مَددتُI stretched out يَديmy hand إلىto يَحيَىYahya فرُدَّتbut it was sent back
مَددتُ يَدي إلى يَحيَى فرُدَّت
بخيبتهاwith its disappointment فقلتso I said أمدُّI shall extend عينيmy eye
بخيبتها فقلت أمدُّ عيني
I stretched out my hand to Yahya, but it was sent back
in disappointment, so I said, “I shall stretch out my gaze.”
فأبكانيthen he made me weep إلىto أنthat صارَbecame دَمعيmy tears
فأبكاني إلى أن صارَ دَمعي
حِجاباًa veil بينَbetween رُؤيَتِهseeing him وبَينيand between me
حِجاباً بينَ رُؤيَتِه وبَيني
Then he made me weep until my tears became
a veil between the sight of him and me.
فصِرتُso I came to أُحسُّهُsense him فِكراًin thought وهذاand this
فصِرتُ أُحسُّهُ فِكراً وهذا
كثيرٌmuch مِنof نوالِthe bounty of ابنِson of الحُسَينِal-Husayn
كثيرٌ مِن نوالِ ابنِ الحُسَينِ
So I came to sense him in thought—and this
is a great deal of bounty from Ibn al-Husayn.
Sol 6.1