قدindeed أورثتْshe bequeathed خاطرَthe mind of المشتاقِthe yearning lover يومَon the day نأتْshe went far away
قد أورثتْ خاطرَ المشتاقِ يومَ نأتْ
سعادُSu‘ad أَثَلاثِthirds of (unclear here) المنحنىthe bend ولَهاlovesick bewilderment
سعادُ أَثَلاثِ المنحنى ولَها
When she went far away, she left the yearning lover’s mind
—Su‘ad of the bend’s thirds—in lovesick bewilderment.
قلبيmy heart واِنْand although كنتُI have been لاnot أنفكُّI cease أُعتِبُهI reproach it
قلبي واِنْ كنتُ لا أنفكُّ أُعتِبُه
قدindeed صارَit became طوعاًwillingly وكرهاًand unwillingly ملكَهاher possession ولَهاand hers
قد صارَ طوعاً وكرهاً ملكَها ولَها
My heart, though I never cease reproaching it,
Has become, willingly and unwillingly, her possession and hers.
لاdo not تحسبِsuppose الصبَّthe lovesick lover مذsince زُمَّتْwere bridled أيانِقُهاher she-camels
لا تحسبِ الصبَّ مذ زُمَّتْ أيانِقُها
الىالعقيقِto al-‘Aqiq تناسىhe put out of mind عهدَهاher pledge ولَهاand sought diversion
الىالعقيقِ تناسى عهدَها ولَها
Do not think the lovesick lover, since her she-camels were bridled
For al-‘Aqiq, has put her pledge out of mind and sought diversion.
لوif شاءِhe wished قصَّرَhe shortened مِنfrom أيامِthe days of كاظمةٍKazima
لو شاءِ قصَّرَ مِن أيامِ كاظمةٍ
بالوصلِthrough reunion مَنْthe one who كانhad بالهجرانِthrough separation طوَّلهاhe prolonged them
بالوصلِ مَنْ كان بالهجرانِ طوَّلها
Had he wished, he would have shortened the days of Kazima
Through reunion—he who had prolonged them through separation.
فليتso, would that آخرَthe last of أيامِthe days of الحِمىthe protected pasture بهمُwith them
فليت آخرَ أيامِ الحِمى بهمُ
كانتْhad been علىin غِرَّةِthe unawareness of الواشينَthe tale-bearers أوَّلَهاtheir first
كانتْ على غِرَّةِ الواشينَ أوَّلَها
Would that the last days with them in the protected pasture
Had been their first, while the tale-bearers were unaware.
Sol 6.1