أبكيI weep حزيناsorrowful منbecause of تباعدthe growing distance of مهددMahdad
أبكي حزينا من تباعد مهدد
آهAh لمنfor one who يبكيweeps over تباعدthe growing distance of مهددMahdad
آه لمن يبكي تباعد مهدد
I weep in sorrow at a menacing separation.
I weep, sorrowful at Mahdad’s growing distance.
Alas for one who weeps at a menacing separation!
Ah, for one who weeps at Mahdad’s growing distance!
للحبfor love جمعa union منfrom هواهاlonging for her بيwithin me كماjust as
للحب جمع من هواها بي كما
اثنينtwo صرناwe have become مالناwe have no منany مفردseparate individual
اثنين صرنا مالنا من مفرد
Love takes its plural from her love for me, just as
Through longing for her, love has formed a union within me, just as
we became two, with no singular between us.
We have become two, with neither of us separate.
حاولتI tried منهfrom it تجرّديfreeing myself فأجابنيso it answered me
حاولت منه تجرّدي فأجابني
هيهاتimpossible تلتمسyou seek الثرياthe Pleiades باليدwith the hand
هيهات تلتمس الثريا باليد
I tried to free myself of it, but it answered me:
I tried to free myself from it, and it answered me:
“Never could you touch the Pleiades by hand.”
Impossible—you seek the Pleiades with your hand!
Sol 6.1