وافىarrived كتابُكyour letter ياO مولايmy lord مشتملاًcontaining
وافى كتابُك يا مولاي مشتملاً
علىupon رياضgardens معاذٍof Muʿādh نَشرُهاtheir scent أرجُsweet fragrance
على رياض معاذٍ نَشرُها أرجُ
Your letter arrived, my lord, containing
Your book, my Master, has arrived
Muʿādh’s gardens, whose scent is sweet perfume.
Containing gardens of delight to spread their fragrance.
فكانso it was أحسنlovelier منthan سحرenchantment تُقَلِّبُهthey turn it about
فكان أحسن من سحر تُقَلِّبُه
أجفانُeyelids ظَبيof a gazelle مراضٍlanguid حَشوُهاwhat fills them غَنَجُcoquetry
أجفانُ ظَبي مراضٍ حَشوُها غَنَجُ
So it was lovelier than the enchantment stirred
It is better than the magic that turns
By a gazelle’s languid eyelids, full of coy allure.
The eyes of a gazelle, filling them with languor.
إذاwhen بداappeared قيَّدbound الأبصارَthe eyes منظرُهits appearance
إذا بدا قيَّد الأبصارَ منظرُه
فماso there is no لإنسانِfor the pupil of عينٍan eye عنهaway from it مُنعَرَجُturning aside
فما لإنسانِ عينٍ عنه مُنعَرَجُ
When it appeared, the sight of it held eyes captive;
When its view appears, it captivates all eyes -
No eye’s pupil could turn away from it.
No human eye can turn away from it.
فَبِتُّso I spent the night أشفيI cure بهwith it داءًan illness تَضَمَّنَهُharbored it
فَبِتُّ أشفي به داءً تَضَمَّنَهُ
جوانحٌribs باتspent the night فيهاwithin them الهَمُّsorrow يَعتَلجُseething
جوانحٌ بات فيها الهَمُّ يَعتَلجُ
So I spent the night curing with it an illness lodged
I spend the night curing an illness it contains
Within my ribs, where sorrow seethed all night.
While anxiety nightly torments my soul.
ياO منthose whose تغيَّرتِhas changed الدنياthe world لِبُعدهمbecause of their absence
يا من تغيَّرتِ الدنيا لِبُعدهم
فكُلُّso every رَحبٍwide place فسيحٍspacious ضَيِّقٌnarrow حَرِجُcramped
فكُلُّ رَحبٍ فسيحٍ ضَيِّقٌ حَرِجُ
O you whose absence has changed the world,
O you whose absence has changed the world
Every wide, spacious place is narrow and cramped.
So every vast plain seems narrow and confining!
استودعُI entrust اللهGod عيشاًa life مرَّpassed ليfor me بِكُمُwith you
استودعُ الله عيشاً مرَّ لي بِكُمُ
يرتاحُtakes comfort قلبيmy heart لذكراهُin its memory ويبتهجُand rejoices
يرتاحُ قلبي لذكراهُ ويبتهجُ
I entrust to God the life I spent with you;
I entrust to God a life that has been bitter without you,
My heart takes comfort in its memory and rejoices.
That my heart may find rest remembering you and rejoice.
ماnot راقنيpleased me بعدكمafter you شيءٌanything سُررتُI was delighted بهby it
ما راقني بعدكم شيءٌ سُررتُ به
فكُلُّso everything مستحسنٍdeemed beautiful فيin ناظريmy eyes سَمِجُugly
فكُلُّ مستحسنٍ في ناظري سَمِجُ
Since you left, nothing I once delighted in has pleased me;
Since you left, nothing has pleased me
So everything deemed beautiful is ugly in my eyes.
For all that was beautiful to me has become dreary.
Sol 6.1