إِنindeed المَنيةdeath فيin الهَوىlove
إِن المَنية في الهَوى
لاno شَكَdoubt حادِثةcalamity النَوىseparation
لا شَكَ حادِثة النَوى
Indeed, death in love
is, without doubt, the calamity of separation.
وَأَشُدُّand harsher مِنهاthan it أَنthat مِنthe one whom
وَأَشُدُّ مِنها أَن مِن
نَهواهُwe love him يَصحَبُهُaccompanies him السوىanother
نَهواهُ يَصحَبُهُ السوى
And harsher still is that the one
we love has another for company.
قَدindeed قُلتI said لَماwhen أَصبَحواthey came to be
قَد قُلت لَما أَصبَحوا
مُتَحَمِلينَsetting out عَنfrom اللَوىal-Liwa
مُتَحَمِلينَ عَن اللَوى
I said, when morning found them
setting out from al-Liwa:
ياO قَلبheart ماnot مِنany حِيلَةٍrecourse
يا قَلب ما مِن حِيلَةٍ
خَلقwas created الأَسىsorrow لَكَfor you وَالجَوىand burning heartache
خَلق الأَسى لَكَ وَالجَوى
O heart, there is no recourse;
sorrow and burning heartache were created for you.
مَنwho ليfor me يَعيشlives فيin الحِمىthe sanctuary
مَن لي يَعيش في الحِمى
كَالبَرقlike lightning أَومَضَflashed وَاِنطَوىand vanished
كَالبَرق أَومَضَ وَاِنطَوى
Who is there for me, living in the sanctuary?
Like lightning, he flashed and vanished.
سَبَقَwent before القَضاfate إِنindeed الحماdeath (word continues)
سَبَقَ القَضا إِن الحما
مcompletes the preceding word: death إِذاwhen دَناdraws near عَزَّis hard to obtain الدَواthe remedy
م إِذا دَنا عَزَّ الدَوا
Fate has gone before; indeed, death—
when it draws near, a remedy is hard to find.
ياO مَنwho لِصَبٍّfor a lovelorn man مُستَهاlove-stricken (word continues)
يا مَن لِصَبٍّ مُستَها
مcompletes the preceding word: love-stricken ماتَdied ظُلماًunjustly فيin الهَوىlove
م ماتَ ظُلماً في الهَوى
O, who will help a lovelorn, love-stricken man
who died unjustly in love?
Sol 6.1