ماnot كانwas للعينfor the eye ذنبٌa sin تستحقُّit deserves بهbecause of it
ما كان للعين ذنبٌ تستحقُّ به
حِرْمانَdeprivation of رؤيتكْمseeing you والدارُwhile the dwelling عنat أمَمِa short distance
حِرْمانَ رؤيتكْم والدارُ عن أمَمِ
The eye had no sin for which it deserved
to be denied the sight of you, though the dwelling was nearby,
سوىexcept for اقْتصارٍlimiting itself علىto دمعٍtears ببُعدكِمُat your remoteness
سوى اقْتصارٍ على دمعٍ ببُعدكِمُ
وكانand it was أجدرmost fitting شيءٍa thing لوif جرتْit flowed بدَمِwith blood
وكان أجدر شيءٍ لو جرتْ بدَمِ
save that it shed only tears at your absence,
and it would have been most fitting for it to weep blood.
عليَّincumbent upon me اِنif كانwas ورديmy draught لَذَّwas sweet مشْربُهdrinking it
عليَّ اِن كان وردي لَذَّ مشْربُه
بعدafter الفِراقparting لِموليto the Bestower of العُرْفِkindness والنعمِand blessings
بعد الفِراق لِمولي العُرْفِ والنعمِ
I owe—if my draught has tasted sweet
after parting—to the Bestower of kindness and blessings
دمُthe blood of الهداياsacrificial beasts بأيديin the hands of الركبthe caravan مُشَعَرةًmarked for sacrifice
دمُ الهدايا بأيدي الركب مُشَعَرةً
يسعىhasten بهنَّwith them حجيجُpilgrims to المنزلِthe House الحَرمsacred
يسعى بهنَّ حجيجُ المنزلِ الحَرم
the blood of marked sacrificial beasts in the caravan's hands,
as pilgrims to the Sacred House hasten with them.
Sol 6.1