ماhow أَغفَلَheedless الناسِthe people عَنof بَلائيmy affliction
ما أَغفَلَ الناسِ عَن بَلائي
وَعَنand of عَنائيmy suffering وَعَنand of شَقائيmy misery
وَعَن عَنائي وَعَن شَقائي
How heedless people are of my affliction,
How the people neglect my afflictions,
And of my suffering and of my misery!
My troubles and misery.
يَلومُنيblame me الناسُthe people فيover صَديقٍa friend
يَلومُني الناسُ في صَديقٍ
وَالناسُand the people لايَعرِفونَdo not know دائيmy ailment
وَالناسُ لايَعرِفونَ دائي
People blame me over a friend,
They blame me about a friend,
And people do not know my ailment.
While they know not my malady.
ياoh لَهفَanguish نَفسيmy soul عَلىfor خَليلٍa dear friend
يا لَهفَ نَفسي عَلى خَليلٍ
أَصبَحَhas come to be فيin بُعدِهِhis absence شَقائيmy misery
أَصبَحَ في بُعدِهِ شَقائي
Oh, my soul's anguish for a dear friend!
Oh how my soul yearns for a companion,
My misery now lies in his absence.
In his absence, I found misery.
صَيَّرَنيhas made me نَأيُهُhis remoteness غَريباًa stranger
صَيَّرَني نَأيُهُ غَريباً
فيin غَيرِother than أَرضيmy land وَلاسَمائيand not my sky
في غَيرِ أَرضي وَلاسَمائي
His remoteness has made me a stranger,
His distance made me a stranger,
In a land not mine, beneath a sky not mine.
In a land not mine, nor my sky.
قَدindeed بَلَغَhas reached الحُزنُgrief بيin me مَداهُits utmost limit
قَد بَلَغَ الحُزنُ بي مَداهُ
فَماthen what اصطِباريmy patient endurance وَماand what عَزائيmy consolation
فَما اصطِباري وَما عَزائي
Grief has reached its utmost limit in me;
Sadness has reached its extent in me,
What endurance have I, then, and what consolation?
No patience or solace have I.
أَنتَyou بَلائيmy affliction وَأَنتَand you دائيmy ailment
أَنتَ بَلائي وَأَنتَ دائي
وَأَنتَand you تَدريknow فَماso what دَوائيmy remedy
وَأَنتَ تَدري فَما دَوائي
You are my affliction, and you are my ailment,
You are my affliction and my malady,
And you know—so what is my remedy?
And you know not what my remedy may be.
وَأَنتُمُand you (plural) الهَمُّthe worry فيin صَباحيmy morning
وَأَنتُمُ الهَمُّ في صَباحي
وَأَنتُمُand you (plural) الهَمُّthe worry فيin مَسائيmy evening
وَأَنتُمُ الهَمُّ في مَسائي
And you are the worry in my morning,
You are the anxiety in my mornings,
And you are the worry in my evening.
You are the anxiety in my evenings.
Sol 6.1