أتعرفُdo you recognize رَسماًa dwelling's trace بالسويّينat al-Suwayyayn قدalready دَثرhas worn away
أتعرفُ رَسماً بالسويّين قد دَثر
عَفتْهُeffaced it أهاضيبُheavy downpours السَّحائِبthe clouds المّطرْrain-bearing
عَفتْهُ أهاضيبُ السَّحائِب المّطرْ
Do you recognize a dwelling's trace at al-Suwayyayn, now worn away?
Do you know a drawing made by the righteous
The downpours of rain-bearing clouds have effaced it.
Veiled by showers of pouring clouds?
وجرَّتand trailed بهacross it الأذيالَthe trailing hems رِيحانtwo winds خِلفةًin alternation
وجرَّت به الأذيالَ رِيحان خِلفةً
صَباًthe east wind ودَبورٌand the west wind بالعشيّاتِin the evenings والبُكَرْand the early mornings
صَباً ودَبورٌ بالعشيّاتِ والبُكَرْ
And two winds have trailed their hems across it in turn,
Breezes dragged its train behind as replacements
Saba and Dabur—the east and west winds—at evening and dawn.
Of youth and the setting sun at dusk and dawn
منازلُdwellings قدindeed كانتshe used to تكونُdwell بجوِّهاin their open grounds
منازلُ قد كانت تكونُ بجوِّها
هَضيمُslender الحشاthe waist ريّاfull and rounded الشَّوىthe limbs سحرُهاher magic النَّظرْthe gaze
هَضيمُ الحشا ريّا الشَّوى سحرُها النَّظرْ
Dwellings in whose open grounds there once lived
Dwellings that were in its essence
A slender-waisted, full-limbed woman, whose gaze was magic,
Dim landscapes, its charm captivated the sight
قطوفُslow and short الخُطاof step خمصانةٌslim-bellied بَختريّةٌstately in her gait
قطوفُ الخُطا خمصانةٌ بَختريّةٌ
كأنّas though مُحيّاهاher face سَناthe radiance دارةِthe halo of القمرْthe moon
كأنّ مُحيّاها سَنا دارةِ القمرْ
Short and slow of step, slim-bellied, stately in her walk,
Bunches of flowers like gems
As though her face were the radiance of the moon's halo.
As if their blossoms were the crescent's orbit
رَمتنيcast me ببعدٍinto distance بعدafter قربٍcloseness بهاto her النّوىseparation
رَمتني ببعدٍ بعد قربٍ بها النّوى
فبانَتso she departed ولّماand not yet أقضِI fulfill منfrom عبدةَʿAbda الوَطَرْthe desire
فبانَت ولّما أقضِ من عبدةَ الوَطَرْ
Separation cast me far away after I had been close to her.
She cast me far, after being near
So she departed before I had fulfilled my desire for ʿAbda.
So she appeared when I finished serving the homeland
ولمّاand when رأتنيshe saw me خشيةَfor fear of البينِparting موجعاًanguished
ولمّا رأتني خشيةَ البينِ موجعاً
أُكَفكِفI wipe away منّيfrom me أدمعاًtears فيضُهاtheir outpouring دُرَرْpearls
أُكَفكِف منّي أدمعاً فيضُها دُرَرْ
And when she saw me anguished by fear of parting,
And when she saw the pain of separation hurting me
Wiping away my tears, their outpouring pearls,
She suppressed her flowing tears for me
أشارتshe gestured بأطرافٍwith fingertips إليَّtoward me ودمعُهاand her tears
أشارت بأطرافٍ إليَّ ودمعُها
كَنَظْمِlike a string of جُمانpearls خانهbetrayed it السِّلكُthe thread فانْتَثَرْso it scattered
كَنَظْمِ جُمان خانه السِّلكُ فانْتَثَرْ
She gestured to me with her fingertips, while her tears
She gestured to me with her fingertips, her tears
Were like a string of pearls whose thread failed, scattering them.
Like a threaded pearl necklace that scattered
وقدand indeed كنتُI had been ممّاof what أحدثbrought about البينُparting حاذراًwary
وقد كنتُ ممّا أحدث البينُ حاذراً
فلمyet did not يُغنِavail عنّيfor me منهagainst it خوفيَmy fear والحذرْand caution
فلم يُغنِ عنّي منه خوفيَ والحذرْ
And I had been wary of what parting would bring,
And I had been wary of what caused the separation
Yet my fear and caution did not shield me from it.
But neither my fear nor caution helped me
Sol 6.1