الفgrew familiar with السفحthe mountain slope جفنeyelid عينيmy eye وفيand on السفthe slope (word continued)
الف السفح جفن عيني وفي السف
حcompletes 'slope' رموزsigns لعبنthey played بالاجفانupon the eyelids
ح رموز لعبن بالاجفان
My eyelid grew familiar with the slope, and on the slope
are signs that played upon eyelids.
آهah! منfor قاعهits valley floor ففيهاfor within it منof النفthe fragrance (word continued)
آه من قاعه ففيها من النف
حcompletes 'fragrance' الذيwhich حمتI hovered حولهaround it معنيانtwo meanings
ح الذي حمت حوله معنيان
Ah, its valley floor! For there, the fragrance
around which I hovered bears two meanings.
جئتهاI came to it سائلاasking ودمعيand my tears مثليlike me
جئتها سائلا ودمعي مثلي
ساكنstill ناطقspeaking بغيرwithout لسانa tongue
ساكن ناطق بغير لسان
I came to it asking, and my tears, like me,
were still, yet spoke without a tongue.
اناI لفظاin words سألتهاI questioned it وهوand it معنىin meaning
انا لفظا سألتها وهو معنى
فكلاناso both of us فيin سوحهاits courtyards سائلانtwo askers (also: flowing)
فكلانا في سوحها سائلان
I questioned it in words, and my tears in meaning;
so in its courtyards we were both supplicants.
وحكتand it resembled دارthe dwelling of ميةMayya فلهذاso for this reason
وحكت دار مية فلهذا
سحpoured دمعيmy tears بالعارضwith the raincloud الهتانceaselessly raining
سح دمعي بالعارض الهتان
And it resembled Mayya's dwelling; for this
my tears poured like a cloud's ceaseless rain.
سيلthe torrent of عينيmy eye عندamid تلكthose البواديthe wilds
سيل عيني عند تلك البوادي
سالflowed منهfrom it لاجلهاfor their sake عينانtwo springs
سال منه لاجلها عينان
The torrent of my eye, amid those wilds—
from it, for their sake, two springs flowed.
واذاand when قلتI said اينwhere داريmy home قالواthey said
واذا قلت اين داري قالوا
ماthere is no لمنfor one who غابis gone الفهhis beloved منany مكانplace
ما لمن غاب الفه من مكان
And when I said, 'Where is my home?' they said,
'There is no place for one whose beloved is gone.'
كلّfaltered نطقيmy speech وانand even if يقالit is said جداin earnest لاno
كلّ نطقي وان يقال جدا لا
هيit هذيthis اقولI say اينwhere زمانيmy days
هي هذي اقول اين زماني
My speech faltered; and even if it is said in earnest, 'No,
this is it,' I say, 'Where are my days?'
Sol 6.1