تجودpour freely لكfor you العينانthe two eyes منfrom ذكرremembrance ماwhat مضىhas passed
تجود لك العينان من ذكر ما مضى
إذاwhen ضنَّbegrudged بالدمعwith tears العيونthe eyes الفوارزُthe dry ones
إذا ضنَّ بالدمع العيون الفوارزُ
My two eyes pour freely for you, remembering what has passed,
The eyes rain down at the memory of what has passed
When dry eyes begrudge their tears.
When the overflowing eyes are stingy with tears
ألوفانboth devoted ينهلانboth stream منfrom غصصchoking pangs الهوىlove
ألوفان ينهلان من غصص الهوى
كماjust as انهلpoured down شقٌa cloud-fragment غيبتهhid it الجوارزthe rainless clouds
كما انهل شقٌ غيبته الجوارز
Both devoted, they stream from love’s choking pangs,
Thousands stream down from the anguish of passion
As a cloud-fragment poured down, hidden by rainless clouds.
As a crevice streams from his long absence
يهيجstirs ليin me نوحthe lament الحمامthe doves صبابةardent longing
يهيج لي نوح الحمام صبابة
ونوحand the lament مرناتkeening women شجتهاgrieved them الجنائزthe funerals
ونوح مرنات شجتها الجنائز
The doves’ lament stirs longing in me,
The cooing of the doves stirs up in me a grief
And the lament of keening women whom funerals have grieved,
And the cooing of the sandgrouse, their friendship severed
لتفريقfor the parting of ألافٍdear companions كأنas though عيونهاtheir eyes
لتفريق ألافٍ كأن عيونها
عيونthe eyes المهاthe oryxes جازتcarried away بهنَّwith them الأماعزthe stony tracts
عيون المها جازت بهنَّ الأماعز
At the parting of dear companions whose eyes were like
At the separation of thousands, as though their eyes
The eyes of oryxes, borne away across stony tracts.
Were the eyes of oryx does crossed by nannies
أولئكthose منfrom بعدafter اجتماعcoming together منthrough الهوىlove
أولئك من بعد اجتماع من الهوى
تصدعbroke apart شعبٌa union بينهمbetween them فتمايزواso they parted
تصدع شعبٌ بينهم فتمايزوا
Those, after coming together through love—
Those were, after being brought together by passion
Their union broke apart, and so they parted.
A people split between them, so they differed
تركنthey left بقلبيin my heart إذwhen ناينthey drew away حزازةa burning ache
تركن بقلبي إذ ناين حزازة
أبتrefused أنto تجليbe dispelled إذwhen تجلىare dispelled الخرائزthe wounds
أبت أن تجلي إذ تجلى الخرائز
They left a burning ache in my heart when they drew away,
They left in my heart, when the fires died down
That would not fade, even as wounds faded.
A grief that refused to pass when sorrows did
Sol 6.1