طَرَقَتناshe visited us by night بِأَسفَلِat the lower end of المَرجِthe meadow مِنof داDa- (first part of Dabiq)
طَرَقَتنا بِأَسفَلِ المَرجِ مِن دا
بِقَ-biq (completes Dabiq) تُهديshe brings لِيَto me البَلاaffliction أَنواعاvarious kinds
بِقَ تُهدي لِيَ البَلا أَنواعا
She visited us by night at the lower end of Dabiq's meadow,
She came to me at the foot of the meadow in the evening,
bringing me affliction in many forms.
Bearing gifts to delight me in many ways,
قُلتُI said أَنّىhow اِهتَدَيتِyou found your way حَتّىso that تَخَطَّيyou passed beyond (verb continued)
قُلتُ أَنّى اِهتَدَيتِ حَتّى تَخَطَّي
تِfeminine 'you' ending of the preceding verb إِلَيَّto me الرُكّابَthe riders وَالهُجّاعاand the sleepers
تِ إِلَيَّ الرُكّابَ وَالهُجّاعا
I said, “How did you find your way, so that you passed
I said, "How did you find your way to pass
the riders and the sleepers to reach me?”
Through the riders and those resting their heads?"
قالَتِshe said الشَوقُlonging قادَنيled me فيin دُجىdarkness اللَيthe night (first part)
قالَتِ الشَوقُ قادَني في دُجى اللَي
لِcompletion of 'the night' أَجوبُI traverse القيعانَthe flat plains قاعاًa plain فَقاعاthen another plain
لِ أَجوبُ القيعانَ قاعاً فَقاعا
She said, “Longing led me through the darkness of night,
She said, "Yearning guided me in the dark of night
as I crossed the plains, one plain after another.”
To roam the valleys, from here to there."
كَيفَhow يَسريtravels by night مِنَfrom العِراقِIraq إِلىto داDa- (first part of Dabiq)
كَيفَ يَسري مِنَ العِراقِ إِلى دا
بِقَ-biq (completes Dabiq) مَنone who لَيسَdoes not يَستَقِلُّmoves ذِراعاa cubit (an arm's length)
بِقَ مَن لَيسَ يَستَقِلُّ ذِراعا
How can one travel by night from Iraq to Dabiq—
How can one travel from Iraq to Dabiq
one who cannot move even an arm's length?
Who cannot extend an arm?
أَنبَتَcaused to grow اللَهُGod رَوضَةَa garden الحُبَّof love فيin قَلheart (first part of 'my heart')
أَنبَتَ اللَهُ رَوضَةَ الحُبَّ في قَل
بيcompletion of 'my heart' تَرودُroam in search of pasture الهُمومُcares فيهِin it رِتاعاgrazing freely
بي تَرودُ الهُمومُ فيهِ رِتاعا
God made love's garden grow in my heart,
God grew the garden of love in my heart
where cares roam, grazing freely,
Where cares go to graze and relax.
مُخرِجاتٍputting out رُؤوسَهُنَّtheir heads إِلىtoward الأَحthe entrails (first part)
مُخرِجاتٍ رُؤوسَهُنَّ إِلى الأَح
شاءِcompletion of 'the entrails' لِلوَجدِout of passionate longing يَطَّلِعنَthey peer out اِطَّلاعاan intent peering
شاءِ لِلوَجدِ يَطَّلِعنَ اِطَّلاعا
putting their heads out toward the entrails;
With heads reaching out to the bushes
in longing, they peer out intently.
To glimpse ecstasy and longing.
Sol 6.1