باتspent the night يدعوcalling upon الواحداthe One الصمداthe Self-Sufficient
بات يدعو الواحدا الصمدا
فيin ظلامdarkness الليلthe night منفرداalone
في ظلام الليل منفردا
He spent the night calling upon the One, the Self-Sufficient,
In the darkness of night, alone.
خادمa servant لمdid not تُبْقِleave خدمتُهhis service
خادم لم تُبْقِ خدمتُه
منهof him لاneither رُوحاًspirit ولاnor جَسداbody
منه لا رُوحاً ولا جَسدا
A servant whose service had spared
Neither his spirit nor his body.
قدalready جفتْshunned عيناهhis two eyes غمْضَهماtheir closing
قد جفتْ عيناه غمْضَهما
والخليُّand the carefree one القلبthe heart قدalready رقداslept
والخليُّ القلب قد رقدا
His eyes had refused to close,
While the carefree of heart had fallen asleep.
فيin حشاهhis innermost parts منfrom مخافتهhis fear of Him
في حشاه من مخافته
حُرُقاتٌburning pangs تلْذعscorch الكبِداthe liver
حُرُقاتٌ تلْذع الكبِدا
Within him, from his fear of Him,
Burning pangs scorched his liver.
لوif only تراهyou see him وهوwhile he is منتصبstanding upright
لو تراه وهو منتصب
مُشْعِرٌclothing أجفانَهhis eyelids السُّهُداsleeplessness
مُشْعِرٌ أجفانَه السُّهُدا
If only you could see him standing upright,
Clothing his eyelids in sleeplessness!
كلماwhenever مَرَّpassed الوعيدُthe threat of punishment بهby him
كلما مَرَّ الوعيدُ به
سحَّpoured forth دمعُtears العينthe eye فاطَّرداthen flowed continuously
سحَّ دمعُ العين فاطَّردا
Whenever the warning passed before him,
His eye's tears poured forth and streamed on.
ووهتand weakened أركانهhis limbs جزعاًwith dread
ووهت أركانه جزعاً
وارتقتand rose أنفاسهhis breaths صُعُداupward
وارتقت أنفاسه صُعُدا
And his limbs weakened with dread,
And his breaths rose upward.
قائلٌsaying ياO منتهىultimate goal أمليmy hope
قائلٌ يا منتهى أملي
نجِّنيsave me مماfrom what أخافI fear غداtomorrow
نجِّني مما أخاف غدا
Saying, “O ultimate goal of my hope,
Save me from what I fear tomorrow.
أناI عبدٌa servant غرّنيdeceived me أمليmy hope
أنا عبدٌ غرّني أملي
وكأنَّand as though الموتَdeath قدalready ورداarrived
وكأنَّ الموتَ قد وردا
I am a servant whom my hope deceived,
And it is as though death has already arrived.
وخطيئاتيand my sins التيthat سلفتْwent before
وخطيئاتي التي سلفتْ
لستُI do not أحصيcount بعضَهاsome of them عدداin number
لستُ أحصي بعضَها عددا
And my sins that have gone before—
I cannot count even some of them.
فليَso for me الويلwoe الطويلlong-lasting غداًtomorrow
فليَ الويل الطويل غداً
ليتwould that عمريmy life قبلهاbefore them نَفِداended
ليت عمري قبلها نَفِدا
So long-lasting woe is mine tomorrow;
Would that my life had ended before them!
ويحalas for عينيmy eye ساءevil was منthe one whom نظرتْit gazed upon
ويح عيني ساء من نظرتْ
ويحalas for قلبيmy heart ساءevil was ماwhat اعتقداit believed
ويح قلبي ساء ما اعتقدا
Alas for my eye—how evil was the one it gazed upon!
Alas for my heart—how evil was what it believed!
ليتwould that عينيmy eye قبلbefore نظرتهاits glance
ليت عيني قبل نظرتها
كُحِلَتْwere lined with kohl أجفانُهاits eyelids رمداwith eye inflammation
كُحِلَتْ أجفانُها رمدا
Would that, before my eye's glance,
Its eyelids had been kohled with inflammation!”
فإذاthen whenever مرَّpassed الوعيدthe threat of punishment بهby him
فإذا مرَّ الوعيد به
كادnearly يُفنيdestroys روحهhis soul كمداwith grief
كاد يُفني روحه كمدا
Then, whenever the warning passed before him,
It nearly consumed his soul with grief.
وإذاand whenever مرَّpassed الوُعودthe promises بهby him
وإذا مرَّ الوُعود به
شدَّstrengthened منهof him القلبthe heart والعضداand the upper arm
شدَّ منه القلب والعضدا
And whenever the promises passed before him,
They strengthened his heart and arm.
Sol 6.1