ياO صاحبيmy friend الساهرthe wakeful one دونَunlike الورىhumankind
يا صاحبي الساهر دونَ الورى
قُربيnear me إلىto عَينيmy eye عادَreturned الكَرىslumber
قُربي إلى عَيني عادَ الكَرى
O my friend, wakeful unlike the rest of humankind,
O my companion awake beneath the soil
Beside me, slumber has returned to my eye.
Come close to my eyes, destiny has returned
نفَّرهُdrove it away حبُّlove التيher whose حسنُهاher beauty
نفَّرهُ حبُّ التي حسنُها
كانwas الثريِّاthe Pleiades فغداthen became فيin الثَّرىthe dust
كان الثريِّا فغدا في الثَّرى
It was driven away by love for her whose beauty
Her beauty drove him away
was the Pleiades, then came to lie in the dust.
Once a star, now in the ground
إذاif أتانيcomes to me طيفُهاher phantom قَلْsay لهُto it
إذا أتاني طيفُها قَلْ لهُ
وقُلand say لهto it أنthat يَرجعَit return القَهقَرىbackwards
وقُل له أن يَرجعَ القَهقَرى
If her phantom comes to me, say to it,
If her image comes to me, tell it
and tell it to turn back.
And tell it to go back from whence it came
Sol 6.1