlight شمسٍa sun فيamong الوَرىhumankind طَلعَتhas risen
ولا نَرى نورَ شمسٍ في الوَرى طَلعَت
إلاexcept ومِنand from عِندthe presence of شَمسٍa sun كانَwas مطلعُهُits rising
إلا ومِن عِند شَمسٍ كانَ مطلعُهُ
Nor do we see the light of a sun that has risen among humankind
No gleam of sunshine appears in the world
but its rising came from a sun.
Without the sun from which its radiance first shone.
لهاشمٍto Hashim فيin النَّدىgenerosity سَبقُthe lead الرهانِthe race كَماjust as
لهاشمٍ في النَّدى سَبقُ الرهانِ كَما
للناصِحto al-Nasih بنson of عليٍّAli مِنهُof it أسرعُهُits swiftest
للناصِح بن عليٍّ مِنهُ أسرعُهُ
Hashim has the lead in generosity’s race, just as
For the Hashemites, renown comes easily, like
al-Nasih ibn Ali has its swiftest pace.
Victory for the counselor son of Ali.
Sol 6.1