رَحَلواthey departed فَماso ... not أَغفىdozed مُقيمُهُمُthe one they left behind
رَحَلوا فَما أَغفى مُقيمُهُمُ
بَقِيَremained الدُجىthe darkness وَهَوَتand fell نُجومُهُمُtheir stars
بَقِيَ الدُجى وَهَوَت نُجومُهُمُ
They departed, and the one they left behind has not slept.
They departed, yet their abode's dweller cannot sleep;
The darkness remained, and their stars fell.
The gloom remained while their stars fell down.
وَخَلَتand lay empty رِياضُهُمُtheir gardens وَلَيسَand there is not سِوىexcept
وَخَلَت رِياضُهُمُ وَلَيسَ سِوى
ذِكرٍremembrance وَذِكرُهُمُand remembrance of them نَسيمُهُمُtheir breeze
ذِكرٍ وَذِكرُهُمُ نَسيمُهُمُ
And their gardens lie empty; there is nothing but
Their meadows are vacant, with naught but
remembrance—and remembrance of them is their breeze.
Remembrance, their memory, their breeze.
ماnot فيin اِتِّباعِfollowing رِكابِهِمtheir riding camels دَرَكٌcatching up
ما في اِتِّباعِ رِكابِهِم دَرَكٌ
أَفَلاso will you not? تَنامُyou sleep وَلاnor تُنيمُهُمُyou let them sleep
أَفَلا تَنامُ وَلا تُنيمُهُمُ
There is no catching up by following their caravan.
No use in following their mounts' trail,
So will you neither sleep nor let them sleep?
Won't you sleep instead of keeping them awake?
تَشكوyou lament لَياليnights الوَصلِunion بَعدَهُمُafter their departure
تَشكو لَيالي الوَصلِ بَعدَهُمُ
أَنَّىhow وَبَينَand among الأُسدِthe lions ريمُهُمُtheir gazelle
أَنَّى وَبَينَ الأُسدِ ريمُهُمُ
You lament the nights of union after they have gone.
You complain to nights of union after they left,
How, when their gazelle is among lions?
How, when between us and them are their lions?
سَفَرٌa journey أُتيحَwas allotted لَهُfor him الحِمامُdeath بِهِthrough it
سَفَرٌ أُتيحَ لَهُ الحِمامُ بِهِ
وَسِواهُand someone other than him يَنفَعُهُbenefits him قُدومُهُمُtheir arrival
وَسِواهُ يَنفَعُهُ قُدومُهُمُ
A journey through which death was allotted to him,
A journey allowed for pigeons, but none else;
while their arrival benefits someone other than him.
And none benefits from their return but them.
ياO مَنyou who يُنَفِّرُناdrive us away بِمَطلِهُمُbecause of their delays
يا مَن يُنَفِّرُنا بِمَطلِهُمُ
وَبِهِand through it جَرَتprevailed قِدماًof old رُسومُهُمُtheir customs
وَبِهِ جَرَت قِدماً رُسومُهُمُ
O you who turn us away because of their delays,
O he who agitates us by their absence,
and this has long been their custom.
By which their habits flowed.
فيin المَطلِdelay مَعنىًa meaning لَستَyou are not تَعرِفُهُyou know it
في المَطلِ مَعنىً لَستَ تَعرِفُهُ
لاmay ... not زالَcease مَمطولاًkept waiting غَريمُهُمُtheir creditor
لا زالَ مَمطولاً غَريمُهُمُ
There is a meaning in delay that you do not know:
You know not the meaning in absence,
may their creditor always be kept waiting!
For their estranged one remains estranged.
دَعleave alone مَطلَهُمtheir delay فَالمَطلُfor delay يُذكِرُهُreminds him
دَع مَطلَهُم فَالمَطلُ يُذكِرُهُ
وَعَسىand perhaps عَلىthrough الذِكرىremembrance تُديمُهُمُyou perpetuate them
وَعَسى عَلى الذِكرى تُديمُهُمُ
Leave their delay alone, for delay reminds him of them;
Leave their absence be, for it reminds of them,
and perhaps, through remembrance, you will preserve them.
And maybe over recollection you make them stay.
فيin المَطلِdelay تَعذيبٌtorment يَطيبُis pleasing لَهُto him
في المَطلِ تَعذيبٌ يَطيبُ لَهُ
ياO طيبَsweetness ماthat which فيهِin it نَعيمُهُمُtheir bliss
يا طيبَ ما فيهِ نَعيمُهُمُ
In delay is a torment that delights him.
In absence is a torment that feels sweet,
Oh, how sweet is that in which their bliss lies!
Oh, how sweet is what's in it of their bliss!
Sol 6.1