الدَّمْعُthe tears هَامٍflowing وَالحَشاand the heart هَائِمْlovesick
الدَّمْعُ هَامٍ وَالحَشا هَائِمْ
وَالجفنُand the eyelid دَامbleeding وَالجوىَand love's anguish دَائمْenduring
وَالجفنُ دَام وَالجوىَ دَائمْ
Tears flow, and the heart is lovesick.
The eyelid bleeds, and love's anguish endures.
ياO مَنْyou who خَلاis bereft مِنْof حُسْنهِمْtheir beauty نَاظِريmy sight
يا مَنْ خَلا مِنْ حُسْنهِمْ نَاظِري
فيin القَلْبِthe heart مَغْناكُمyour dwelling وَمَعْنَاكُمْand your essence
في القَلْبِ مَغْناكُم وَمَعْنَاكُمْ
O you whose beauty is absent from my sight,
your dwelling and your essence are in my heart.
وَاللّهby God ماnot سارَتْtraveled بأرضِthrough the land of الحِمىthe sanctuary
وَاللّه ما سارَتْ بأرضِ الحِمى
ركابناour mounts إلّاexcept that ذَكرْناكُمْwe remembered you
ركابنا إلّا ذَكرْناكُمْ
By God, never was the sanctuary's land crossed
by our mounts without our remembering you.
وَلاnor سَرتْwafted مِنْfrom نَحْوهِits direction نَسْمةٌa breeze
وَلا سَرتْ مِنْ نَحْوهِ نَسْمةٌ
إلّاexcept that عَرفْناهاwe recognized it بِرَيَّاكُمby your fragrance
إلّا عَرفْناها بِرَيَّاكُم
Nor did a breeze waft from that quarter
without our recognizing it by your fragrance.
سَقَىmay it water لَياليناour nights علىat حَاجرٍHajir
سَقَى لَيالينا على حَاجرٍ
غَيْثٌrain وَحَيّاهَاand may it greet them وَحَيّاكُمْand may it greet you
غَيْثٌ وَحَيّاهَا وَحَيّاكُمْ
May our nights at Hajir be watered
by rain, and may it greet them and greet you.
لَيالياًnights بالوَصْلِin union قَضيْتُهاI spent them
لَيالياً بالوَصْلِ قَضيْتُها
ماhow كانwere أَحْلاهاsweet they were وأَحْلاكُمْand sweet you were
ما كان أَحْلاها وأَحْلاكُمْ
Nights I spent in union—
how sweet they were, and how sweet you were!
أَحْبابناour beloved ماwhat الجزْعُthe valley bend ماwhat المُنْحنَىthe winding valley
أَحْبابنا ما الجزْعُ ما المُنْحنَى
ماwhat رَامَةُRama ماwhat الشِعبthe mountain pass لَوْلاكُمْwere it not for you
ما رَامَةُ ما الشِعب لَوْلاكُمْ
Our beloved, what is the valley bend, what the winding valley,
what is Rama, what the mountain pass, without you?
ماnot قامَstands هذاthis الكَوْنُuniverse إلّاexcept بِكُمْthrough you
ما قامَ هذا الكَوْنُ إلّا بِكُمْ
وَلاnor الوُجودُexistence المَحْضُpure إلَّاكُمْexcept you
وَلا الوُجودُ المَحْضُ إلَّاكُمْ
This universe stands only through you,
and pure existence is nothing but you.
وَليand I have بِجَرْعَاءِon the sandy plain of الحِمَىthe sanctuary شَادِنٌa young gazelle
وَلي بِجَرْعَاءِ الحِمَى شَادِنٌ
بِقَتْلِin killing أَرْبابِthe devotees of الهَوىlove عَالمُwell versed
بِقَتْلِ أَرْبابِ الهَوى عَالمُ
And on the sanctuary's sandy plain I have a young gazelle,
well versed in slaying the devotees of love.
ماnot القَلْبُthe heart عَنْهfrom him فيin الهَوىlove مائِلٌturning away
ما القَلْبُ عَنْه في الهَوى مائِلٌ
وَلاnor لَهُfor it فيin حُبِّهloving him لائِمُone who blames
وَلا لَهُ في حُبِّه لائِمُ
The heart does not turn away from him in love,
and no one blames it for loving him.
يَصْرمُhe severs حَبْلَthe cord of الودِّaffection مَنْwho مُنْصِفيmy vindicator
يَصْرمُ حَبْلَ الودِّ مَنْ مُنْصِفي
مِنْagainst صارِمٍa ruthless one فيin لَحْظِهhis glance صَارِمُa sword
مِنْ صارِمٍ في لَحْظِه صَارِمُ
He severs affection's cord—who will grant me justice
against a ruthless one whose glance holds a sword?
أَشْكُوI complain إليهto him مِنْهُfrom him ماwhat ألتقيI encounter
أَشْكُو إليه مِنْهُ ما ألتقي
وَيْلاهُwoe is me مِنْbecause of خصمٍan adversary هُوhe himself الحاكمُthe judge
وَيْلاهُ مِنْ خصمٍ هُو الحاكمُ
To him I complain of what I suffer from him.
Woe is me for an adversary who is himself the judge!
Sol 6.1