أُحبُّI love مطالpostponement الوصلunion لاnot عنout of رضىًcontentment بهwith it
أُحبُّ مطال الوصل لا عن رضىً به
وهلand would ...? ترتضيaccept نفسthe soul الفتىthe young man ماwhat يؤودهاburdens it
وهل ترتضي نفس الفتى ما يؤودها
I love the postponement of union, not out of contentment with it.
I love the drinking of union though no pleasure in it I find,
And would a young man's soul accept what burdens it?
And how should youth's own soul delight not in that which wastes his mind?
ولكنand yet حياةlife الحبِّlove فيهin it وطولُهand its duration
ولكن حياة الحبِّ فيه وطولُه
ولليأسand for despair حالٌa state لاnot يناديcalls out وليدُهاits newborn
ولليأس حالٌ لا ينادي وليدُها
Yet in it lie love's life and endurance,
Yet in this love-life joy abides and length thereof for guile,
And despair has a state whose newborn does not cry out.
While in despair nor call nor cry shall nation wake its child.
فلاso do not تنكرواcondemn فرطexcess اغتراريmy being beguiled بقولهاby her words
فلا تنكروا فرط اغتراري بقولها
وإنْand even if أخلفتنيfailed me فيin اللقاءthe meeting وعُودهاher promises
وإنْ أخلفتني في اللقاء وعُودها
So do not blame my excessive trust in her words,
Blame not my passion's lunacy, though false the tryst she plight;
Even if her promises of meeting have failed me.
Can any state but quicken thought when fails the promised sight?
فماfor no حالةٌstate إلاexcept وتُبْقيand it leaves بقيَّةًa remnant
فما حالةٌ إلا وتُبْقي بقيَّةً
وماand not الموتdeath كلall of الموتdeath إلاexcept صدودهاher turning away
وما الموت كل الموت إلا صدودها
For no condition fails to leave a remnant,
Death is not death immutable when some last breath of life
And death—utter death—is nothing but her turning away.
Still struggles in the throat of death athwart the kindling knife.
وإنيand indeed I لأطويsurely I fold away مدةَthe term of الوعدthe promise بينناbetween us
وإني لأطوي مدةَ الوعد بيننا
وأذهلهاand I distract her عنfrom ذكرهاrecalling it لاnot أعيدهاI repeat it
وأذهلها عن ذكرها لا أعيدها
And I do fold away the term of the promise between us,
I swear though sundered we remain awhile, to meet we yet are fain
And I distract her from recalling it; I do not bring it up again.
Forgets she so her troth to me or memory holds in vain?
تكذبُshe denies دعوىthe claim of الحبlove ظُلماًunjustly وبينناand between us
تكذبُ دعوى الحب ظُلماً وبيننا
شهودُwitnesses هوىًpassion لاnot يستطاعُis possible جحودهاdenying them
شهودُ هوىً لا يستطاعُ جحودها
She unjustly denies my claim of love, though between us
Vainly denied, our love bears light whereby we're reunited,
Stand witnesses to passion that cannot be denied:
Attesting flames no weakling wight has power to hide unaided.
لظىthe blaze of زفراتٍsighs ليسnot يبردُcools حَرُّهاtheir heat
لظى زفراتٍ ليس يبردُ حَرُّها
ونظمand strings of دموعٍtears لاnot تُحلُّare unstrung عُقودهاtheir necklaces
ونظم دموعٍ لا تُحلُّ عُقودها
The blaze of sighs whose heat never cools,
Zephyr sighs hotly passionate, whose kindling breath doth burn;
And strings of tears whose necklaces never come undone.
Tear floods enforce, whose droplets fail strained eyelids back to turn.
رعىmay guard اللهGod ماwhat تحتbeneath القميصِthe shirt فإنهfor indeed it
رعى الله ما تحت القميصِ فإنه
ذماa last remnant of life مُهْجةٍa soul لمdid not يبقremain إلاexcept وجُودهاits existence
ذما مُهْجةٍ لم يبق إلا وجُودها
May God guard what lies beneath the shirt, for it is
God guard the chest that hides from view, whose bitter secrets dwell
A last remnant of a soul, with nothing left but its existence.
Deep in my wounded liver and their burning pangs compel.
Sol 6.1