غَدَرَacted treacherously الزمانtime وليتهand would that it لمhad not يغدرacted treacherously
غَدَرَ الزمان وليته لم يغدر
وحَدَاand drove away بشهرwith the month of الصّومfasting فطرthe breaking of the fast المفطرِof the fast-breaker
وحَدَا بشهر الصّوم فطر المفطرِ
Time has been treacherous; would that it had not been!
Time betrayed me, if only it did not betray
And the fast-breaker's breaking of the fast drove the fasting month away.
Alone in the month of fasting, the one who breaks the fast broke his fast
وثوتِand lodged بقلبكin your heart ياO محمّدMuhammad لوعةburning grief
وثوتِ بقلبك يا محمّد لوعة
تمرىdraws forth بوادرَthe first gushes of دمعكyour tears المتحدرِstreaming down
تمرى بوادرَ دمعك المتحدرِ
And burning grief lodged in your heart, O Muhammad,
And be patient in your heart, O Muhammad, with burning
Drawing forth the first gushes of your streaming tears.
The drops of your tears flow
وتقسمتكand divided you صبابتانtwo longings لبينهbecause of its departure
وتقسمتك صبابتان لبينه
أسفُthe grief of المشوقthe yearning man وخَلَّةand the need of المتفكِّرِthe brooding man
أسفُ المشوق وخَلَّة المتفكِّرِ
And two longings divided you at its departure:
And your youth is divided in two for him
The yearning man's grief and the brooding man's need.
Yearning of the longing and seclusion of the thinker
فاستبقِso spare عينكyour eye واحشand stuff قلبكَyour heart ياسَهُdespair of it
فاستبقِ عينك واحش قلبكَ ياسَهُ
واقراand convey السلامgreetings علىto خِوُانthe dining table of المنذرِal-Mundhir
واقرا السلام على خِوُان المنذرِ
So spare your eye, and stuff your heart with despair of it,
So hold back your eye and make your heart miss, O Sahe
And bid farewell to al-Mundhir's table.
And read peace upon the brethren warned
سقياًmay rain bless لدهركyour days إذwhen تروحyou would set out يومهduring its daylight
سقياً لدهرك إذ تروح يومه
والشمسand the sun فيin علياءthe heights لمhad not تَتَهَوّرِplunged down
والشمس في علياء لم تَتَهَوّرِ
May rain bless your days, when you would set out in daylight,
Watering for your time when its day departs
While the sun was high above, not yet plunging down,
And the sun is high, it did not rush
حتىuntil تُنيخyou knelt down بكلكلwith a broad chest متزاورleaning sideways
حتى تُنيخ بكلكل متزاور
وتمدand stretched out بلعوماa gullet قموصjerking الحِنْجَرِthe throat
وتمد بلعوما قموص الحِنْجَرِ
Until you knelt down with your broad chest askew,
Until it leaned on the visiting nightingale
And stretched out your gullet, its throat jerking,
And stretched the throat of the singing sparrow
وترودand roamed منكof yours علىover الخِوانthe dining table أناملfingertips
وترود منك على الخِوان أنامل
تدعleave الخوانthe dining table سرابa mirage فاعplain (probable misprint) مقفرِdesolate
تدع الخوان سراب فاع مقفرِ
And your fingertips roamed over the table,
And your fingers leave the brethren
Leaving the table a mirage on a desolate plain.
Leaving the brethren a barren illusion
وَيْحَwoe to الصِّحافthe platters منfrom ابنIbn (son of) فراشFarrash إذاwhen
وَيْحَ الصِّحاف من ابن فراش إذا
انحىhe bore down عليهاupon them كالهِزَبْرِlike a lion الهَيْصَرِmighty and crushing
انحى عليها كالهِزَبْرِ الهَيْصَرِ
Woe to the platters at Ibn Farrash's hands, when
Woe to the pages from the son of Farash, when
He bore down upon them like a mighty, crushing lion.
He inclined on it like the hissing viper
ذوpossessed of دُرْبةٍexperience طَبّexpert إذاwhen لمعتflashed لهfor him
ذو دُرْبةٍ طَبّ إذا لمعت له
بُشرthe glad tidings of الخِوانthe dining table بداhe began بحلِّby loosening المئزرِthe waistcloth
بُشر الخِوان بدا بحلِّ المئزرِ
A practiced expert—when there flashed before him
Having a flap if its brightness shone for him
The table's glad tidings, he began by loosening his waistcloth.
The brethren are gladly tied to the waist
ودwished ابنIbn (son of) فرَّاشFarrash وفرَّاشand Farrash معاtogether
ود ابن فرَّاش وفرَّاش معا
لوif only أنّthat شهرthe month of الصومfasting مدةa span of أشهرِmonths
لو أنّ شهر الصوم مدة أشهرِ
Ibn Farrash and Farrash both wished
The son of Farash and the mattress together
That the fasting month would last for months.
If only the month of fasting lasted months
يُزريfinds fault علىwith الإسلامIslam قلّةthe scantness of صبرهits endurance
يُزري على الإسلام قلّة صبره
وتراهand you see him يحمدpraising عِدَّةthe count of المتنصِّرِthe Christian convert
وتراه يحمد عِدَّة المتنصِّرِ
He reproaches Islam for its scant endurance,
His lack of patience hurts Islam
And you see him praise the Christian convert's count of fasting days.
And you see him praising the number of Christians
لاdo not تهلكنperish علىover الصيامfasting صبابةًout of longing
لا تهلكن على الصيام صبابةً
سيعودwill return شهركَyour month قابلاًnext year فاستبشرِso rejoice
سيعود شهركَ قابلاً فاستبشرِ
Do not perish from longing for the fast;
Do not let youth perish from fasting
Your month will return next year, so rejoice.
Your month will return again so rejoice
لاmay not درَّflow درّكyour milk-yield ياO محمدMuhammad منas a فتىًyoung man
لا درَّ درّك يا محمد من فتىً
شَيْنِa disgrace in المغيبabsence وغيرand no زَيْنِornament in المحضرِpresence
شَيْنِ المغيب وغير زَيْنِ المحضرِ
May your milk never flow, O Muhammad, you youth—
No harm, no harm O Muhammad, from a young man
A disgrace when absent, and no ornament when present.
Of ugly absence and not beautiful attendance
Sol 6.1