ياO طائراًbird فيin الدوحِthe grove ناحْwailed
يا طائراً في الدوحِ ناحْ
مهلاًeasy now فماthen what هذاthis النواحْlamentation
مهلاً فما هذا النواحْ
O bird that wailed in the grove,
O bird calling in the palm tree
Easy now—what, then, is this lament?
Slow down, what is this crying
أإلىwas it to…? هناhere مِثليlike me أناI myself
أإلى هنا مِثلي أنا
قَذَفتكَhurled you هبّاتgusts الرياحthe winds
قَذَفتكَ هبّات الرياح
Was it here, just like me,
Is it me, am I like you
that the gusts of wind hurled you?
Cast by gusts of wind
أيكونُcan … be? مبسوطَoutspread الجناحthe wing
أيكونُ مبسوطَ الجناح
كمثلِlike مقصوصِclipped الجناحthe wing
كمثلِ مقصوصِ الجناح
Can one with outspread wings be
Is it joy, your wings spread
like one whose wings are clipped?
Unlike mine, clipped short
يُهنئكَgladdens you أنّكَthat you طائرٌa bird
يُهنئكَ أنّكَ طائرٌ
متنقِّلٌmoving about عندَat الصباحthe morning
متنقِّلٌ عندَ الصباح
It gladdens you that you are a bird,
How lucky you are, a bird
flitting about in the morning,
Moving freely at dawn
فتطيرُso you fly منfrom غصنِa branch الىto
فتطيرُ من غصنِ الى
غصنٍa branch عليهِon it الزهرُthe blossoms فاحgave off fragrance
غصنٍ عليهِ الزهرُ فاح
so you fly from branch to
Flying from branch to branch
a branch where the blossoms waft their fragrance.
Where flowers bloom fragrant
Sol 6.1