وذيand one with وَطنٍa homeland بالغَوْرِin al-Ghawr يصبُوyearns إِلىfor الحِمَىthe protected pasture
وذي وَطنٍ بالغَوْرِ يصبُو إِلى الحِمَى
قضَىsatisfied وطَراًa desire منهof him السُّرَىnight journeys والمفاوِزُand desert wastes
قضَى وطَراً منه السُّرَى والمفاوِزُ
And one whose home is in al-Ghawr yearns for the protected pasture;
This is a homeland awash with passions
night journeys and desert wastes have had their fill of him.
Its trails and expanses traversed by destiny
بهِin him غُبَّرٌlingering traces منof داءِsickness حُبٍّlove مُمَاطلٍdelaying fulfillment
بهِ غُبَّرٌ من داءِ حُبٍّ مُمَاطلٍ
يجدِّدُهُrenews it وَعْدٌa promise منof البَيْنِparting ناجِزُpromptly fulfilled
يجدِّدُهُ وَعْدٌ من البَيْنِ ناجِزُ
He bears traces of the sickness of a love that delays fulfillment;
Laden with the dust of lingering love’s affliction
a promise of parting, promptly fulfilled, renews it.
Renewed by the promise of reunion, ever near
قسمتُI divided صفايَاthe choicest portions الوَجْدِlonging بينيbetween me وبينَهُand between him
قسمتُ صفايَا الوَجْدِ بيني وبينَهُ
فلاso not أناI مشكورٌthanked ولاand not هوhe فائِزُsuccessful
فلا أنا مشكورٌ ولا هو فائِزُ
I divided the choicest portions of longing between myself and him;
I shared out love’s raptures between us
yet I am not thanked, nor is he successful.
Yet I got no thanks, he no prize
وأروعُand a keen-witted man قُرْحَانٌunscarred منby الحُبِّlove أمرُهُhis command
وأروعُ قُرْحَانٌ من الحُبِّ أمرُهُ
عليَّover me إِذاif لمdoes not يُومِhint بالصبرِat patience جائزُacceptable
عليَّ إِذا لم يُومِ بالصبرِ جائزُ
And a keen-witted man, unscarred by love, whose command
More wondrous than love are its hurts
I accept, provided he does not hint at patience,
If patience brings no redress, I’m the loser
يقولُhe says ووجِديand my longing عنfrom ضميريَmy inmost heart طالعٌrising
يقولُ ووجِدي عن ضميريَ طالعٌ
إِليهِtoward him وسرِّيand my secret عنfrom جُفونِيَmy eyelids بارزُvisible
إِليهِ وسرِّي عن جُفونِيَ بارزُ
says, while my longing rises from my inmost heart
He says, with my love plain on my face
toward him, and my secret shows through my eyelids:
My inner self bare before his eyes
تَسلَّtake solace فماfor ... are not الأهواءُpassions إِلّاexcept لجاجةٌobstinacy
تَسلَّ فما الأهواءُ إِلّا لجاجةٌ
تمادتْpersisted ولاand not السُّلوانُsolace إِلّاexcept غرائزُinnate dispositions
تمادتْ ولا السُّلوانُ إِلّا غرائزُ
"Take solace: passions are nothing but obstinacy
Passions flow unbidden but mine
grown persistent, and solace is only a matter of innate temperament.
Are tamer, reined by politesse
ألمdo you not تَرَsee أنَّthat الحبَّlove بينيbetween me وبينَهُand between it
ألم تَرَ أنَّ الحبَّ بيني وبينَهُ
منfrom العقلِreason نَاهٍa deterrent أوor منfrom الدينِreligion حاجزُa barrier
من العقلِ نَاهٍ أو من الدينِ حاجزُ
Do you not see that between me and love
See you not that between him and I
stands reason's restraint or religion's barrier?"
Love spurns reason, leaps faith’s bounds?
فقلتُso I said لهto him هذاthis الذيwhich أنتyou قادِرٌcapable
فقلتُ له هذا الذي أنت قادِرٌ
علىof كلِّهِall of it عنof بعضِهpart of it أناI عاجزُincapable
على كلِّهِ عن بعضِه أنا عاجزُ
So I said to him, "This, which you can manage
So I said: You can do anything yet
in full, I am powerless to manage even in part."
I cannot – some things lie beyond my reach
Sol 6.1