تَيَّمَتهُenslaved him with love صَبابَةًardent passion وَإِشتِياقُand longing
تَيَّمَتهُ صَبابَةً وَإِشتِياقُ
وَشَجاهُand grieved him يَومَthe day of الفِراقِparting الفِراقُparting
وَشَجاهُ يَومَ الفِراقِ الفِراقُ
Passion and longing enslaved him.
His youth was afflicted with longing and yearning
And parting grieved him on the day of parting.
And the day of parting pained his heart with parting
ساعَدَتهُhelped him عَلىwith البُكاweeping عَبَراتٌtears
ساعَدَتهُ عَلى البُكا عَبَراتٌ
ساعَدَتهاhelped them فيin فَيضِهاtheir overflowing الآماقُthe inner corners of the eyes
ساعَدَتها في فَيضِها الآماقُ
Tears helped him weep;
Tears aided his sobbing
the inner corners of the eyes helped them flow.
And plentifully flowed from their well
كَمhow often تَشُقُّare torn الجُيوبُthe garment necklines فيin مَأتَمِmourning for البَيparting (word beginning)
كَم تَشُقُّ الجُيوبُ في مَأتَمِ البَي
نِparting (word ending) وَتَدمىand bleed لَهُfor it الخُدوُthe cheeks الرِقاقُthe tender ones
نِ وَتَدمى لَهُ الخُدوُ الرِقاقُ
How often are garment necklines torn in mourning for parting,
How clothes are torn in the house of bereavement
and tender cheeks bleed for it.
And cheeks bloodied by intense grief
أَطلَقَتreleased دَمعَةُa tear المَدامِعُthe eyes (tear ducts) لَمّاwhen
أَطلَقَت دَمعَةُ المَدامِعُ لَمّا
جَدَّbegan in earnest لِلبَينِfor parting رِحلَةٌa journey وَاِنطِلاقُand departure
جَدَّ لِلبَينِ رِحلَةٌ وَاِنطِلاقُ
The eyes released a tear when
The tears poured forth when
a journey and departure for parting began in earnest.
The camel set off on its journey of departure
أُحُهُunclear as written; includes a 'his/him' suffix بِالشَآمِin al-Sham فيin غَمرَةِthe throes of المَوdeath (word beginning)
أُحُهُ بِالشَآمِ في غَمرَةِ المَو
تِdeath (word ending) وَجُثمانُهُand his body حَوَتهُenfolded it العِراقُIraq
تِ وَجُثمانُهُ حَوَتهُ العِراقُ
His [unclear word] is in al-Sham, in the throes of death,
I miss him in Damascus in the darkness of death
and Iraq has enfolded his body.
While his body lies buried in Iraq
Sol 6.1