غُصِصتُI choked مِنكَbecause of you بِماon what لاnot يَدفَعُdislodges الماءُwater
غُصِصتُ مِنكَ بِما لا يَدفَعُ الماءُ
وَصَحَّand grew sound هَجرُكَyour estrangement حَتّىso that ماno بِهِin it داءُailment
وَصَحَّ هَجرُكَ حَتّى ما بِهِ داءُ
Because of you, I have choked on what water cannot dislodge.
I have been wounded by you in ways no water can heal,
I choke on a grief from you that water cannot clear,
And your estrangement has grown so sound that it has no ailment.
And your abandonment of me became a festering disease.
And your estrangement is so sound, it bears no flaw.
قَدindeed كانَwas يَكفيكُمُsuffice you إِنif كانَwas عَزمُكُمُyour resolve
قَد كانَ يَكفيكُمُ إِن كانَ عَزمُكُمُ
أَنto تَهجُرونيyou forsake me مِنَinstead of التَصريحِan explicit declaration إيماءُa hint
أَن تَهجُروني مِنَ التَصريحِ إيماءُ
It would have been enough for you, if your resolve was
It would have sufficed, had you decided
It would have sufficed you, had it been your resolve
To forsake me, to hint rather than declare it outright.
To shun me with a gesture - that would have been enough.
To cast me off, to verify it by a gesture, not a word.
وَماand not نَسيتُI forgot مَكانَthe place الآمِرينَthose who ordered بِذاto do this
وَما نَسيتُ مَكانَ الآمِرينَ بِذا
مِنَamong الوُشاةِthe slanderers وَلَكِنand yet فيin فَميmy mouth ماءُwater
مِنَ الوُشاةِ وَلَكِن في فَمي ماءُ
And I have not forgotten the place of those who ordered this
Yet I have not forgotten who commanded this
I have not forgotten the standing of those who ordered this
Among the slanderers, but there is water in my mouth.
Of the talebearers, though my mouth holds water.
From among the slanderers, yet my mouth is filled with water.
ماnot زِلتُI ceased أَسمَعُI hear حَتّىuntil صِرتُI became ذاكَthat one بِمَنof someone who
ما زِلتُ أَسمَعُ حَتّى صِرتُ ذاكَ بِمَن
قامَتcame to pass قِيامَتُهُhis Judgment Day وَالناسُwhile the people أَحياءُalive
قامَت قِيامَتُهُ وَالناسُ أَحياءُ
I kept hearing—until I became that very one—of someone
I kept on hearing until I became like one
I ceased not to hear until I became as one for whom
Whose Judgment Day had come while others were still alive.
Whose time had come while people still lived.
The Resurrection has arisen while all mankind lives on.
قَدindeed كُنتُI was ذاpossessed of اِسمٍa name فَقَدand indeed أَصبَحتُI have become يُعرَفُis known ليfor me
قَد كُنتُ ذا اِسمٍ فَقَد أَصبَحتُ يُعرَفُ لي
مِمّاbecause of what أُكابِدُI endure فيin حُبَّيكِyour two loves أَسماءُnames
مِمّا أُكابِدُ في حُبَّيكِ أَسماءُ
I once had a name; now I am known by
Once I had a name, but now I am known
I was once a man of one name, but now there are known for me,
Many names, because of what I endure in your two loves.
By the torments I endure in loving you.
From all I suffer in your love, a multitude of names.
Sol 6.1