سَلْask نكبةَcalamity الدهرِof Time متىwhen تُقْلِعُit will cease
سَلْ نكبةَ الدهرِ متى تُقْلِعُ
وَدُولَةَand the reign الوصلِof union متىwhen تَرْجِعُit will return
وَدُولَةَ الوصلِ متى تَرْجِعُ
Ask Time's calamity when it will cease,
When will the vicissitudes of fate relent,
And the reign of union when it will return.
And the days of union return?
ياO أيَهاyou (vocative) الدهرُTime الخؤونُever-treacherous الذيwho
يا أيَها الدهرُ الخؤونُ الذي
مِنْof شأنِهِits nature تفريقُscattering ماwhat نجمعwe gather
مِنْ شأنِهِ تفريقُ ما نجمع
O ever-treacherous Time, whose
O Time, bringer of sorrows, that severs
Nature is to scatter what we gather,
What we join together!
أسْرعْhasten إلىtoward ماwhat سَرَّناgladdened us مرّةًonce
أسْرعْ إلى ما سَرَّنا مرّةً
كماjust as إِلىtoward ماwhat ساءَناsaddened us تُسْرعyou hasten
كما إِلى ما ساءَنا تُسْرع
Hasten, for once, toward what gladdens us,
Hasten to what once gladdened us,
As you hasten toward what saddens us.
As you hasten to what saddens us.
مذاwhat بناto us تصنعُyou do ياO دهرنَاour Time
مذا بنا تصنعُ يا دهرنَا
أماdo you not تَرىyou see الشوقَlonging وماand what يَصْنَعit does
أما تَرى الشوقَ وما يَصْنَع
What are you doing to us, O Time of ours?
What are you doing with us, o our Time?
Do you not see longing and what it does?
Can you not see our yearning and what it does?
Sol 6.1