أفديهI would ransom him منas a هاجرforsaker وماyet not هجراhe forsook
أفديه من هاجر وما هجرا
صدّhe turned away حذارfor fear of الوشاةthe slanderers واعتذراand offered an excuse
صدّ حذار الوشاة واعتذرا
I would ransom him—a forsaker who has not forsaken.
He turned away for fear of slanderers, and offered an excuse.
تعلمhe learned الصدestrangement والوصالand union منfrom الشمthe sun (first part)
تعلم الصد والوصال من الشم
س(completes “the sun”) وحاكىand resembled فيin حسنهhis beauty القمراthe moon
س وحاكى في حسنه القمرا
He learned estrangement and union from the sun,
And in his beauty he resembled the moon.
فوصلهso union with him نعمةa blessing وجفوتهand his estrangement
فوصله نعمة وجفوته
أبيتI spend the night فيهاin it للوصلfor union منتظراwaiting
أبيت فيها للوصل منتظرا
So union with him is a blessing; as for his estrangement,
I spend the night in it, awaiting union.
كذلكlikewise الشمسthe sun فيin تصرّفهاits changing course
كذلك الشمس في تصرّفها
تغيبit vanishes ليلاat night وتبتديand it appears بكراearly in the morning
تغيب ليلا وتبتدي بكرا
So too the sun, in its changing course:
It vanishes at night and appears early in the morning.
Sol 6.1