قطيعتكمseparation from you برغمto the chagrin of المجدglory شهراًfor a month
قطيعتكم برغم المجد شهراً
أشدharder عليon me منthan شهرthe month of الصيامِfasting
أشد علي من شهر الصيامِ
A month apart from you, to glory’s chagrin,
Your separation, despite glory, for a month
is harder on me than the month of fasting.
Is harder on me than the month of fasting
وكيفand how أزوركمI visit you والمزنwhile the rain clouds تبكيweep
وكيف أزوركم والمزن تبكي
علىupon داريmy house بأربعةwith spring rains سجامpouring
على داري بأربعة سجام
And how can I visit you while the rain clouds weep
And how can I visit you when al-Muzun weeps
upon my house with pouring spring rains?
Over my house with four pillars
وكانتand it was منزلاa dwelling طلقcheerful المحياof face
وكانت منزلا طلق المحيا
فصارتso it became وادياًa valley صعبdifficult المرامto reach
فصارت وادياً صعب المرام
It was a dwelling with a cheerful face,
It used to be a house of open smiles
but has become a valley hard to reach,
Now it has become a valley difficult to reach
وبحراًand a sea منamong عجائبهits wonders خلوصيmy escape
وبحراً من عجائبه خلوصي
إليكمto you ظامئاًthirsty والبحرwhile the sea طاميoverflows
إليكم ظامئاً والبحر طامي
and a sea, whose marvels include my escape
And a sea, of its wonders, my sincerity
to you, thirsty, though the sea brims over.
To you, thirsty, while the sea rages
بناتيmy daughters كالضفادعlike frogs فيin ثراهاits damp soil
بناتي كالضفادع في ثراها
وأهليand my family فيin الروازنthe window openings كالحمامlike pigeons
وأهلي في الروازن كالحمام
My daughters are like frogs in its damp soil,
My daughters are like frogs in their pond
and my family, in the window openings, are like pigeons.
And my family in the bushes like doves
اناديI cry out كلماwhenever ارتفعتrose سحابclouds
انادي كلما ارتفعت سحاب
فابكتناand made us weep البوارقthe lightning flashes بابتسامwith a smile
فابكتنا البوارق بابتسام
I cry out whenever clouds rise
I call out whenever clouds rise up
and the lightning flashes make us weep with their smiles:
Then we are made to weep by the lightning with a smile
حواليناaround us بذاكwith that ولاand not عليناupon us
حوالينا بذاك ولا علينا
كفاناmay He spare us اللهGod شركyour harm منas a غمامcloud
كفانا الله شرك من غمام
Let that fall around us, not upon us!
Around us, by that, yet not upon us
May God spare us your harm, O cloud!
God has protected us from harm of clouds
تهافتtumbled down ركعbowing الجدرانthe walls فيهاwithin it
تهافت ركع الجدران فيها
سجوداًin prostration للرعودto the thunder بلاwithout إمامa prayer leader
سجوداً للرعود بلا إمام
The bowing walls within it have tumbled down
The walls fell around it
in prostration to the thunder, without an imam.
Bowing to thunder without an imam
كأنthe safeguarded مصونwhat ماI secured احرزتwithin it فيهاwithin it
كأن مصون ما احرزت فيها
علىat أبوابdoorways مشرعةwide-open الخيامtents
على أبواب مشرعة الخيام
As though the guarded belongings I stored within it
As if what I had stored in it
lay at the doorways of wide-open tents.
At open doors of tents
فلاso no بابdoor يردcan be shut ولاand no جدارwall
فلا باب يرد ولا جدار
يردholds back الطرفthe gaze علىupon وجهa face حرامinviolable
يرد الطرف على وجه حرام
No door can be shut, nor can any wall
So no door refuses nor wall
keep the gaze from an inviolable face.
Turns away a forbidden face
وكانتand it was جنةthe garden الفردوسof Paradise عادتit has become
وكانت جنة الفردوس عادت
ملاعبplaygrounds جنةjinn ووكورand nesting places هامowls
ملاعب جنة ووكور هام
It was the Garden of Paradise; it has become
It was the garden of Eden, it returned
playgrounds for jinn and nesting places for owls.
To being a garden and muddy marshes
Sol 6.1