تَرىyou see آيَتيmy proof فيin الحُبِّlove حَقّاًas true وَتُعرِضُyet you turn away
تَرى آيَتي في الحُبِّ حَقّاً وَتُعرِضُ
وَأَختَصِرُand I shorten الشَكوىthe complaint إِلَيكَto you وَتَغرَضُyet you grow weary
وَأَختَصِرُ الشَكوى إِلَيكَ وَتَغرَضُ
You see my proof of love as true, yet turn away.
And I shorten my complaint to you, yet you grow weary.
إِلىtoward خَيلٍsteeds دَمعٍof tears فيin مَيادينِthe fields of حُبِّكُمlove for you
إِلى خَيلٍ دَمعٍ في مَيادينِ حُبِّكُم
تَسابَقُrace one another أَلفاظُwords of العِتابِreproach فَتَركُضُthen they gallop
تَسابَقُ أَلفاظُ العِتابِ فَتَركُضُ
Toward steeds of tears in the fields of love for you,
the words of reproach race, then gallop.
وَيَنهَضُand rises بِالشَكوىwith the complaint إِلَيكَto you حَديثُناour speech
وَيَنهَضُ بِالشَكوى إِلَيكَ حَديثُنا
وَلَكِنbut دُموعُtears of العَينِthe eye أَنهىmore telling وَأَنهَضُand more forceful
وَلَكِن دُموعُ العَينِ أَنهى وَأَنهَضُ
And our speech rises to carry our complaint to you,
but the eye's tears are more telling and more forceful.
أَقولُI say كَأَنّيas though I لَيلَةَon the night of اللَهوِrevelry وَالصِباand youth
أَقولُ كَأَنّي لَيلَةَ اللَهوِ وَالصِبا
أَرىI see بارِقاًa lightning-flash فيin العَينِthe eye يوميit beckons وَيومِضُand it gleams
أَرى بارِقاً في العَينِ يومي وَيومِضُ
I say: it is as if, on the night of revelry and youth,
I see a lightning-flash before my eye, beckoning and gleaming.
وَقَدand indeed تُنسَجُare woven اللَذاتُpleasures وَالخَيطُwhile the thread أَسودُis black
وَقَد تُنسَجُ اللَذاتُ وَالخَيطُ أَسودُ
وَلاand not تُنسَجُare woven اللَذاتُpleasures وَالخَيطُwhile the thread أَبيضُis white
وَلا تُنسَجُ اللَذاتُ وَالخَيطُ أَبيضُ
And pleasures are indeed woven while the thread is black,
but pleasures are not woven while the thread is white.
بَداit appeared مُستَدِقّاًslender مِثلَlike ماas لاحَgleamed بارِقٌa lightning-flash
بَدا مُستَدِقّاً مِثلَ ما لاحَ بارِقٌ
وَأَقبَلَand it advanced يَستَشريspreading unchecked إِلَيكَtoward you وَيَعرُضُand widening
وَأَقبَلَ يَستَشري إِلَيكَ وَيَعرُضُ
It appeared slender, like a gleam of lightning,
and advanced, spreading toward you and widening.
فَعادَthen it became كَماjust as يَبدوbreaks النَهارُthe day وَيَنجَليand brightens
فَعادَ كَما يَبدو النَهارُ وَيَنجَلي
وَكانَand it had been كَماjust as تَهفوflutter العُروقُthe veins تَقَبَّضُcontract
وَكانَ كَما تَهفو العُروقُ تَقَبَّضُ
Then it became like day as it breaks and brightens,
though once it was like veins that flutter and contract.
يُصَرِّحُspeaks plainly بِالأَمرِof the matter المَخوفِdreaded نَذيرُهُits herald
يُصَرِّحُ بِالأَمرِ المَخوفِ نَذيرُهُ
وَكانَand he used to وَإِنeven though لَمdid not يَستَبِنهُmake it plain يُعَرِّضُhint
وَكانَ وَإِن لَم يَستَبِنهُ يُعَرِّضُ
Its herald openly declares the dreaded matter;
and formerly he hinted, though he did not make it plain.
عَزيزٌpainful عَلَيناfor us أَنthat جَفاءٌestrangement مُصَحَّحٌconfirmed
عَزيزٌ عَلَينا أَن جَفاءٌ مُصَحَّحٌ
بِأَفهامِهِby his insights وَالفَهمُwhile understanding فيكَof you مُمَرَّضُdeemed unsound
بِأَفهامِهِ وَالفَهمُ فيكَ مُمَرَّضُ
It pains us that estrangement is deemed certain
by his insights, while understanding of you is deemed unsound.
Sol 6.1