أبعدafter ...? شَيْبيmy gray hair لشبابيfor my youth إيابْa return
أبعد شَيْبي لشبابي إيابْ
هيهاتَfar from it لاnot يرجعreturns شرخُthe prime of الشبابْyouth
هيهاتَ لا يرجع شرخُ الشبابْ
After my hair has grayed, can my youth return?
After my youth, I long for my past youthhood
Far from it! The prime of youth does not return.
Alas, the breach of youthhood will never return
أمor هلْis there ...? لمنfor the one who عرّضنيexposed me للعِتابْto reproach
أم هلْ لمن عرّضني للعِتابْ
وهلand can ...? يُرجّىbe hoped for بعدafter ذاthis الاجتنابْshunning
وهل يُرجّى بعد ذا الاجتنابْ
Or is there a return for the one who exposed me to reproach?
Or is there hope after this avoidance
And can it be hoped for after such shunning?
For one who exposed me to blame?
فالقلبُfor the heart منيof mine فيin أليمِpainful العذابْtorment
فالقلبُ مني في أليمِ العذابْ
ودمعُand the tears عينيّmy two eyes كقطرِlike raindrops السّحابْthe clouds
ودمعُ عينيّ كقطرِ السّحابْ
For my heart is in painful torment,
My heart is in painful torment
And my eyes' tears are like drops from the clouds.
And tears of my eyes like drops of clouds
وظبيةٍand a gazelle مثلِlike ظِباءِgazelles الشِّعابْthe ravines
وظبيةٍ مثلِ ظِباءِ الشِّعابْ
رقيقةِdelicate الخدّيْنthe two cheeks مثلlike الشّرابْwine
رقيقةِ الخدّيْن مثل الشّرابْ
And a gazelle, like the gazelles of the ravines,
And a gazelle like the gazelles of the rugged land
Delicate-cheeked, like wine,
Smooth of cheeks like drinking
فيin ثغرهاher mouth الشّهْدُhoney لعمريby my life مُذابْmelted
في ثغرها الشّهْدُ لعمري مُذابْ
طُوبىblessedness لمنْfor whoever يرشُفُsips ذاكthat الرُضابْsweet saliva
طُوبى لمنْ يرشُفُ ذاك الرُضابْ
In her mouth, by my life, lies melted honey.
In her mouth, honey for my life dissolved
Blessed is whoever sips that sweet saliva.
Blessed is he who sips that wine
فيin كفّهاher palm حمراءred wine مثلُlike الشِّهابْa shooting star
في كفّها حمراء مثلُ الشِّهابْ
صافيةٌclear رقّتْgrew delicate كمِثلِjust like السّرابa mirage
صافيةٌ رقّتْ كمِثلِ السّراب
In her palm is red wine, like a shooting star,
In her hands red like embers
Clear and delicate as a mirage;
Pure, delicate like a mirage
تذهبُgoes away بالحقدِwith rancor معاtogether والضِّبابand mist
تذهبُ بالحقدِ معا والضِّباب
لهاfor her بشخصينat Shakhsayn ربوعٌdwellings خرابruined
لها بشخصين ربوعٌ خراب
It dispels rancor and mist together.
She takes away hatred and fog together
At Shakhsayn she has ruined dwellings,
She has two lovely dwellings
ومنزلٍand a dwelling بالجزعِat the valley bend منهمof them يَبابْdesolate
ومنزلٍ بالجزعِ منهم يَبابْ
كنتُI was بهin it معwith زينبٍZaynab والرَّبابand al-Rabab
كنتُ به مع زينبٍ والرَّباب
And a dwelling at the valley bend, desolate in their absence.
And a house which floods with sadness
I was there with Zaynab and al-Rabab.
Where I was with Zainab and Rabab
وهلْand does ...? معwith الدهرِtime يدومُendure اصطحابْcompanionship
وهلْ مع الدهرِ يدومُ اصطحابْ
أُصبحُI wake فيin ظُفْرٍa claw لهof its ثمّthen نابْa fang
أُصبحُ في ظُفْرٍ له ثمّ نابْ
And can companionship endure through time?
Does companionship with time last?
I wake caught in its claw, then its fang.
I gain victory for it then it escapes
درّتْpoured abundantly عليهupon it غادياتُthose arriving at dawn الرّبابْthe white clouds
درّتْ عليه غادياتُ الرّبابْ
فأظهرَتْand so revealed بُرْداًa mantle بلونٍin a hue عُجابْwondrous
فأظهرَتْ بُرْداً بلونٍ عُجابْ
The morning's white clouds poured rain upon it,
The maidens of Rabab passed by it
And so revealed a mantle of wondrous hue;
So they showed coolness with amazing color
قدalready رقمَتْهُembroidered it ثمthere أيديhands السّحابْof the clouds
قد رقمَتْهُ ثم أيدي السّحابْ
ومَهْمهٍand a wilderness قفرٍbarren كثيرwith many الهضابْhills
ومَهْمهٍ قفرٍ كثير الهضابْ
The hands of the clouds had embroidered it there.
Then the hands of clouds mapped it
And a barren wilderness, full of hills,
And an empty deserted place full of rocks
فيهin it الشماريخُmountain peaks وصُمُّand solid الصِّلابhard rocks
فيه الشماريخُ وصُمُّ الصِّلاب
بهin it المهاoryx والعِينُand wide-eyed wild oxen ثمّthen الذئابْwolves
به المها والعِينُ ثمّ الذئابْ
In it are pinnacles and solid, unyielding rocks;
In it are the starlings, and silence of stillness
In it are oryx and wide-eyed wild oxen, then wolves.
In it are the ostriches, and then the wolves
قطعْتُهI crossed it إبّانduring عصرthe time of الشّبابْyouth
قطعْتُه إبّان عصر الشّبابْ
والشمسُand the sun إذat the time of ذلكthat تحتbeneath الحجابْthe veil
والشمسُ إذ ذلك تحت الحجابْ
I crossed it in the days of youth,
I crossed it in the afternoon of my youth
And the sun was then beneath the veil,
And the sun at that time below the veil
والليلُand night منfrom فوقِabove الرُبىthe hills كالخِضابْlike dye
والليلُ من فوقِ الرُبى كالخِضابْ
بمُنطويon one with folded الأحشاءِentrails طيّthe folding of الكتابْa book
بمُنطوي الأحشاءِ طيّ الكتابْ
And night lay like dye over the hills,
And the night above the hill like kohl
On a mount with its belly folded like a book,
With a book of folded lines
أقَبّslender-waisted شاطٍtall أسودٍblack كالغرابlike a raven
أقَبّ شاطٍ أسودٍ كالغراب
تراهyou see it كالأجدلِlike a falcon فيin الانتِصابْstanding upright
تراه كالأجدلِ في الانتِصابْ
Slender-waisted, tall, black as a raven.
I came near a dark shore like the raven
You see it like a falcon as it stands upright,
You see it like the writhing viper
وحينand when ينقَضُّit swoops كمثلِjust like العُقابْan eagle
وحين ينقَضُّ كمثلِ العُقابْ
أوor فكلَمْحِthen like a flash البرقِof lightning أوor كالشِّهابْlike a shooting star
أو فكلَمْحِ البرقِ أو كالشِّهابْ
And when it swoops, like an eagle,
And when it pounces like an eagle
Or else like a lightning flash, or like a shooting star.
Or in a flash of lightning or like a shooting star
وكانand there was فيماin what قدalready فعلْتُI did الصّوابrightness
وكان فيما قد فعلْتُ الصّواب
حتىuntil أتيناwe came مَنthe one إليهtoward him الرِّكابْriding camels
حتى أتينا مَن إليه الرِّكابْ
And what I had done was right,
And I was doing the right thing
Until we reached the one toward whom the riding camels head,
Until we came to whom riders head
نَبغيwe seek إماماًan imam ظلّremained فوقabove الرِّقابْthe necks
نَبغي إماماً ظلّ فوق الرِّقابْ
لأنbecause جدواهُhis bounty كماءِlike water السَّحابْof the clouds
لأن جدواهُ كماءِ السَّحابْ
Seeking an imam who remained above all necks,
We want an imam whose shade was over necks
For his bounty is like water from the clouds.
For his generosity like rain clouds
Sol 6.1