سأَبعدُI shall go far عنكمُfrom you وأَروضُand discipline نفسيmyself
سأَبعدُ عنكمُ وأَروضُ نفسي
وأنظرand see كيفhow صَبريmy patience واعتزاميand my resolve
وأنظر كيف صَبري واعتزامي
I shall go far from you and discipline myself,
I will distance myself from you all and tame my soul
And see how my patience and resolve fare.
And see how patient and determined I am
فإمَّاso either أنthat يُفارقنيleaves me هواكمmy love for you
فإمَّا أن يُفارقني هواكم
وإماor else أنthat يُواصلَنيjoins me حِماميmy destined death
وإما أن يُواصلَني حِمامي
So either my love for you will leave me,
Either your love will leave me
Or my destined death will join me.
Or my pigeons will keep me company
وليand I have إلفانِtwo close companions منof شَوقٍlonging ودَمعِand tears
ولي إلفانِ من شَوقٍ ودَمعِ
يُعينانthe two assist السَّهَادَsleeplessness علىagainst مَنامِيmy sleep
يُعينان السَّهَادَ على مَنامِي
And I have two companions—longing and tears—
I have two friends of longing and tears
Who help sleeplessness overcome my sleep.
Who help sleep overcome my wakefulness
أقولُI say إذاwhen الجنوبُthe south wind جَرَتblows بليلٍat night
أقولُ إذا الجنوبُ جَرَت بليلٍ
علىupon حيِّan encampment وساكنهاand its dweller سلاميmy greeting
على حيِّ وساكنها سلامي
I say, when the south wind blows at night:
I say, when the southern winds blow at night
My greeting to the encampment and its dweller.
Over the alive and the dead, my greetings
وقدand indeed كانused to الخيالُthe dream-vision يُعينaid عيناًan eye
وقد كان الخيالُ يُعين عيناً
مؤرَّقةkept sleepless علىagainst دَمعٍtears سِجَامِfreely streaming
مؤرَّقة على دَمعٍ سِجَامِ
And once the dream-vision would aid an eye,
Imagination used to help an eye
Kept sleepless, against freely streaming tears.
Restless with tears of sorrow
ولوand if عادَreturned المنامُsleep أعادwould restore وَصليmy union
ولو عادَ المنامُ أعاد وَصلي
ولكنbut لاno سبيلَway إلىto المنَامsleep
ولكن لا سبيلَ إلى المنَام
And if sleep returned, it would restore my union with you,
And if sleep returned, it would reunite me
But there is no way to sleep.
But there is no way to sleep
قرابكyour sheath (sense uncertain) فيin فؤادa heart مستَهامٌcrazed with love
قرابك في فؤاد مستَهامٌ
وأجفانٍand eyelids مُضرَّجةbloodstained دَواميbleeding
وأجفانٍ مُضرَّجة دَوامي
Your sheath [sense uncertain] lies in a heart crazed with love,
Your nearness is in a passionate heart
And bloodstained, bleeding eyelids,
And eyelids stained perpetually
ومشتاقand one who yearns إليكfor you يَرَىconsiders التَّسَليَّseeking consolation
ومشتاق إليك يَرَى التَّسَليَّ
وحُسنَand the excellence of الصَّبرِpatience عنكapart from you منamong الآثامsins
وحُسنَ الصَّبرِ عنك من الآثام
And one who yearns for you, who counts consolation
And longing for you sees consolation
And noble patience apart from you among sins.
And patience from you is better than sins
Sol 6.1