أصغَىhe inclined مَسامِعَهhis ears إلىto عُذّالِهِhis reproachers
أصغَى مَسامِعَه إلى عُذّالِهِ
ونأَىand withdrew بأسرارِwith the secrets الفؤادِthe heart الوالِهِdistraught with love
ونأَى بأسرارِ الفؤادِ الوالِهِ
He lent his ears to his reproachers,
And withdrew with the secrets of his love-distraught heart.
واعتادَهand revisited him فيat الرَّبْعِthe campsite عِيدُa festival صَبابةٍardent longing
واعتادَه في الرَّبْعِ عِيدُ صَبابةٍ
قدindeed كانwas منfrom نُؤْيٍa trench around a tent طُلوعُthe rising هِلالهits crescent moon
قد كان من نُؤْيٍ طُلوعُ هِلاله
And a festival of longing revisited him at the campsite,
Its crescent had risen from a trench around a tent.
دَنِفٌlovesick نأَىhe went far away عمَّنfrom the one whom يُحِبُّhe loves فشاقَهُthen made him yearn
دَنِفٌ نأَى عمَّن يُحِبُّ فشاقَهُ
إطْلالُهhis looking out صُبْحاًat dawn علىupon أطْلالهhis dwelling's ruins
إطْلالُه صُبْحاً على أطْلاله
Lovesick, far from the one he loves, he was stirred to longing
By his dawn gaze upon his beloved's ruins.
سأَلَhe asked الحِمَىthe protected grounds عنهabout him وأصغَىand listened للصَّدىto the echo
سأَلَ الحِمَى عنه وأصغَى للصَّدى
كيْماso that يُجيبَit might answer فقالthen it said مِثْلَthe same as مَقالهhis words
كيْما يُجيبَ فقال مِثْلَ مَقاله
He asked the beloved's grounds about him and listened to the echo,
So it might answer; it repeated his words.
ناداهُhe called to it أينwhere تُرَىI wonder محَطُّthe resting place رِحالِهhis saddlebags
ناداهُ أين تُرَى محَطُّ رِحالِه
فأجابَso it answered أينwhere تُرَىI wonder مَحَطُّthe resting place رِحالهhis saddlebags
فأجابَ أين تُرَى مَحَطُّ رِحاله
He called to it: 'Where, I wonder, is the resting place of his saddlebags?'
So it answered: 'Where, I wonder, is the resting place of his saddlebags?'
نَفْسيmy soul فداءُa ransom مُودِّعيthe one bidding me farewell بإشارةٍwith a gesture
نَفْسي فداءُ مُودِّعي بإشارةٍ
والعَيْنُand the eye سائرةٌjourneying مِنَbecause of اسْتِعْجالهhis haste
والعَيْنُ سائرةٌ مِنَ اسْتِعْجاله
My soul be ransom for the one bidding me farewell with a gesture,
And the eye journeys on, driven by his haste.
أمّاas for الفؤادُthe heart فسارso it went فيin تَشْيِيعهِseeing him off
أمّا الفؤادُ فسار في تَشْيِيعهِ
فمتَىso when يَعودُwill return القَلبُthe heart لاسْتِقْبالهto welcome him
فمتَى يَعودُ القَلبُ لاسْتِقْباله
As for the heart, it went along to see him off;
So when will the heart return to welcome him?
Sol 6.1