أَهدىbestowed السُرورjoy إِلىupon الكَئيبthe sorrowful one
أَهدى السُرور إِلى الكَئيب
زورa visitor أَلمَّcame by بِلاwithout رَقيبa watcher
زور أَلمَّ بِلا رَقيب
Joy was bestowed upon the sorrowful
Sorrow brought joy to the grieving one
By a visitor who came without a watcher.
An illusion pained without a guardian
طَيفa phantom أَلَمَّcame by مُسلِماًoffering greetings
طَيف أَلَمَّ مُسلِماً
وَالنجمand the stars تَجنحincline لِلغُروبtoward setting
وَالنجم تَجنح لِلغُروب
A phantom came offering greetings,
A phantom pained a surrendered one
While the stars inclined toward setting.
And the star inclined towards sunset
ياO زائِريmy visitor فيin غَشوةa swoon
يا زائِري في غَشوة
لِحقتbefell me مِنfrom الشَوقthe longing المُذيبthat melts one
لِحقت مِن الشَوق المُذيب
O my visitor, during a swoon
O my visitor in confusion
Brought on by longing that melts me,
You hurried out of melting longing
شُكرmay He reward (verbal reading) الإِلَهGod صَنيعthe deed مَنone who
شُكر الإِلَه صَنيع مَن
زادَincreased الهُمومthe cares عَنconcerning الغَريبthe stranger
زادَ الهُموم عَن الغَريب
May God reward the deed of the one
Thank God for the work of one
Who increased the cares concerning the stranger [perhaps intended: warded them off].
Who increased worries over the stranger
إِنّيindeed, I وَصَلتhave reached إِلىto بَعيfar- (begins بعيد)
إِنّي وَصَلت إِلى بَعي
د-off (completes بعيد) دونُهُbefore it فَيحvast expanses السُهوبof the steppes
د دونُهُ فَيح السُهوب
Indeed, I have reached a far-
I have reached far away
off place, before which lie vast expanses of steppe.
Beyond it the expanse of plains
كَيفَhow اِهتَدَيتdid you find your way إِلىto خَياphan- (begins خيال)
كَيفَ اِهتَدَيت إِلى خَيا
لٍ-tom (completes خيال) صارَbecame فيin طَيthe folds الغُيوبof the unseen
لٍ صارَ في طَي الغُيوب
How did you find your way to a phan-
How did I find my way to a love
tom now lying in the folds of the unseen?
That is lost in the folds of the unseen
ماnot زالَceased يَنحلُهُwastes it away الهَوىlove
ما زالَ يَنحلُهُ الهَوى
وَيُذيبُهُand melts it أَلَمthe pain الكُروبof sorrows
وَيُذيبُهُ أَلَم الكُروب
Love kept wasting it away,
Passion continues to undo it
And the pain of sorrows melting it,
And melting sorrow dissolves it
حَتّىuntil اِختَفىit vanished فَكَأَنَّهُso, as though it were
حَتّى اِختَفى فَكَأَنَّهُ
شَكَa doubt بِخاطرin the mind of مُستَريبa doubter
شَكَ بِخاطر مُستَريب
Until it vanished, as though it were
Until it disappeared as if
A doubt in a doubter's mind.
Doubtful in the mind of the wary
أَشكوI complain إِلَيكَto you صَبابَتيmy ardent longing
أَشكو إِلَيكَ صَبابَتي
شَكوىthe complaint العَليلof the sick person إِلىto الطَبيبthe physician
شَكوى العَليل إِلى الطَبيب
I complain to you of my yearning,
I complain to you of my youth
As the sick person complains to the physician.
The complaint of the sick to the doctor
Sol 6.1