طالhas grown long هذاthis الليلthe night واستغand wrapped itself (partial word)
طال هذا الليل واستغ
شىcompletes 'wrapped itself' بأثوابin robes السوادblackness
شى بأثواب السواد
This night has grown long and wrapped itself
This night has dragged on, cloaked in black attire,
in robes of blackness.
My heart's refrain, my worries and my pillow,
وأنينيand my moaning طيّwithin the folds of قلبيmy heart
وأنيني طيّ قلبي
وهموميand my worries وسهاديand my sleeplessness
وهمومي وسهادي
And in the folds of my heart lie my moans,
O you who've turned from me, with harshness and remoteness,
my worries and my sleeplessness.
The night has donned mourning clothes upon your departure,
أيهاO you المعرضone turning away عنيfrom me
أيها المعرض عني
بسلوّwith forgetfulness وبعادand estrangement
بسلوّ وبعاد
O you who turn away from me,
As though the skies and the horizons were inked with grief,
with forgetfulness and estrangement:
As though the night conspired to undo our love.
لبسdonned الليلthe night علىover هجabandonment (partial word)
لبس الليل على هج
ركcompletes 'your abandonment' أثوابrobes الحدادmourning
رك أثواب الحداد
The night has donned, over your abandonment,
the robes of mourning.
وكأنand as though الجوthe sky والأقand the regions (partial word)
وكأن الجو والأق
طارcompletes 'the regions' ليقتwere daubed بمدادwith ink
طار ليقت بمداد
And it is as though the sky and the regions
were daubed with ink.
وكأنand as though الليلthe night واطاconspired with (partial word)
وكأن الليل واطا
كyou علىto نقضbreaking الودادlove
ك على نقض الوداد
And it is as though the night has conspired
with you to break the bond of love.
Partial English translation: 6 of 12 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1