حلَفْتُI swore بمَنْby the One قدindeed قابَلَfaced اليومَtoday بيتَهُHis House
حلَفْتُ بمَنْ قد قابَلَ اليومَ بيتَهُ
عيونُeyes رجالٍof men دَمْعُهنّtheir tears نَثيرُscattered
عيونُ رجالٍ دَمْعُهنّ نَثيرُ
I swore by Him whose House was beheld today
By men's eyes, their tears falling in showers.
أَتواthey came فِرَقاًin groups منof كلِّevery أشعثَa disheveled man قدalready نَباgrew restless
أَتوا فِرَقاً من كلِّ أشعثَ قد نَبا
بهfor him الجَنْبُhis side شَوقاًout of longing والمِهادُwhile the bedding وَثيرsoft
به الجَنْبُ شَوقاً والمِهادُ وَثير
They came in groups, each disheveled man unable
To rest his side for longing, though his bedding was soft.
فماso not زالhe ceased حتّىuntil عايَنَbeheld البيتَthe House طَرْفُهhis eye
فما زال حتّى عايَنَ البيتَ طَرْفُه
يُنيخُhe makes kneel بقَفْرٍin a wilderness نِضْوَهhis worn-out mount ويُثيرand rouses it
يُنيخُ بقَفْرٍ نِضْوَه ويُثير
So, until his eye beheld the House, he kept
Making his worn-out mount kneel in the wilderness, then rousing it.
لمّاnot yet أنصَفواthey treated fairly دَهراًan age يذُمّونَthey condemn صَرْفَهits vicissitudes
لمّا أنصَفوا دَهراً يذُمّونَ صَرْفَه
وفيهwhile in it هُمامٌa magnanimous man كالأثيرِlike al-Athir أَثيرcherished
وفيه هُمامٌ كالأثيرِ أَثير
They have not yet done justice to an age whose vicissitudes they condemn,
While in it is a cherished, magnanimous man like al-Athir.
كفاناhas sufficed us كريمٌa generous man واحدٌone منfrom زمانِناour age
كفانا كريمٌ واحدٌ من زمانِنا
وإنّand indeed كريماًa generous man واحداًone لكَثيرindeed many
وإنّ كريماً واحداً لكَثير
A single generous man from our age suffices us;
And indeed, one generous man is a multitude.
Sol 6.1