ولمand did not أَنسَI forget بالزَّرقاءِat al-Zarqa يومَon the day of وداعناour farewell
ولم أَنسَ بالزَّرقاءِ يومَ وداعنا
أَناملَfingertips تدْمىbleed حَيْرةًin bewilderment للتندُّمout of remorse
أَناملَ تدْمى حَيْرةً للتندُّم
And I have not forgotten, at al-Zarqa on the day we parted,
I have not forgotten our farewell in Zarqa
fingertips bleeding in bewilderment and remorse.
My fingers ache with regretful bewilderment
أَعدتُكِI turned you ياO زرقاءُZarqa حمراءَred إنّنيindeed I
أَعدتُكِ يا زرقاءُ حمراءَ إنّني
بكيتُكِI wept for you حتىuntil شيْبَwas mingled ماؤكِyour water بالدَّمِwith blood
بكيتُكِ حتى شيْبَ ماؤكِ بالدَّمِ
I turned you red, O Zarqa; indeed I
I left you Zarqa red, though I found you blue
wept for you until your water was mingled with blood.
I wept for you until your waters greyed with my blood
تأَخّرَstayed behind قلبيmy heart عندهمْwith them مُتخلِّفاًremaining behind
تأَخّرَ قلبي عندهمْ مُتخلِّفاً
وخالفْتُهمْand I differed from them فيin عَزْمتيmy resolve والتّقدُّمِand pressing onward
وخالفْتُهمْ في عَزْمتي والتّقدُّمِ
My heart stayed behind with them, lingering,
My heart lingered there while I journeyed on
while I differed from them in my resolve and in pressing onward.
I went against their will and my own progress
فياso, oh ليتَif only شعريmy knowledge هلwhether أًعودُI shall return إليهمُto them
فيا ليتَ شعري هل أًعودُ إليهمُ
وهلand is ليتَif only شِعْريmy knowledge نافعٌof use للمتيّمِto one enslaved by love
وهل ليتَ شِعْري نافعٌ للمتيّمِ
Ah, if only I knew: shall I return to them?
Oh how I wish I knew if I’d return
And is 'if only I knew' of any use to one enslaved by love?
But wishing cannot help the hopeless dreamer
Sol 6.1