تدانيتَyou drew near داراًin dwelling والوصولُand access شُسوعُfar off
تدانيتَ داراً والوصولُ شُسوعُ
فخِلُّكso your intimate friend ذوpossessing الودaffection الوَصولُever maintaining ties قَطوعُbreaking ties
فخِلُّك ذو الود الوَصولُ قَطوعُ
You dwell nearby, yet reaching you is far.
You drew near a house though arriving is out of reach,
So your loving friend, ever keeping ties, breaks them off.
So your drawing near, O intimate friend, is out of reach.
وإنكَand indeed you والقلبُand the heart الذيwhich قدalready ملأتَهُyou have filled it
وإنكَ والقلبُ الذي قد ملأتَهُ
لكالقلبِsurely like the heart قدalready ضمّتْhave closed عليهِaround it ضلوعُribs
لكالقلبِ قد ضمّتْ عليهِ ضلوعُ
And you, and the heart that you have filled,
You and the heart you have filled
are surely like a heart enclosed by ribs.
Are like the ribs pressed against the heart.
حُجِبْتُI was kept away ولمand not تُحْجَبْbe veiled محاسنُكyour beauties التيwhich
حُجِبْتُ ولم تُحْجَبْ محاسنُك التي
تأنّقَadorned itself منهاfrom them ياO إمامُImam رَبيعُspring
تأنّقَ منها يا إمامُ رَبيعُ
I was kept away, but your beauties were not hidden,
I was veiled though your perfections that
from which, O Imam, spring drew its finery.
Adorn you, O noble Imam, were not veiled.
وضيعتand you were wasted فيin صونٍsafekeeping فضعتso you were lost وهكذاand likewise
وضيعت في صونٍ فضعت وهكذا
يُضاعُis wasted فتيتُpowder المِسْكِof musk وهوwhile it يَضوعُgives off fragrance
يُضاعُ فتيتُ المِسْكِ وهو يَضوعُ
And you were wasted in safekeeping, and so were lost; just so
I lost in protecting, though I was negligent, and thus
powdered musk is wasted while giving off fragrance.
Is wasted the musk as it exudes its scent.
وماand not أنتَyou إلاexcept العضْبُthe keen sword لازمkept to جَفْنَهُits sheath
وما أنتَ إلا العضْبُ لازم جَفْنَهُ
ليُنْضيto be unsheathed بكفٍin a hand إذاwhen يروقُit delights يروعُit terrifies
ليُنْضي بكفٍ إذا يروقُ يروعُ
And you are but the keen sword, keeping to its sheath,
You are but the eyelid, always near its eye
to be drawn in a hand: when it delights, it terrifies.
To be blinked when the eye would see and weep.
وحتْمٌand inevitable علىfor البدرthe full moon السرارُthe dark lunar phase وبُعدُهand its remoteness
وحتْمٌ على البدر السرارُ وبُعدُه
بُزوغٌrising علىaccording to عاداتِهits customary ways ونُزوعُand withdrawal
بُزوغٌ على عاداتِه ونُزوعُ
Darkness and remoteness are ordained for the full moon,
The full moon must be veiled and distant -
as are its customary rising and withdrawal.
Its rising is ordained and compulsory.
وماand not الدُرُّpearls فيin أصدافِهtheir shells بغريبةٍa strange thing
وما الدُرُّ في أصدافِه بغريبةٍ
إذاwhen انحطّsank down عنهbeneath them التاجُthe crown وهوwhile it is رَفيعُlofty
إذا انحطّ عنه التاجُ وهو رَفيعُ
Nor is it strange for pearls to lie in their shells,
The pearl in its shell is no stranger
when the crown sinks beneath them, lofty though it is.
When the crown falls from it though still lofty.
يُقيمُhe keeps سُلافَthe purest wine الكرْمِof the grapevine بالدنّin the wine jar حقبةًfor a time
يُقيمُ سُلافَ الكرْمِ بالدنّ حقبةً
ويخلَعُand removes عنfrom فيهاits mouth الختامَthe seal خليعُa libertine
ويخلَعُ عن فيها الختامَ خليعُ
The vine's purest wine is kept in a jar for a time,
It establishes the honor of generosity for some time
and a libertine strips the seal from its mouth.
Then removes from it the seal, O base one.
ستُفْتَقُwill be split open عنto reveal زهرٍblossom بديعٍwondrous كمامُهُits calyxes
ستُفْتَقُ عن زهرٍ بديعٍ كمامُهُ
فماfor ... not ذاكthat منin صُنعِthe handiwork الإلهِof God بديعُunprecedented
فما ذاك من صُنعِ الإلهِ بديعُ
Its calyxes will be split open to reveal wondrous blossom,
It will reveal a lovely flower as its wrap opens,
for that is nothing new in God's handiwork.
For that is not of God's artful making.
وتُسْفِرُand lifts the veil عنfrom صبحٍa dawn شريقٍradiant دجُنّةُdarkness
وتُسْفِرُ عن صبحٍ شريقٍ دجُنّةُ
ولاand not سيّماthe like (idiom: especially) قدalready حانَthe time has come منهُfrom it طُلوعُrising
ولا سيّما قد حانَ منهُ طُلوعُ
And darkness will unveil a radiant dawn,
And the darkness reveals the brilliant dawn,
especially now that the time has come for it to rise.
Especially when its rising is near.
كأنّيas though I بهاwith it ياO بنَson of الكرامِthe noble مُغيرةٌraiding
كأنّي بها يا بنَ الكرامِ مُغيرةٌ
لهاfor it فوقَover هاتيكَthose الربوعِdwelling grounds رُتوعُfree grazing
لها فوقَ هاتيكَ الربوعِ رُتوعُ
I seem to see it, O son of the noble, raiding,
As if over those meadows, O son of nobles,
with free grazing across those dwelling grounds.
For it there are camels' resting places.
بحيثُwhere يريكَshows you البرّthe land كالبحرِlike the sea ذُبَّلٌslender spears
بحيثُ يريكَ البرّ كالبحرِ ذُبَّلٌ
وبيضٌand swords وبيضٌand helmets أشرقتْshone brightly ودُروعُand armor
وبيضٌ وبيضٌ أشرقتْ ودُروعُ
where slender spears make the land look to you like the sea,
Where it shows you the land as if shriveled
and swords, and gleaming helmets, and armor.
With whiteness upon whiteness radiating and coats of mail.
وفرسانُand horsemen حربof war لاnot البعيدُthe far-off عليهمُfor them
وفرسانُ حرب لا البعيدُ عليهمُ
بعيدٌfar ولاnor العاليthe high الرفيعُthe lofty رَفيعُlofty
بعيدٌ ولا العالي الرفيعُ رَفيعُ
and horsemen of war, for whom the far-off is not
And the horsemen of war for whom neither distant
far, nor the high and lofty too high.
Nor lofty and high are distant or lofty and high.
بذلكَat that لاdo not تعجَبْmarvel فإنيfor indeed I قائلٌam saying
بذلكَ لا تعجَبْ فإني قائلٌ
وإنكَand indeed you فيin الشهرِthe month الأصمّthe deaf سميعُkeen of hearing
وإنكَ في الشهرِ الأصمّ سميعُ
Do not marvel at that, for I declare:
With that, be not surprised, for I say
even in the deaf month, you hear.
You in the deaf month are hearing.
Sol 6.1