أَرِقتُI lay sleepless وَنامَand slept عَنheedless of سَهَريmy wakefulness صِحابيmy companions
أَرِقتُ وَنامَ عَن سَهَري صِحابي
كَأَنَّas though النارَthe fire مُشعِلَةٌsetting ablaze ثِيابيmy clothes
كَأَنَّ النارَ مُشعِلَةٌ ثِيابي
I lay sleepless while my companions slept, heedless of my wakefulness.
I stayed awake while my friends fell asleep
As though fire were setting my clothes ablaze.
As if fire had set my clothes ablaze
إِذاwhenever نَجمٌa star تَغَوَّرَsank out of sight كَلَّفَتنيit burdened me
إِذا نَجمٌ تَغَوَّرَ كَلَّفَتني
خَوالِدَenduring woes ماnot تَؤوبُreturn إِلىto مَآبِa place of return
خَوالِدَ ما تَؤوبُ إِلى مَآبِ
Whenever a star sinks out of sight, I am burdened
Whenever a star disappeared below the horizon
with enduring woes that return to no resting place.
Endless sorrows led me nowhere
فَقَدfor indeed خَلّىleft أَبوAbu (father of) أَوفىAwfa خِلالاًcares
فَقَد خَلّى أَبو أَوفى خِلالاً
عَلَيَّupon me فَكُلُّهاso all of them دَخَلَتentered شِعابيmy ravines
عَلَيَّ فَكُلُّها دَخَلَت شِعابي
For Abu Awfa has left cares
Abu Awfy deserted me on all sides
upon me, so all of them have entered my inner ravines.
Allowing sorrows to pour into me from every ravine
Sol 6.1