حالintervened دائيmy illness بينbetween القوافيthe rhymes وبينيand me
حال دائي بين القوافي وبيني
فبكتso wept عينهاtheir eye اشتياقاًwith longing وعينيand my eye
فبكت عينها اشتياقاً وعيني
My illness has come between the rhymes and me;
My illness came between the rhymes and me;
the rhymes’ eye wept with longing—and mine did too.
so their eye wept with longing, and mine too.
لبلاديto my country عليَّupon me دَينٌa debt وماand not فيwithin
لبلادي عليَّ دَينٌ وما في
قدرتيmy power أنto أفيrepay بهذاthis الدينthe debt
قدرتي أن أفي بهذا الدين
To my homeland I owe a debt, yet it is not
I owe my country a debt, and it is not within
within my power to discharge this debt.
my power to repay this debt.
وبهاand in it منfrom حوادثmisfortunes الدهرtime رزءٌa calamity
وبها من حوادث الدهر رزءٌ
باتbecame عجزيmy inability عنto ردهavert it رزئينtwo calamities
بات عجزي عن رده رزئين
In it, among time’s vicissitudes, is a calamity;
And it bears a calamity from the misfortunes of time;
my inability to ward it off has become a second calamity.
my inability to avert it has made it a double calamity.
إنindeed يوماًa day لاnot أنظمI compose الشعرpoetry فيهin it
إن يوماً لا أنظم الشعر فيه
لبغيضٌsurely hateful إلىto بنيsons of القطرينthe two lands
لبغيضٌ إلى بني القطرين
Indeed, a day on which I compose no poetry
Indeed, a day on which I compose no poetry
is surely hateful to the sons of the two lands.
is surely hateful to the sons of the two lands.
Sol 6.1