فَتىa youth راعَهُfrightened him الدَهرTime الخُؤُونtreacherous بِبَأسِهِwith its might
فَتى راعَهُ الدَهر الخُؤُون بِبَأسِهِ
وَأَبعدand drove away عَنfrom ذاكَthat الكناسthe gazelle’s covert وَناسِهِand its people
وَأَبعد عَن ذاكَ الكناس وَناسِهِ
A youth whom treacherous Time has frightened with its might,
and driven far from that gazelle’s covert and its people.
بِهِwith him لَعِبَتtoyed أَيديthe hands الفراقof separation فَحاضِراًso, present
بِهِ لَعِبَت أَيدي الفراق فَحاضِراً
تَراهُyou see him وَلَكنand yet غائِباًabsent عَنfrom حَواسِهِhis senses
تَراهُ وَلَكن غائِباً عَن حَواسِهِ
The hands of separation have toyed with him; so, present
you see him, yet absent from his senses.
مُصابstricken هَوىlove سيانboth alike حمرةthe redness دَمعِهِof his tears
مُصاب هَوى سيان حمرة دَمعِهِ
عَلىfor فَقدthe loss of مَنthe one whom يَهوىhe loves وَخمرةand the wine كَاسِهِof his cup
عَلى فَقد مَن يَهوى وَخمرة كَاسِهِ
A victim of love: alike are the redness of his tears
for the loss of the one he loves and the wine in his cup.
Sol 6.1