وصلَclung to الأسىsorrow وعصىand defied مقالwords العذّلthe reproachers
وصلَ الأسى وعصى مقال العذّل
صبٌّa lovesick man أطاعobeyed هوىpassion الحبيبِthe beloved الأوّلِthe first
صبٌّ أطاع هوى الحبيبِ الأوّلِ
He clung to sorrow and defied the reproachers' words:
The sadness arrived and disobeyed the speech of the blamer
a lovesick man who obeyed his passion for his first beloved.
An ardent lover obeyed the beloved's first love
واليأسand despair أطلقهset him free فليسso he is not بواقفٍlingering
واليأس أطلقه فليس بواقفٍ
فيat رسمِa trace دارٍa house أوor معاهدfamiliar haunts منزلa dwelling
في رسمِ دارٍ أو معاهد منزل
And despair set him free, so he does not linger
And despair, I unleashed it, for it does not stand still
at the trace of a house or a dwelling's familiar haunts.
In the manner of a house or lodgings residence
خفَّتgrew light مدامعهhis tears ولكنbut فيwithin الحشاthe breast
خفَّت مدامعه ولكن في الحشا
للوجدfor longing والبرحاءِand anguish مشيةُthe gait مثقلone weighed down
للوجد والبرحاءِ مشيةُ مثقل
His tears grew light, but within his breast
His tears diminished but in solitude
longing and anguish have a burdened man's gait.
Walking heavily for ardour and separation
دمعtears تقسمهُdivides it الكآبةmelancholy والهوىand love
دمع تقسمهُ الكآبة والهوى
بالظاعنfor the departing traveler الماضيwho has gone وبالمستقبلand for the one to come
بالظاعن الماضي وبالمستقبل
Tears are divided by melancholy and love
A tear divided by melancholy and passion
between the traveler who has gone and the one yet to come.
Between the fleeting past and future
ولربّماand often أبكىmade weep جفونَeyelids مؤملٍone who hopes
ولربّما أبكى جفونَ مؤملٍ
فرحٌjoy يفاجئهsurprises him إذاif لمdoes not يقتلkill
فرحٌ يفاجئه إذا لم يقتل
And often a hopeful man's eyelids are made to weep
Perhaps the eyelids of an afflicted one crying
by joy that surprises him—if it does not kill him.
Joy surprises him if it does not kill
وهوand it is الحفاظfidelity فماso not أذمُّI am blamed بأنّنيbecause I
وهو الحفاظ فما أذمُّ بأنّني
أصبحتI have become طوعَsubject to تنقلٍshifting وتبدلand change
أصبحت طوعَ تنقلٍ وتبدل
And this is fidelity; I am not to be blamed for having
And it is the preservation so I do not care that
become subject to shifting and change.
I have become obedient to change and transformation
ماnot كنتI would have been بالشاكيone who complains مصالتةsword-drawn assault النوىseparation
ما كنت بالشاكي مصالتة النوى
لوif أنَّthat حلمforbearance مدامعيmy tears لمhad not يجهلturned to folly
لو أنَّ حلم مدامعي لم يجهل
I would not have complained of separation's sword-drawn assault
I would not have complained, having good intentions
had my tears' forbearance not turned to folly.
If the dream of my tears had not been ignorant
والوجدand longing حالٌa state تستكينsubmits لهاto it النّهىreason
والوجد حالٌ تستكين لها النّهى
وتذيبand melts قلبthe heart القلبيthe shrewd man الحوّلthe resourceful one
وتذيب قلب القلبي الحوّل
And longing is a state to which reason submits,
And ardour is a state to which prohibitions succumb
and which melts the heart of the shrewd, resourceful man.
And melts the core of the fickle heart
فتجلداًso show fortitude فأجلُّfor the noblest ماwhat لبسhas worn الفتىthe young man
فتجلداً فأجلُّ ما لبس الفتى
والدهرwhile time عاريbare الخطبcalamity ثوبُa robe تجمّلdignified composure
والدهر عاري الخطب ثوبُ تجمّل
So show fortitude, for the noblest thing a young man wears,
So patience, as the best thing the youth wears
while time's calamity lies bare, is a robe of dignified composure.
While fate bares its news in pretentious dress
منwhoever ذلَّwas brought low منfrom بعدafter العزيزal-Aziz فإنَّthen indeed ذاthis
من ذلَّ من بعد العزيز فإنَّ ذا
يومa day نفضّلwe exalt قدرهits worth بالأفضلthrough al-Afdal
يوم نفضّل قدره بالأفضل
For anyone brought low after al-Aziz, this indeed
Whoever is humiliated after the dear one, that one
is a day whose worth we exalt through al-Afdal.
Will have his value preferred with the superior
Sol 6.1