عُجْturn aside بالمَطِيِّwith the mounts علَىtoward مَعَالمِlandmarks of بُورِيBūrī
عُجْ بالمَطِيِّ علَى مَعَالمِ بُورِي
بِمَحَلِّat the place of لَذَّاتِيmy delights ورَبْعِand the dwelling of سُرُورِيmy joy
بِمَحَلِّ لَذَّاتِي ورَبْعِ سُرُورِي
Turn the mounts toward the landmarks of Būrī,
the place of my delights, the dwelling of my joy.
وأَطِلْand prolong بِهَاthere عنِّيon my behalf الوقُوفَthe stay فَمَاfor not أرَىI see
وأَطِلْ بِهَا عنِّي الوقُوفَ فَمَا أرَى
شَوقاًlonging يُحَرِّكُنِيthat stirs me لهاtoward it بقَصيرِbrief
شَوقاً يُحَرِّكُنِي لها بقَصيرِ
And linger there on my behalf, for I do not see
the longing that stirs me toward it as brief.
واسْتنْشِand breathe in رَيَّاهَاits fragrance ففِيfor in عَرَصَاتِهاits open grounds
واسْتنْشِ رَيَّاهَا ففِي عَرَصَاتِها
عِندَat العُبُورِthe crossing بِهِنَّthrough them نَشْرُa waft of عَبيرِperfume
عِندَ العُبُورِ بِهِنَّ نَشْرُ عَبيرِ
And breathe its fragrance; in its open grounds,
as you pass through them, perfume wafts.
واسْتَوصِand ask to care نَشْرَthe waft of عَبيرِهَاits perfume بِيfor me إنَّهُindeed it
واسْتَوصِ نَشْرَ عَبيرِهَا بِي إنَّهُ
قَمِنٌis fit بِنَشْرِto revive عَبيريَmy fragrance المقْبُورِthe buried
قَمِنٌ بِنَشْرِ عَبيريَ المقْبُورِ
And commend me to its perfume's waft, for it
is fit to revive my buried fragrance.
لَمnot تجعَلِmade العَبَرَاتُthe tears خَدِّيmy cheek مَعْبَراًa passage
لَم تجعَلِ العَبَرَاتُ خَدِّي مَعْبَراً
إلاَّexcept علَىupon مَرِّيmy passing بِهاthrough it وعُبُورِيand my crossing
إلاَّ علَى مَرِّي بِها وعُبُورِي
Tears have made no passage of my cheek
except when I pass through it and cross its grounds.
لاmay not أَمْطَرَتْrain دِيَمُthe steady rains of الرَّبِيعِspring بِسَاحتِيupon my courtyard
لا أَمْطَرَتْ دِيَمُ الرَّبِيعِ بِسَاحتِي
إنْif لمnot أَحُلَّI settle بربعِهاin its dwelling الممْطُورِthe rain-soaked
إنْ لم أَحُلَّ بربعِها الممْطُورِ
May spring's steady rains never fall upon my courtyard
if I do not settle in its rain-soaked dwelling.
هَلْis there لِيfor me إلىto تِلكَthose المَنَازِلِabodes عَوْدَةٌa return
هَلْ لِي إلى تِلكَ المَنَازِلِ عَوْدَةٌ
تَهدِيmay calm بِهاthere نفْسيmy soul وفَرْطَand the excess of زَفِيريmy sighing
تَهدِي بِها نفْسي وفَرْطَ زَفِيري
Can I return to those abodes,
where my soul and my excessive sighing may find calm,
فَتكُفَّand then restrain منsome of فَيْضِthe flood of الدُّمُوعِtears فَذَاfor this وَذَاand that
فَتكُفَّ من فَيْضِ الدُّمُوعِ فَذَا وَذَا
مَحَوَاhave erased سَوَادَيْthe two darknesses of مُقْلَتيmy pupil وضَمِيريand my heart
مَحَوَا سَوَادَيْ مُقْلَتي وضَمِيري
and the flood of tears subside? For these two
have erased the darkness of my pupil and my heart.
إنْif يُصْبِنيmakes me yearn ذِكْرُremembrance of الدِّيَارِthe homes فَإنَّهُthen indeed it
إنْ يُصْبِني ذِكْرُ الدِّيَارِ فَإنَّهُ
لإنَاثِis for girls among أَصْبيةٍlittle children بِهاthere وذُكُورِand boys
لإنَاثِ أَصْبيةٍ بِها وذُكُورِ
If remembrance of those homes makes me yearn, it is
for the little children there, girls and boys.
وَجْدِيmy longing الصَّغيرُthe lesser بهاthere لأَصْغَرِis for the youngest of صِبْيَتِيmy children
وَجْدِي الصَّغيرُ بها لأَصْغَرِ صِبْيَتِي
وكَبيرُand the greatest of أَشْوَاقيmy yearnings بهاthere لكَبيرِيis for my eldest
وكَبيرُ أَشْوَاقي بها لكَبيرِي
My lesser longing there is for my youngest child,
and my greatest yearning there is for my eldest.
وكَريمةُand a woman noble in الطَّرَفينِboth parental lines جُرَّwas drawn علىover التُّقَىpiety
وكَريمةُ الطَّرَفينِ جُرَّ على التُّقَى
والدِّينِand faith فَاضِلُthe surplus of ذَيلِهَاher hem المجرُورِthe trailing
والدِّينِ فَاضِلُ ذَيلِهَا المجرُورِ
And a woman noble on both sides: over piety
and faith is drawn the surplus of her trailing hem.
وَمُهَفْهَفٌand a slender one زُرَّتْwere fastened غِلائِلُهُhis fine garments عَلَىover
وَمُهَفْهَفٌ زُرَّتْ غِلائِلُهُ عَلَى
غُصْنٍa branch يَمِيلُbends بهِit النَّسيمُthe breeze نَضِيرِfresh
غُصْنٍ يَمِيلُ بهِ النَّسيمُ نَضِيرِ
And a slender one whose fine garments are fastened over
a fresh branch that the breeze bends.
رَشَأٌa young gazelle جِرَاحَاتِيmy wounds جُبَارٌuncompensated عِنْدَهُin his eyes
رَشَأٌ جِرَاحَاتِي جُبَارٌ عِنْدَهُ
أَبَداًforever وكَسْرِيand my brokenness ليسَis not بالمجبُورِmended
أَبَداً وكَسْرِي ليسَ بالمجبُورِ
A young gazelle, to whom my wounds count for nothing
forever, and my brokenness remains unmended.
ضَاحِيbright of الجَبينِbrow وإنَّهُand indeed he ليُرِيكَsurely shows you مِنfrom
ضَاحِي الجَبينِ وإنَّهُ ليُرِيكَ مِن
تحتِbeneath الخِمَارِthe veil شَمَائِلَthe ways of المخمُورِthe intoxicated
تحتِ الخِمَارِ شَمَائِلَ المخمُورِ
Bright-browed, yet showing you, from
beneath the veil, the ways of one intoxicated.
أنَاI أسعدُam the happiest of الثِّقَلَينِhumans and jinn إنْif أدناهُمُbrings them near
أنَا أسعدُ الثِّقَلَينِ إنْ أدناهُمُ
مِنِّيto me رَوَاحِيmy evening journey نحوَهُمْtoward them وبُكُوريand my morning journey
مِنِّي رَوَاحِي نحوَهُمْ وبُكُوري
I am the happiest of humans and jinn if they are brought
near me by my journeys toward them, evening and morning.
فَأَمَاnow indeed وفَتْلاَءِby a she-camel powerfully turned at المرافِقِthe elbows جَسْرَةٍsturdy
فَأَمَا وفَتْلاَءِ المرافِقِ جَسْرَةٍ
تَخْدِيstrides swiftly بِمَشْبوحِwith an outstretched الذِّراعِforeleg جَسُورِfearless
تَخْدِي بِمَشْبوحِ الذِّراعِ جَسُورِ
Now, by a sturdy she-camel with powerfully turned elbows,
striding with an outstretched, fearless foreleg:
إنْif يُعْيِwearies عيدِيَّan ʿĪdī-bred mount النجارِin lineage بُكُورُهُhis early departure
إنْ يُعْيِ عيدِيَّ النجارِ بُكُورُهُ
نَهضَتْshe rises فَطَارَand flies بِهاwith her جَنَاحُthe wing of الكُورِthe camel saddle
نَهضَتْ فَطَارَ بِها جَنَاحُ الكُورِ
if an early departure wearies an ʿĪdī-bred mount,
she rises, and the saddle's wing flies with her.
يَرْمِيdrives بِهاher الميقَاتُthe pilgrimage boundary غيرَwithout مُقَصِّرٍslackening
يَرْمِي بِها الميقَاتُ غيرَ مُقَصِّرٍ
حتىuntil يُتِمَّhe completes النُسْكَthe pilgrimage rites بالتقْصيرِby shortening the hair
حتى يُتِمَّ النُسْكَ بالتقْصيرِ
He drives her toward the pilgrimage boundary, never slackening,
until he completes the rites by shortening his hair.
لأُجَشِّمَنَّI shall surely make undertake hardship النَّاجياتِthe swift mounts إليهِمُtoward them
لأُجَشِّمَنَّ النَّاجياتِ إليهِمُ
والسُّفْنَand the ships قَطْعَthe crossing of مَفَاوِزٍdeserts وبُحُورِand seas
والسُّفْنَ قَطْعَ مَفَاوِزٍ وبُحُورِ
I shall surely make the swift mounts journey to them,
and the ships cross deserts and seas.
ولأُلْقِينَّand I shall surely face بِحَرِّwith the bare surface of وَجْهيmy face نحوَهُمْtoward them
ولأُلْقِينَّ بِحَرِّ وَجْهي نحوَهُمْ
حَرَّينِtwo heats حَرَّthe heat of هَوًىlove وحَرَّand the heat of هَجيرِnoon
حَرَّينِ حَرَّ هَوًى وحَرَّ هَجيرِ
And I shall surely face toward them with my bare face
two heats: the heat of love and the heat of noon.
فَعَسىso perhaps ابْتذالُsurrendering الصَّونِsheltered ease يُفضيwill bring بيme إلىto
فَعَسى ابْتذالُ الصَّونِ يُفضي بي إلى
مَنthose who صِينَwere sheltered تحتَbeneath أكلّةٍcanopies وسُتُورِand curtains
مَن صِينَ تحتَ أكلّةٍ وسُتُورِ
Perhaps surrendering my sheltered ease will bring me to
those kept sheltered beneath canopies and curtains.
فَأَبِيتُthen I spend the night قدhaving ألقَيْتُlaid down أَعْبَاءَthe burdens of السُّرَىnight travel
فَأَبِيتُ قد ألقَيْتُ أَعْبَاءَ السُّرَى
وأرحْتُand rested ظَهْرَthe back of مَطيَّتيmy mount وبَعِيريand my camel
وأرحْتُ ظَهْرَ مَطيَّتي وبَعِيري
Then I shall spend the night having laid down the burdens of night travel
and rested the back of my mount and my camel.
إنْif كَانَcomes to pass ذَاكَthat فَيَاthen O سَعَادَةَthe good fortune of طَالعِيmy rising star
إنْ كَانَ ذَاكَ فَيَا سَعَادَةَ طَالعِي
ونَجاحَand the fulfillment of آمالِيmy hopes ويُمْنَand the auspiciousness of طُيُورِيmy omen-birds
ونَجاحَ آمالِي ويُمْنَ طُيُورِي
If that comes to pass, how fortunate my rising star,
how successful my hopes, how auspicious my omen-birds!
إنِّيindeed I إذَاwhen هَابَfears الزِّيارةَthe visit وَامِقٌa lover
إنِّي إذَا هَابَ الزِّيارةَ وَامِقٌ
يُدْليputs forward بدَعوَىa claim فيin المحبَّةِlove زُورِfalse
يُدْلي بدَعوَى في المحبَّةِ زُورِ
I, whenever a lover shrinks from visiting,
putting forward a false claim of love,
خَاطَرْتُrisked بالنَّفْسِthe life الخطيرةِthe precious فيin هَوَىlove of
خَاطَرْتُ بالنَّفْسِ الخطيرةِ في هَوَى
ظبيٍa gazelle كَلِفْتُI am enamored بهِof him هُنَاكَthere غَرِيرِinnocent
ظبيٍ كَلِفْتُ بهِ هُنَاكَ غَرِيرِ
risk my precious life for love
of an innocent gazelle with whom I am enamored there.
إنْif عَاقَنيkeeps me التفْتيرُflagging resolve عَنهُfrom him فَلاthen may not رَمَىhe shoot
إنْ عَاقَني التفْتيرُ عَنهُ فَلا رَمَى
قَلْبيmy heart بسَهْمٍwith an arrow رِيشَfeathered بالتقْتِيرِwith sparingness
قَلْبي بسَهْمٍ رِيشَ بالتقْتِيرِ
If flagging resolve keeps me from him, may he never shoot
my heart with an arrow feathered with sparingness.
أوor حَارَfalters دُونَbefore لِقَائِهِmeeting him عَزْميmy resolve فلاthen may not
أو حَارَ دُونَ لِقَائِهِ عَزْمي فلا
مُتِّعْتُI be granted pleasure مِنهُfrom him بالعُيُونِin the eyes الحُورِwide and dark
مُتِّعْتُ مِنهُ بالعُيُونِ الحُورِ
Or if my resolve falters before meeting him, may I never
be granted the pleasure of his wide, dark eyes.
ياO مَنْyou whom أُسَيِّرُI send كُلَّevery يَومٍday نَحوَهُمْtoward them
يا مَنْ أُسَيِّرُ كُلَّ يَومٍ نَحوَهُمْ
كُتُبيmy letters إذَاwhen أعْيَاproves difficult عَليَّfor me مَسِيريmy journey
كُتُبي إذَا أعْيَا عَليَّ مَسِيري
O you toward whom I send, every day,
my letters when my own journey proves too difficult,
وأقُولُand I say مُعتذِراًapologetically إذَاwhen سَيّرتُهاI send them
وأقُولُ مُعتذِراً إذَا سَيّرتُها
لاnot يسقُطُis forfeited الميْسُورُthe achievable بالمعْسُورِbecause of the unachievable
لا يسقُطُ الميْسُورُ بالمعْسُورِ
I say in apology when I send them:
What can be done is not forfeited because of what cannot.
لاdo not تحسبُوهَاsuppose them أنَّهاthat they كُتِبَتْwere written لكُمْto you
لا تحسبُوهَا أنَّها كُتِبَتْ لكُمْ
بِسَوادِwith the blackness of حِبْرِيmy ink بَلْbut سَوَادِthe blackness of نَظِيريmy eye
بِسَوادِ حِبْرِي بَلْ سَوَادِ نَظِيري
Do not suppose that they were written to you
with the blackness of my ink, but with my eye's blackness.
منone who لاnot يُطيقُcan endure فِرَاقَseparation for يومٍa day وَاحدٍsingle
من لا يُطيقُ فِرَاقَ يومٍ وَاحدٍ
لكُمُfrom you فَكيفَthen how يكُونُwill he be بَعْدَafter شُهُورِmonths
لكُمُ فَكيفَ يكُونُ بَعْدَ شُهُورِ
One who cannot endure a single day's separation
from you—how must he be after months?
آهٍah وقَلَّand too little is علىfor أوالَAwāl تَأوُّهِيmy sighing
آهٍ وقَلَّ على أوالَ تَأوُّهِي
فإذَاso if جُنِنْتُI go mad بِهاfor it فغيرُthen not كثيرِexcessive
فإذَا جُنِنْتُ بِها فغيرُ كثيرِ
Ah! My sighing for Awāl is too little;
if I go mad with longing for it, that is no excess.
ماnot كُنتُI would be مُبتاعاًpurchasing أزِقَّةَthe alleys of فَارِسٍPersia
ما كُنتُ مُبتاعاً أزِقَّةَ فَارِسٍ
بالفِيحِin exchange for the spacious expanses منof عَرَصاتِهاits open grounds والدُّورِand the houses
بالفِيحِ من عَرَصاتِها والدُّورِ
I would never purchase the alleys of Persia
in exchange for its spacious grounds and homes.
هَيْهَاتَfar from it ماnot شِيرَازُShīrāz وَافيةٌis equal بِمَاto what
هَيْهَاتَ ما شِيرَازُ وَافيةٌ بِمَا
فيin تِلْكَthat place ليfor me منof نِعْمَةٍcomfort وحُبُورِand delight
في تِلْكَ لي من نِعْمَةٍ وحُبُورِ
Far from it! Shīrāz cannot match
the comfort and delight I have in that place.
بَلَدٌa land تَعَادَلَare equal صَيفُهاits summer وشِتَاؤُهاand its winter
بَلَدٌ تَعَادَلَ صَيفُها وشِتَاؤُها
فيin الطِّيْبِpleasantness للمقْرُورِfor the chilled والمحْرُورِand the overheated
في الطِّيْبِ للمقْرُورِ والمحْرُورِ
A land whose summer and winter are equal
in pleasantness for those chilled and those overheated.
فَوفَتْso it provides fully ببَردِthe coolness of حُشَاشَةِthe vital core of المحْرُورِthe overheated
فَوفَتْ ببَردِ حُشَاشَةِ المحْرُورِ
عَدْلاًin fair measure ودِفءِand the warmth of مَضَاجِعِthe resting places of المقْرورِthe chilled
عَدْلاً ودِفءِ مَضَاجِعِ المقْرورِ
It duly provides coolness for the overheated one's vital core,
in fair measure, and warmth for the chilled one's resting places.
يَتكأَّدُburdens الرِّزقُearning a livelihood العِبَادَpeople وإنَّهُand indeed it
يَتكأَّدُ الرِّزقُ العِبَادَ وإنَّهُ
فِيهاthere علىfor بَاغِيهِits seeker غَيْرُis not عَسيرِdifficult
فِيها على بَاغِيهِ غَيْرُ عَسيرِ
Earning a livelihood weighs heavily upon people, yet
there it is no hardship for whoever seeks it.
سِيَّانَalike عِيشةُthe life of كَادِحٍa laborer ومُرَفَّهٍand a pampered person
سِيَّانَ عِيشةُ كَادِحٍ ومُرَفَّهٍ
فِيهاthere ونِعمَةُand the comfort of مُوسِرٍa rich person وفَقِيرِand a poor person
فِيها ونِعمَةُ مُوسِرٍ وفَقِيرِ
Alike are the lives of the laborer and the pampered,
there, and the comfort of rich and poor.
إنْif طَبَّقَblankets المَحْلُdrought البِلادَthe lands فإنَّنَاthen indeed we
إنْ طَبَّقَ المَحْلُ البِلادَ فإنَّنَا
فيare in رَوْضَةٍa garden مِنof خِصْبِهاits fertility وغَدِيرِand a pool
في رَوْضَةٍ مِن خِصْبِها وغَدِيرِ
If drought blankets the lands, we remain
in a garden of its fertility, beside a pool.
إنْif أنْسَI forget لاnot أنْسَI forget الرَّبيعَspring بِهاthere وماand what
إنْ أنْسَ لا أنْسَ الرَّبيعَ بِها وما
تجلُوهُit displays منof نَوَّارِهِits blossoms والنُّورِand the light
تجلُوهُ من نَوَّارِهِ والنُّورِ
Whatever I forget, I shall not forget its spring and what
it displays of spring's blossoms and light.
رَوْضٌa garden يَرِقُّspreads delicately عَلَيْهِover it نَاجِمُthe emerging growth of زَهرِهِits flowers
رَوْضٌ يَرِقُّ عَلَيْهِ نَاجِمُ زَهرِهِ
كالصُّحْفِlike manuscript pages بينَamong فَوَاصِلٍverse divisions وعُشُورِand tenth-verse marks
كالصُّحْفِ بينَ فَوَاصِلٍ وعُشُورِ
A garden whose emerging flowers spread delicately across it,
like manuscript pages with verse divisions and tenth-verse marks.
يُلْقِيlays out لمُجتَازِfor the passing النَّسيمِbreeze كَرَامَةًas an honor
يُلْقِي لمُجتَازِ النَّسيمِ كَرَامَةً
أَنْمَاطَcarpets of دِيْبَاجٍbrocade وفُرْشَand bedding of حَرِيرِsilk
أَنْمَاطَ دِيْبَاجٍ وفُرْشَ حَرِيرِ
It lays out, in honor of the passing breeze,
brocade carpets and silken bedding.
أَمْلَىdictated السَّحَابُthe clouds عَلَيهِto it مِنْfrom إنْشَائِهِtheir composition
أَمْلَى السَّحَابُ عَلَيهِ مِنْ إنْشَائِهِ
فأَتَاكَso it brought you بالمنْظُومِverse والمَنْثُورِand prose
فأَتَاكَ بالمنْظُومِ والمَنْثُورِ
The clouds dictated to it from their composition,
and it brought you both verse and prose.
والماءُand the water مِنهُfrom it مُطْلَقٌis free-flowing ومُقَيَّدٌand confined
والماءُ مِنهُ مُطْلَقٌ ومُقَيَّدٌ
يلقَاكَmeets you بالممدُودِwith the extended والمقْصُورِand the shortened
يلقَاكَ بالممدُودِ والمقْصُورِ
Its water is both free-flowing and confined,
meeting you in extended and shortened forms.
يستَوقِفُholds الأسْمَاعَthe hearing بينَbetween تَدفُّقٍa gush
يستَوقِفُ الأسْمَاعَ بينَ تَدفُّقٍ
كَرَجيعِlike the echo of قَهْقَهَةٍlaughter وبينَand between خَريرِa murmur
كَرَجيعِ قَهْقَهَةٍ وبينَ خَريرِ
It holds the hearing between a gush
like the echo of laughter and a gentle murmur.
تتلُوrecite بَلابِلُهُits nightingales عَلَيْكَto you وَوُرْقُهُand its gray doves
تتلُو بَلابِلُهُ عَلَيْكَ وَوُرْقُهُ
أَسْفَارَbooks of إنْجِيلٍthe Gospel وصُحْفَand pages of زَبُورِthe Psalms
أَسْفَارَ إنْجِيلٍ وصُحْفَ زَبُورِ
Its nightingales and gray doves recite to you
books of the Gospel and pages of the Psalms.
إنْif بَثَّpours out ذَاكَthat one عليكَto you أعلاقَprecious treasures of الأَسَىsorrow
إنْ بَثَّ ذَاكَ عليكَ أعلاقَ الأَسَى
بِصَفيرِهِwith its whistling ثَنَّاهُanswers it ذَاthis one بِهَديرِwith cooing
بِصَفيرِهِ ثَنَّاهُ ذَا بِهَديرِ
If one pours out to you precious sorrows
with its whistling, the other answers with its cooing,
حتَّىuntil تَظلَّyou remain بِذَاwith this one وذَاand that one مُستَغنياًhaving no need
حتَّى تَظلَّ بِذَا وذَا مُستَغنياً
أبَداًforever عنfor المِزْمَارِthe flute والطُّنْبُورِand the tambur
أبَداً عن المِزْمَارِ والطُّنْبُورِ
until, with this one and that, you remain content
forever without flute or tambur.
فَكَأنَّماso it is as though اطّرحَentrusted الغِناءَsong عليهِمَاto those two
فَكَأنَّما اطّرحَ الغِناءَ عليهِمَا
قَيسٌQays وقدhaving غَنَّىsung بِشِعرِthe poetry of جَريرJarīr
قَيسٌ وقد غَنَّى بِشِعرِ جَرير
It is as though Qays had entrusted song to those two,
having sung the poetry of Jarīr.
لاno شَيءَthing أبْهجُmore delightful منْظراًin appearance منthan صَحْوِهِits clear weather
لا شَيءَ أبْهجُ منْظراً من صَحْوِهِ
والشَّمْسُand the sun فيهِin it كَدَارةِlike a disc of البَلُّورِcrystal
والشَّمْسُ فيهِ كَدَارةِ البَلُّورِ
Nothing is more delightful to behold than its clear weather,
with the sun in it like a disc of crystal.
ومَتَىand whenever أَغَامَit clouds over أَرَاكَit shows you خَيمةَa tent of سُنْدُسٍfine green silk
ومَتَى أَغَامَ أَرَاكَ خَيمةَ سُنْدُسٍ
غشَّىveiled سَمَاوَتَهاits upper reaches دُخَانُthe smoke of بخُورِincense
غشَّى سَمَاوَتَها دُخَانُ بخُورِ
Whenever it clouds over, it shows you a tent of fine green silk,
its upper reaches veiled by incense smoke.
لاno عيبَfault فِيهاin it غَيرَexcept أنَّthat حِيَاضَهاits pools
لا عيبَ فِيها غَيرَ أنَّ حِيَاضَها
شَرْعٌare equally open لِورْدِfor the drinking of الكَلْبِthe dog والخِنزِيرِand the pig
شَرْعٌ لِورْدِ الكَلْبِ والخِنزِيرِ
It has no fault except that its pools
are equally open for dogs and pigs to drink.
هِيit جَنَّةٌis paradise لوif مُيِّزَتْwere apportioned distinctly نَعْمَاؤُهاits blessings
هِي جَنَّةٌ لو مُيِّزَتْ نَعْمَاؤُها
ماbetween بَينَamong عَبدٍa servant مُؤْمِنٍbelieving وكَفُورِand unbelieving
ما بَينَ عَبدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ وكَفُورِ
It would be paradise if its blessings were apportioned
between a believing servant and an unbelieving one.
هذِيthese مَزَايَاهَاare its merits وكمْand how often عَلِقَتْclung يَدِيmy hand
هذِي مَزَايَاهَا وكمْ عَلِقَتْ يَدِي
فِيهاthere بِذمَّةِto the pledged protection of صَاحِبٍa friend وعَشيرِand a companion
فِيها بِذمَّةِ صَاحِبٍ وعَشيرِ
These are its merits; how often my hand has clung
there to the pledged protection of a friend and companion!
هذَاthis one عَلَىover سِرِّيmy secret الأَمِينُis the trusted keeper وذَاكَand that one إنْif
هذَا عَلَى سِرِّي الأَمِينُ وذَاكَ إنْ
خَذلَfails النَّصيرُthe helper علىagainst الخُطُوبِcalamities نَصِيريis my helper
خَذلَ النَّصيرُ على الخُطُوبِ نَصِيري
This one keeps my secret faithfully; that one, if
a helper fails me, is my helper against calamities.
ياO جَادَهَاmay it water it abundantly الهَتِنُthe heavy rain المُلِثُّthe unceasing فأصْبَحَتْso it becomes
يا جَادَهَا الهَتِنُ المُلِثُّ فأصْبَحَتْ
عَرَضاًa target لمحلُولِfor one with loosened النِّطَاقِgirdle غَزِيرِpouring abundantly
عَرَضاً لمحلُولِ النِّطَاقِ غَزِيرِ
O may heavy, unceasing rain water it, until it becomes
a target for a loosened-girdled cloud pouring abundantly.
وأَقَرَّand may it settle إخوَانيmy brothers بِهاthere وأباتَنيand let me spend the night
وأَقَرَّ إخوَاني بِها وأباتَني
مَعَهُمْwith them بِطَرْفٍwith an eye فيin الدُّنوِّnearness قَرِيرِcontent
مَعَهُمْ بِطَرْفٍ في الدُّنوِّ قَرِيرِ
And may it settle my brothers there and let me spend the night
with them, my eye content in their nearness.
Sol 6.1