أترىDo you think يقضىwill be fulfilled بكمthrough you أمليmy hope
أترى يقضى بكم أملي
قبلbefore ماthat يقضىis ended بكمby you أجليmy allotted lifespan
قبل ما يقضى بكم أجلي
I wonder: will my hope through you be fulfilled
Will my hope, do you think, be fulfilled through you
before my allotted life is ended through you?
Before my allotted life is ended by you?
أيهاO you الغيَّابabsent ones بعدafter جفاestrangement
أيها الغيَّاب بعد جفا
ماthere is no علىin facing هجرينtwo abandonments منany قِبَلstrength
ما على هجرين من قِبَل
O absent ones, after such estrangement—
O you who are absent after estrangement,
what cause for your abandonment lies on my side?
I have no strength to bear two abandonments.
فيin سبيلthe cause of اللهGod دمعthe tears of فتىًa young man
في سبيل الله دمع فتىً
مسرعswift الأجفانthe eyelids منfrom هملstreaming tears
مسرع الأجفان من همل
A young man’s tears are spent in the path of God—
For God's sake, a young man's tears—
his eyelids swift to pour them forth.
His eyelids swift with their streaming.
لاdo not تلمblame إنسانthe pupil مقلتهof his eye
لا تلم إنسان مقلته
خلقwas created الإنسانman منof عجلhaste
خلق الإنسان من عجل
Do not blame the pupil—the “man” of his eye:
Do not blame the pupil of his eye:
man was created of haste.
Man was created of haste.
Sol 6.1