قَضَّيْتُI fulfilled مَاwhat وَعَدَpromised التَّلاَقِيthe meeting
قَضَّيْتُ مَا وَعَدَ التَّلاَقِي
وَكَانَand was وَعْدُهُits promise مَأْتِيَاfulfilled
وَكَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَأْتِيَا
I fulfilled what the meeting had promised,
I have fulfilled what was promised by our meeting
I have fulfilled what our meeting had promised,
And its promise came to pass:
And his promise was destined to come
And its promise was always bound to come.
أَنْthat أَصْطَلِيI burn in نَارَfire الْفِرَاthe separa- (part of 'separation')
أَنْ أَصْطَلِي نَارَ الْفِرَا
قِ-tion (completes 'separation') فَكَانَso it was حَتْماًinevitably مَقْضِيَاdecreed
قِ فَكَانَ حَتْماً مَقْضِيَا
That I should burn in the fire of separa-
That I quench the fire of separation
That I should burn in the flames of separation,
tion; so it was inevitably decreed.
So it was inevitably fulfilled
Which was an absolute, inevitable decree.
اَلْبَيْنُseparation هَيَّجَstirred صَبْوَتِيmy passionate longing
اَلْبَيْنُ هَيَّجَ صَبْوَتِي
وَأَعَادَand returned لُبِّيَmy mind مَسْبِيَاcaptive
وَأَعَادَ لُبِّيَ مَسْبِيَا
Separation stirred my passionate longing
The distance stirred up my passion
Parting has awakened my fervent yearning,
And made my mind captive once more.
And made my determination a captive
And taken my mind captive once again.
وَالْبَيْنُand separation أَضْرَمَkindled لَوْعَتِيmy burning anguish
وَالْبَيْنُ أَضْرَمَ لَوْعَتِي
وَأَصَارَand made قَلْبِيmy heart مَكْوِيَاseared
وَأَصَارَ قَلْبِي مَكْوِيَا
And separation kindled my anguish
And the distance caused my agony to blaze
Parting has set my anguish ablaze,
And left my heart seared.
And made my heart roasted
And left my heart branded and seared.
وَالْبَيْنُand separation صَبَّرَmade endure مُقْلَتِيmy eye
وَالْبَيْنُ صَبَّرَ مُقْلَتِي
تَبْكِيweeps الدِّمَاءَblood تَعَدِّيَاin cruel excess
تَبْكِي الدِّمَاءَ تَعَدِّيَا
And separation made my eye endure
And the distance disciplined my love
Parting has condemned my eyes
Weeping blood, in cruel excess.
To shed tears excessively
To weep tears of blood in cruel excess.
وَبِعَادُand the absence of مَالِكِthe master of مُهْجَتِيmy soul
وَبِعَادُ مَالِكِ مُهْجَتِي
لِحَشَايَto my innermost heart أَمْسَىhas become مُرْدِيَاfatal
لِحَشَايَ أَمْسَى مُرْدِيَا
And the absence of my soul’s master
And the absence of my beloved
And the estrangement of the master of my soul
Has become fatal to my innermost heart.
Made my eyes shed tears all night
Has become fatal to my very core.
وَمُعَذِّبِيand my tormentor بِعَذَابِwith the torment of مَنْone who
وَمُعَذِّبِي بِعَذَابِ مَنْ
مَاnot دَانَprofessed دِيناًa faith مَرْضِيَاacceptable
مَا دَانَ دِيناً مَرْضِيَا
And as for my tormentor, who gives me the torment of one
And my tormentor, with the torment of one
And my tormentor inflicts the agony of one
Who has professed no acceptable faith—
Who never professed a satisfactory religion
Who professes no acceptable faith.
قَدْindeed قُلْتُI said عِنْدَat وَدَاعِهِhis farewell
قَدْ قُلْتُ عِنْدَ وَدَاعِهِ
يَوْمَon the day of الرَّحِيلِdeparture تَمَنِّيَاwishfully
يَوْمَ الرَّحِيلِ تَمَنِّيَا
Indeed, I said when bidding him farewell,
I had said, on the day of his farewell,
I said at the moment of his farewell,
On the day of departure, wishfully:
On the day of departure, longingly:
On the day of departure, uttering a wish:
يَاoh لَيْتَنِيwould that I قَبْلَbefore الْوَدَاthe fare- (part of 'farewell')
يَا لَيْتَنِي قَبْلَ الْوَدَا
عِ-well (completes 'farewell') كُنْتُI had been نَسْياًa forgotten thing مَنْسِيَاforgotten
عِ كُنْتُ نَسْياً مَنْسِيَا
Oh, would that, before the fare-
Oh, if only before the farewell
Oh, would that I, before this farewell,
well, I had been a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!
I had been completely forgotten
Had been a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten.
Sol 6.1