لماwhen هوىfell نجميmy star تذكَّرتُI remembered الهوىlove
لما هوى نجمي تذكَّرتُ الهوى
ونشرتُand I unfolded منfrom ماضيthe past of شبابيmy youth ماwhat انطوىlay folded away
ونشرتُ من ماضي شبابي ما انطوى
When my star fell, I remembered love,
And unfolded from my youth’s past what lay folded away.
فعلمتُthen I realized أنيthat I جاهلٌignorant متغفِّلٌheedless
فعلمتُ أني جاهلٌ متغفِّلٌ
وذرفتُand I shed دمعيmy tears فيin التندُّمِremorse والجوىand heartache
وذرفتُ دمعي في التندُّمِ والجوى
Then I knew that I was ignorant and heedless,
And shed my tears in remorse and heartache.
قدindeed كانwas فقدُthe loss of سعادتيmy happiness بجهالتيthrough my ignorance
قد كان فقدُ سعادتي بجهالتي
والمرءُand a person يفقدُloses فيin الجهالةِignorance ماwhat حوىhe possessed
والمرءُ يفقدُ في الجهالةِ ما حوى
Indeed, my happiness was lost through my ignorance,
And in ignorance one loses what one possesses.
لولاwere it not for مطاوعةُyielding to الهوىdesire وتبذُّليand my self-abasement
لولا مطاوعةُ الهوى وتبذُّلي
ماnot كانwould have نجمُthe star of السَّعدِgood fortune منfrom فلكيmy firmament هوىfallen
ما كان نجمُ السَّعدِ من فلكي هوى
Had I not yielded to desire and debased myself,
The star of good fortune would not have fallen from my firmament.
عَظُمَwas severe العقابُthe punishment وماand not أسأتُI did wrong تعمُّداًdeliberately
عَظُمَ العقابُ وما أسأتُ تعمُّداً
والهجرُand estrangement أعظمُthe greatest ماwhat بهِwith it حكمpassed judgment الهوىlove
والهجرُ أعظمُ ما بهِ حكم الهوى
The punishment was severe, though I did no wrong deliberately;
And estrangement is the harshest sentence love has passed.
عوّضتُI was compensated with رؤياa dream of نِعمتيmy bliss منin place of رؤيتيmy seeing
عوّضتُ رؤيا نِعمتي من رؤيتي
فكأنماso it was as though الرَّاويthe storyteller حكايتهُhis tale روىrecounted
فكأنما الرَّاوي حكايتهُ روى
I was given a dream of my bliss in place of seeing it,
As though a storyteller had recounted his tale.
ورأيتُand I saw آماليmy hopes وحبِّيand my love بَعدَهاafter her/it
ورأيتُ آمالي وحبِّي بَعدَها
زَهراًblossoms تناثرَscattered فيin العشيّةِthe evening أوor ذوىwithered
زَهراً تناثرَ في العشيّةِ أو ذوى
And afterward I saw my hopes and my love—
Blossoms scattered at evening, or withered.
Sol 6.1