مُذsince أَفقَرَتbecame deserted مِمَّنof those whom أُحِبُّI love الأَربَعُthe dwellings
مُذ أَفقَرَت مِمَّن أُحِبُّ الأَربَعُ
دَرَسَتeffaced مَعالِمَهاtheir landmarks الرِياحَthe winds الأَربَعُthe four
دَرَسَت مَعالِمَها الرِياحَ الأَربَعُ
Since the dwellings became empty of those I love,
the four winds have effaced their landmarks.
وَجَفاand forsook الحَياthe rain أَطلالَهاtheir ruins لَمّاwhen جَفَواthey turned away
وَجَفا الحَيا أَطلالَها لَمّا جَفَوا
فَجَرَتso flowed عَلَيهِمfor them لاnot عَلَيهاfor them (the ruins) الأَدمُعُthe tears
فَجَرَت عَلَيهِم لا عَلَيها الأَدمُعُ
And rain forsook their ruins when they turned away;
so tears flowed for them, not for those ruins.
صاحواthey cried out الرَحيلَdeparture وَوَدَّعونيand bade me farewell فَاِنثَنىso it turned
صاحوا الرَحيلَ وَوَدَّعوني فَاِنثَنى
قَلبيmy heart يُوَدِّعُنيbids me farewell عَشِيَّةَon the evening وَدَّعواthey bade farewell
قَلبي يُوَدِّعُني عَشِيَّةَ وَدَّعوا
They cried, "Departure!" and bade me farewell; then turned
my heart to bid me farewell that evening when they took their leave.
وَسَرَواand they journeyed by night وَجِسميand my body بَعدَهُمafter them كَعَراصِهِمlike their courtyards
وَسَرَوا وَجِسمي بَعدَهُم كَعَراصِهِم
مِنof ناظِرِيَّmy two eyes وَمِنand of فُؤاديmy heart بَلقَعُa barren waste
مِن ناظِرِيَّ وَمِن فُؤادي بَلقَعُ
And they journeyed by night; my body after them, like their courtyards,
is a wasteland, bereft of my two eyes and of my heart.
فَاِعجَبso marvel لِقَلبٍat a heart بِالقِلىby rejection مُتَقَلقِلٍunsettled
فَاِعجَب لِقَلبٍ بِالقِلى مُتَقَلقِلٍ
أَنّىhow اِستَقَرَّsettled بِهِwithin it الجَوىlove's anguish المُستَودَعُlodged there
أَنّى اِستَقَرَّ بِهِ الجَوى المُستَودَعُ
So marvel at a heart unsettled by rejection:
how love's anguish, lodged within it, has come to rest.
وَلِأَدمِعٍand at tears تَربوswell بِوابِلِهاwith their downpour الرُبىthe hills
وَلِأَدمِعٍ تَربو بِوابِلِها الرُبى
وَبِهاand by them غَليلُthe burning thirst مُفيضِهاof the one shedding them لاnot يَنقَعُis quenched
وَبِها غَليلُ مُفيضِها لا يَنقَعُ
And at tears whose downpour makes the hills swell,
yet they do not quench the burning thirst of the one who sheds them.
وَلَمّاand when أَرىI see عَنfor بَعضِهِa part of it الفَضاthe vast expanse
وَلَمّا أَرى عَن بَعضِهِ الفَضا
مِنof لَوعَتيmy burning anguish أَنّىhow حَوَتهُcontained it الأَضلُعُthe ribs
مِن لَوعَتي أَنّى حَوَتهُ الأَضلُعُ
And when I see the vast expanse [too narrow] for a portion
of my burning anguish—how could the ribs contain it?
وَلَمّاand when حَذاurged on (probable intended reading) يَومَon the day of النَوىparting بِنِياقِهِمwith their she-camels
وَلَمّا حَذا يَومَ النَوى بِنِياقِهِم
أَنّىhow أَصَمَّdeafened السَمعَthe hearing وَهوَwhile he المُسمِعُthe one making others hear
أَنّى أَصَمَّ السَمعَ وَهوَ المُسمِعُ
And when he urged their she-camels onward on the day of parting,
how did he deafen the ear, though he was the one making it hear?
شالواthey lifted الجَمالَbeauty عَلىupon الجَمالِthe camels وَبِالنَوىand through separation
شالوا الجَمالَ عَلى الجَمالِ وَبِالنَوى
عَنfrom ناظِريmy sight بَعدَafter السُفورِunveiling تَبَرقَعواthey veiled themselves
عَن ناظِري بَعدَ السُفورِ تَبَرقَعوا
They lifted beauty onto camels, and through separation
veiled themselves from my sight after being unveiled.
فَحَشاشَتيso my remaining life مِنfrom بَعدِafter طيبِthe sweetness of وَصالِهاits union
فَحَشاشَتي مِن بَعدِ طيبِ وَصالِها
بِمُدىby the blades مَدىthe span of هِجرانِهُمtheir estrangement تَتَقَطَّعُis cut to pieces
بِمُدى مَدى هِجرانِهُم تَتَقَطَّعُ
So my life's remnant, after the sweetness of its union,
is cut to pieces by the blades of their estrangement's span.
بُعداًmay it be far away لِدارٍfor an abode كَدَّرَتmade turbid بَعدَafter الصَفاclarity
بُعداً لِدارٍ كَدَّرَت بَعدَ الصَفا
فيهاin it النَزيلُthe lodger بِكُلِّby every خَطبٍcalamity يُقرَعُis struck
فيها النَزيلُ بِكُلِّ خَطبٍ يُقرَعُ
Away with an abode that brought murk after clarity,
where the lodger is struck by every calamity!
ماnot سُرَّwas gladdened فيهاin it قادِمٌa newcomer بِقُدومِهِby his arrival
ما سُرَّ فيها قادِمٌ بِقُدومِهِ
إِلّاexcept وَساءَand saddened ذَوِيَّهُhis kin وَهوَwhile he مُوَدِّعُbidding farewell
إِلّا وَساءَ ذَوِيَّهُ وَهوَ مُوَدِّعُ
No newcomer there was gladdened by his arrival
without saddening his kin as he bade farewell.
وَالعَيشُand life فيكَin you وَإِنand even if تَطاوَلَgrew long عُمرُهُits lifespan
وَالعَيشُ فيكَ وَإِن تَطاوَلَ عُمرُهُ
كَرُجوعِlike the return of طَرفٍa glance أَوor كَبَرقٍlike lightning يَلمَعُflashes
كَرُجوعِ طَرفٍ أَو كَبَرقٍ يَلمَعُ
And life in you, even if its span grows long,
is like the blink of an eye, or a flash of lightning.
Sol 6.1