ألاCome! حيياyou two, greet قصراbriefly رسومtraces المنازلthe dwellings
ألا حييا قصرا رسوم المنازل
بسلانat the watercourses سلمانينSalmanayn أوor ميثsoft ground عاقلAqil
بسلان سلمانين أو ميث عاقل
Come, you two, briefly greet the traces of the dwellings
Behold a palace, homestead of tribe now gone,
at the watercourses of Salmanayn, or the soft ground of Aqil.
With Suleiman's jasmine or sage Methuselah.
خلتlay empty منof أنيسhuman company صحالينSuhalayn فأصبحتand became
خلت من أنيس صحالين فأصبحت
مراداa haunt لوحدانfor solitary ones النعاجthe wild cows الخواذلِkeeping apart from the herd
مرادا لوحدان النعاج الخواذلِ
Suhalayn lay empty of human company, and became
Bereft of loved ones is it, yet glory shone
a haunt for solitary wild cows keeping apart from the herd.
While wild goats roamed, sought their ways athwart the sand.
بماwhere قدonce أرىI would see الحيthe tribe الجميعall together بغبطةin happiness
بما قد أرى الحي الجميع بغبطة
بهاin it والنوىand separation قطاعةa relentless severer للوسائلof the bonds
بها والنوى قطاعة للوسائل
Where once I saw the tribe gathered in happiness
This quarter all still envy for its days of pride.
there—yet separation relentlessly severs bonds.
But destiny's scissors cut each thread in life's skein.
Sol 6.1