باO (apparently يا) أدمُعيmy tears فيat رسمِهاher dwelling's trace الجاريflowing
با أدمُعي في رسمِها الجاري
أوضحتِyou have revealed للّوامِto the reproachers أخباريmy story
أوضحتِ للّوامِ أخباري
O my tears, flowing at her dwelling's traces,
You have made my story plain to the reproachers.
بعدكِafter you مَنْwho يكتمُwill conceal سِرّيmy secret وقدand already
بعدكِ مَنْ يكتمُ سِرّي وقد
أعلنتِyou have proclaimed بالأحبابِabout the beloveds أسراريmy secrets
أعلنتِ بالأحبابِ أسراري
After you, who will keep my secret, when
You have revealed my secrets about my beloveds?
سترتُهI concealed it عنكِfrom you إلىuntil أنthat بداit appeared
سترتُه عنكِ إلى أن بدا
مخالِفاًdefying وجديmy passion وإيثاريand my preference
مخالِفاً وجدي وإيثاري
I hid it from you until it appeared,
Against my passion and my will.
والدمعُand tears نمّامٌa telltale ولاand not سيَّماthe like (together: especially)
والدمعُ نمّامٌ ولا سيَّما
عندَat وقوفِthe standing الصبَّof the lovesick lover فيin الدارِthe dwelling
عندَ وقوفِ الصبَّ في الدارِ
Tears are telltales, especially
When the lovesick lover stands in the dwelling.
تُذْكِرُنيremind me أوطانُهاher abodes كلَّماwhenever
تُذْكِرُني أوطانُها كلَّما
رأيتُهاI see them سالِفَbygone أوطاريmy desires
رأيتُها سالِفَ أوطاري
Her abodes remind me, whenever
I see them, of my bygone desires.
موكَّلٌcharged طرفيmy eye وقلبيand my heart وقدand already
موكَّلٌ طرفي وقلبي وقد
بانواthey departed بِتَذارفٍwith shedding tears وتَذكارِand remembrance
بانوا بِتَذارفٍ وتَذكارِ
My eye and heart are charged, now that
They have departed, with weeping and remembrance.
سقىmay it water ديارَthe dwellings الحَيَّof the tribe مِنfrom رامةٍRamah
سقى ديارَ الحَيَّ مِن رامةٍ
غمامُthe clouds ذاكَthat العارضِcloudbank الساريpassing by night
غمامُ ذاكَ العارضِ الساري
May the dwellings of the tribe from Ramah be watered
By the clouds of that night-traveling cloudbank.
مرابعٌspring encampments مذْsince بَعُدَتْwent far away غيدُهاtheir graceful women
مرابعٌ مذْ بَعُدَتْ غيدُها
عاوَدْتُI returned to أحزانيmy sorrows وأفكاريand my thoughts
عاوَدْتُ أحزاني وأفكاري
Spring encampments—since their graceful women went far away,
I have returned to my sorrows and thoughts.
جنيتُI reaped منهنَّfrom them ثِمارَthe fruits المُنىof desire
جنيتُ منهنَّ ثِمارَ المُنى
والدَّهْرُand time غِرٌّguileless غيرُnot غدّارِtreacherous
والدَّهْرُ غِرٌّ غيرُ غدّارِ
From them I reaped the fruits of desire,
While time was guileless, not treacherous.
واليومَand today أنwhen خاطبتُI addressed أطلالَهاher ruins
واليومَ أن خاطبتُ أطلالَها
لمnot أُلفِI found فيهاin them غيرَanything but أحجارِstones
لم أُلفِ فيها غيرَ أحجارِ
And today, when I addressed her ruins,
I found nothing in them but stones.
يحمِلُنيdrives me الدهرُtime وأيامُهand its days
يحمِلُني الدهرُ وأيامُه
علىtoward عُلالاتيmy consolations وأعذاريand my excuses
على عُلالاتي وأعذاري
Time and its days drive me
To my consolations and excuses.
أسهرُI keep vigil أنwhen لاحَflashed علىover لَعْلَعٍLaʿlaʿ
أسهرُ أن لاحَ على لَعْلَعٍ
برقٌlightning بداappeared كالقَبَسِlike a firebrand الواريblazing
برقٌ بدا كالقَبَسِ الواري
I keep vigil when, over Laʿlaʿ, there flashes
Lightning, appearing like a blazing firebrand,
فيin دِيمةٍa steady raincloud وطفاءَthick and dark هطّالةٍpouring rain
في دِيمةٍ وطفاءَ هطّالةٍ
علىupon رُبىthe hills الخَلْصاءِof al-Khalsaʾ مِدرارِcopiously raining
على رُبى الخَلْصاءِ مِدرارِ
In a thick, dark, steadily pouring raincloud,
Lavish with rain upon the hills of al-Khalsaʾ.
عادتْbecame again بماthrough what تَسْمَحُit freely gives مِنof قَطْرِهاits raindrops
عادتْ بما تَسْمَحُ مِن قَطْرِها
ذاتَpossessing أزاهيرٍflowers وأنوارِand blossoms
ذاتَ أزاهيرٍ وأنوارِ
Through the raindrops it bestows, they have become again
Rich in flowers and blossoms.
كأنَّهاas though it were دمعيmy tears علىupon أرسُمٍdwelling-traces
كأنَّها دمعي على أرسُمٍ
للقومِbelonging to the tribe فيهاin them طيبُfragrance آثارِof traces
للقومِ فيها طيبُ آثارِ
As though it were my tears upon dwelling-traces
In which the tribe has left fragrant vestiges.
ينفحُwafts بالنَّدَّwith blended perfume ثراهاtheir soil كماjust as
ينفحُ بالنَّدَّ ثراها كما
تضوَّعتْgave off fragrance فأْرَةُa musk pod عطّارِa perfumer's
تضوَّعتْ فأْرَةُ عطّارِ
Their soil breathes rich perfume, just as
A perfumer's musk pod gives off its scent.
منازلٌdwellings كنتُI was بسكّانهاwith their inhabitants
منازلٌ كنتُ بسكّانها
بينَamong قَماريًّturtledoves وأقمارِand moons
بينَ قَماريًّ وأقمارِ
Dwellings where, with their inhabitants, I was
Among turtledoves and moons.
أيامَin the days when ظِلُّthe shade البانِof the moringas ضافٍample وبَدْand the full- (word begins)
أيامَ ظِلُّ البانِ ضافٍ وبَدْ
رُmoon (word ends) الخِدرِof the curtained chamber فيin تَمًّperfection واِبدارِand full-moon radiance
رُ الخِدرِ في تَمًّ واِبدارِ
In days when the moringas' shade spread wide, and the full
Moon of the curtained chamber was perfect and radiant;
والدوحُand the great trees مُخْضَلٌّwet بقَطْرِwith drops النَّدىof dew
والدوحُ مُخْضَلٌّ بقَطْرِ النَّدى
فيin روضةٍa garden غَنّاءَlush مِعطارِfragrant
في روضةٍ غَنّاءَ مِعطارِ
And the great trees were wet with drops of dew
In a lush, fragrant garden.
يخترقُcuts through الجدولُthe stream أرجاءَهاits reaches
يخترقُ الجدولُ أرجاءَها
كالأيمِlike a snake بينَamong النبعِthe nabʿ (bow-wood) trees والغارِand the laurels
كالأيمِ بينَ النبعِ والغارِ
The stream cuts through its reaches
Like a snake among nabʿ trees and laurels.
والوُرْقُand the gray doves تُبديvoice فوقَهاabove it نوحَهاtheir lament
والوُرْقُ تُبدي فوقَها نوحَها
ماemphasis particle بينَamong أشجارٍtrees وأنهارِand streams
ما بينَ أشجارٍ وأنهارِ
And the gray doves voice their lament above it
Among trees and streams.
يُغنيكَspares you the need ترجيعُthe repeated cadences أساجيعِهاof their rhymed cooing
يُغنيكَ ترجيعُ أساجيعِها
فيin البانِthe moringa trees عنfor عُودٍa lute ومِزمارِand a flute
في البانِ عن عُودٍ ومِزمارِ
Their cooing's repeated cadences spare you the need,
Among the moringas, for a lute and flute.
يُسكِرُنيintoxicates me تغريدُهاtheir birdsong سُحْرَةًbefore dawn
يُسكِرُني تغريدُها سُحْرَةً
كأنَّهas though it were قهوةُthe wine خمّارِof a wine-seller
كأنَّه قهوةُ خمّارِ
Their birdsong intoxicates me before dawn,
As though it were a wine-seller's wine.
فيin زمنٍa time سائرall أوقاتِهِits moments
في زمنٍ سائر أوقاتِهِ
فيin الطيبِsweetness والحُسنِand beauty كأيّارِlike May
في الطيبِ والحُسنِ كأيّارِ
In a time whose every moment
Was like May in sweetness and beauty.
عصرٌan age إذاif رمتُI desired سِواهother than it فقدthen indeed
عصرٌ إذا رمتُ سِواه فقد
طلبتُI sought عصراًan age غيرَnot مختارِto be preferred
طلبتُ عصراً غيرَ مختارِ
An age—if I desired any other, I would have
Sought an age unworthy of choice.
حتىuntil إذاwhen عيسُهُمُtheir pale camels للنوىfor departure
حتى إذا عيسُهُمُ للنوى
شُدَّتْwere strapped بأَنْساعٍwith girth-straps وأكْوارِand saddles
شُدَّتْ بأَنْساعٍ وأكْوارِ
Until, when their pale camels, for departure,
Were fastened with girth-straps and saddles,
وثوَّروهاand they roused them بهمُwith them aboard ترتميrushing headlong
وثوَّروها بهمُ ترتمي
ماemphasis particle بينَbetween أنجادٍuplands وأغوارِand lowlands
ما بينَ أنجادٍ وأغوارِ
And they roused them to rush onward with their riders
Between uplands and lowlands,
ورجَّعَand repeated الحاديthe camel-driver أراجيزَهhis rajaz chants
ورجَّعَ الحادي أراجيزَه
فيin مهمهٍa trackless waste بالآلِwith mirage موّارِseething
في مهمهٍ بالآلِ موّارِ
And the camel-driver repeated his rajaz chants
In a trackless waste seething with mirage,
راحتْwent تَهادىswaying فيin البُرىthe nose-rings بُزْلُهاtheir full-grown camels
راحتْ تَهادى في البُرى بُزْلُها
كموجِlike the waves طاميswelling الغَمْرِdeep water زَخّارِsurging
كموجِ طامي الغَمْرِ زَخّارِ
Their full-grown camels went swaying in their nose-rings,
Like waves of a swelling, deep, surging sea.
مِنfrom فوقِهاatop them أشباحُspecters وجدٍof longing غَدَواthey became
مِن فوقِها أشباحُ وجدٍ غَدَوا
فيin الحبَّlove أشياعيmy partisans وأنصاريand my allies
في الحبَّ أشياعي وأنصاري
Upon them were specters of longing, who had become
My partisans and allies in love.
كلُّeach فتىًyouth فوقَupon مَطاthe back عَنْسِهِof his sturdy she-camel
كلُّ فتىً فوقَ مَطا عَنْسِهِ
لمnot يُلْفَwas found منهمْof them غيرَanything but أطمارِrags
لم يُلْفَ منهمْ غيرَ أطمارِ
Each youth upon his sturdy she-camel's back—
Nothing was seen of them but tattered garments.
باتتْlingered لذاذاتُthe pleasures الهوىof passion والصَّباand youth
باتتْ لذاذاتُ الهوى والصَّبا
والغيَّand waywardness لمnot تُؤذِنْsignaled باِقصارِof abating
والغيَّ لم تُؤذِنْ باِقصارِ
Still lingering were the pleasures of passion and youth
And waywardness, giving no sign of abating.
وبانَand departed طيبُthe sweetness العيشِof life لمّاwhen نأواthey went far away
وبانَ طيبُ العيشِ لمّا نأوا
بفاتنِwith one bewitching المقلةِof eye سَحّارِa powerful enchanter
بفاتنِ المقلةِ سَحّارِ
And life's sweetness departed when they went far away
With a bewitching-eyed enchanter.
أصبحتُI have become فيin حبّيmy love واِعراضِهِand his turning away
أصبحتُ في حبّي واِعراضِهِ
ماemphasis particle بينَbetween نَهّاءone who forbids وأمّارِand one who commands
ما بينَ نَهّاء وأمّارِ
In my love and his turning away, I have become
Caught between one who forbids and one who commands.
فكيفَthen how ياO قلبُheart بُعَيْدَjust after النوىseparation
فكيفَ يا قلبُ بُعَيْدَ النوى
لمnot تَسْلُyou found solace عنfrom وجدٍlonging واِصرارand persistence
لم تَسْلُ عن وجدٍ واِصرار
How is it then, O heart, soon after parting,
That you have not let go of longing and persistence?
أهكذاis it thus كلُّevery محبًّlover اِذاwhen
أهكذا كلُّ محبًّ اِذا
فارقَhe parted أمسىhe became غيرَnot صبّارِsteadfastly patient
فارقَ أمسى غيرَ صبّارِ
Does every lover likewise, when
He parts, become unable to endure?
أمor هذهthis شيمةُthe nature قلبٍof a heart بهِwithin it
أم هذه شيمةُ قلبٍ بهِ
للشوقِof longing ريحٌa wind ذاتُbearing اِعصارِa whirlwind
للشوقِ ريحٌ ذاتُ اِعصارِ
Or is this the nature of a heart that holds
A wind of longing, bearing a whirlwind,
هبَّتْit blew علىupon أعشارِهits fragments فانثنىand it turned
هبَّتْ على أعشارِه فانثنى
مِنfrom لذعِهاits sting المؤلمِpainful فيin نارِfire
مِن لذعِها المؤلمِ في نارِ
That blew upon its fragments, till the heart was left
In fire from its agonizing sting?
وأىُّand what قلبٍheart يُرتجَىis hoped for بُرْؤهits healing
وأىُّ قلبٍ يُرتجَى بُرْؤه
مُصَدَّعٍshattered بالوجدِby longing أعشارِinto fragments
مُصَدَّعٍ بالوجدِ أعشارِ
And what heart has any hope of healing,
Shattered into fragments by longing?
Sol 6.1