ياO غُصُناًa bough منof لُؤلُؤٍpearl رَطْبِmoist
يا غُصُناً من لُؤلُؤٍ رَطْبِ
فيهin it سرورُjoy العينِthe eye والقلبِand the heart
فيه سرورُ العينِ والقلبِ
O bough of moist pearl,
O branch of fresh, glistening pearl
In which the eye and heart find joy.
That brings joy to the eye and heart
أحسنَwas kind بيto me يومٌa day أرانيكُمُshowed you to me
أحسنَ بي يومٌ أرانيكُمُ
وماand there is no علىupon المحسنِthe benefactor منany عَتبِreproach
وما على المحسنِ من عَتبِ
The day that showed you to me was kind to me,
A good day made me see you
And no benefactor deserves reproach.
No reproach on the benevolent
لكنّهُbut it أعقبنيleft me with حسرةًanguish
لكنّهُ أعقبني حسرةً
فدمعتيso my tear سَكْبٌan outpouring علىupon سكْبِan outpouring
فدمعتي سَكْبٌ على سكْبِ
Yet it left me with anguish,
Yet it left me full of sorrow
So my tears pour out, torrent upon torrent.
My tears spilling ceaselessly
مظلومَMazluma (shortened vocative) ماnot أنتyou بمظلومةٍwronged
مظلومَ ما أنت بمظلومةٍ
فيin حُكمِthe judgment of أهلِthe people of الشرقthe East والغَربْand the West
في حُكمِ أهلِ الشرق والغَربْ
Mazluma, you are not wronged,
You are wronged but not wronging
In the judgment of the people of East and West.
In the East and West's judgment
بلrather إنماonly المظلومُthe wronged one عبدٌa slave لكُمْof yours
بل إنما المظلومُ عبدٌ لكُمْ
أصبحhas become مقتولاًslain بلاwithout ذَنْبِguilt
أصبح مقتولاً بلا ذَنْبِ
Rather, the wronged one is none but your slave,
Rather the wronged one's a servant of yours
Now slain without any guilt.
Murdered though free of guilt
غَصَبْتِهِyou robbed him جهراًopenly علىof قلبهِhis heart
غَصَبْتِهِ جهراً على قلبهِ
لاmay you not تُبْتِrepent ماas long as عشتِyou live منof الغَصْبِthe theft
لا تُبْتِ ما عشتِ من الغَصْبِ
You openly robbed him of his heart;
You seized his heart openly
May you never repent of theft while you live!
Never repenting your theft
ماwhat بالُthe state of منwhoever عاداكِopposes you فيin راحةٍease
ما بالُ من عاداكِ في راحةٍ
وماand what لمنfor whoever والاكis loyal to you فيin كرْبِdistress
وما لمن والاك في كرْبِ
Why is one who opposes you at ease,
Why are your foes at ease
And one who is loyal to you in distress?
While your allies ache
سالمتِyou made peace with أهلَthe people of الحربِwar طُوبَىbliss لَهُمْfor them
سالمتِ أهلَ الحربِ طُوبَى لَهُمْ
لكنَّbut أهلَthe people of السَّلمِpeace فيin حَرْبِwar
لكنَّ أهلَ السَّلمِ في حَرْبِ
You made peace with the people of war—blessed are they!
Safety to war makers-bless them!
But the people of peace are at war.
Peace lovers suffer war
أصبحتِyou have become منthrough وُديmy love بلاwithout كُلفةٍeffort
أصبحتِ من وُدي بلا كُلفةٍ
كالرُّوحlike the soul بينbetween الجَنْبِone side والجَنْبِand the other side
كالرُّوح بين الجَنْبِ والجَنْبِ
Through my love, without effort, you have become
You became, without affectation,
Like the soul between my two sides.
Like the soul 'twixt rib and rib
أعاننيmay He help me اللّهُGod علىagainst غُلَّتيmy burning thirst
أعانني اللّهُ على غُلَّتي
بشَربةٍwith a sip منof ريقِكِyour saliva العذْبِsweet
بشَربةٍ من ريقِكِ العذْبِ
May God ease my burning thirst
God sustain me against madness
With a sip of your sweet saliva.
With a draught of your sweet spittle
ياO حُبَّlove of مظلومةَMazluma لاdo not تنكشفfade
يا حُبَّ مظلومةَ لا تنكشف
وازددand increase فماfor there is no ليfor me فيكَin you منany حسبِsufficiency
وازدد فما لي فيكَ من حسبِ
O love of Mazluma, never fade,
O love of the wronged-do not despair
And grow, for I can never have enough of you.
I have no stratagem for you
مظلومَMazluma (shortened vocative) قدindeed أنهبتِyou gave over to plunder أرواحناour souls
مظلومَ قد أنهبتِ أرواحنا
وكلُّناand all of us راضونَare content بالنَّهبِwith the plunder
وكلُّنا راضونَ بالنَّهبِ
Mazluma, you have given our souls over to plunder,
You have plundered our souls
And we are all content with the plundering.
Yet we consent to the plunder
ضربُكِyour playing فيin صوتكyour voice لاnot خارجٌstraying outside
ضربُكِ في صوتك لا خارجٌ
عنbeyond حدِّهits bounds والصوتand the voice فيin الضَّربِthe playing
عن حدِّه والصوت في الضَّربِ
Your playing accords with your voice, never straying
Your singing holds nothing excessive
Beyond its bounds; your voice accords with the playing.
Song within measured song
كأنماas though وقعُهماthe sound of both فيin الحشاthe breast
كأنما وقعُهما في الحشا
وقعُthe fall of الحياthe rain فيin الزمنِthe season الجَدْبِdrought-stricken
وقعُ الحيا في الزمنِ الجَدْبِ
As though their sound within the breast
As if snake and singer fell
Were rain falling in a season of drought.
In desert, in time of drought
فُقْتِyou surpassed المُغنِّينَthe singers كماjust as فاقناsurpassed us
فُقْتِ المُغنِّينَ كما فاقنا
كواكبُthe stars of الدنياthe world بنوthe sons of وَهْبWahb
كواكبُ الدنيا بنو وَهْب
You surpassed the singers, just as we were surpassed
You surpassed all singers
By the world's stars, the sons of Wahb.
As stars surpass people of Wahb
حُسْناًbeauty وإحساناًand beneficence قدindeed استجمعاhave both come together
حُسْناً وإحساناً قد استجمعا
كلاهماboth of them ذوpossessed of مطلبٍa pursuit صَعْبِdifficult
كلاهما ذو مطلبٍ صَعْبِ
Beauty and beneficence have both come together;
Beauty and kindness converged
Each is hard to attain.
Both hard to attain
Sol 6.1