وقالand he said أيضاًalso:
وقال أيضاً:
مجزوءshortened الكاملthe Kāmil meter
مجزوء الكامل
And he also said:
In perfect meter I swear
Shortened Kāmil meter
By the flowing, plaintive tears
إِنيindeed I لَأُقسمI surely swear بِالعيوby the eyes (continued next line)
إِني لَأُقسم بِالعيو
نcompletion of 'eyes' الذارِفاتshedding tears وَالشجنand sorrow
ن الذارِفات وَالشجن
Indeed, I swear by the eyes
Since we parted and went our ways
That shed tears, and by sorrow:
Those happy times now gone for days
مِنfrom مُنذsince أَقوتbecame deserted مِنكُمof you (plural)
مِن مُنذ أَقوت مِنكُم
تِلكَthose المَعاهدthe familiar haunts وَالدمنand the traces of dwellings
تِلكَ المَعاهد وَالدمن
Ever since they became empty of you—
My eyes have not looked upon
Those familiar haunts and traces of dwellings—
In this vast world such beauty and grace
ماnot أَبصَرتsaw عَينيmy eye عَلىupon
ما أَبصَرت عَيني عَلى
وَجهface البَسيطةthe earth مِنany (after negation) حسنbeauty
وَجه البَسيطة مِن حسن
My eye has not seen upon
The face of the earth any beauty.
Partial English translation: 6 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1