سأرثيكI shall lament you ماas long as حنتcooed mournfully حمامةa dove أيكةٍa thicket
سأرثيك ما حنت حمامة أيكةٍ
كأنيas though I were لبيدٌLabid أوor كأنكas though you were أربدArbad
كأني لبيدٌ أو كأنك أربد
I shall lament you as long as a dove coos in a thicket,
I will lament you as long as a dove laments
As though I were Labid, or as though you were Arbad.
As if I were Labid or as if you were Arbad
نعتكannounced your death إلىto العشاقthe lovers ياO شبلShibl لحيةa beard
نعتك إلى العشاق يا شبل لحية
إذاwhenever ماemphatic particle رآهاsees it عاشقٌa lover ظلkeeps ينشدُreciting poetry
إذا ما رآها عاشقٌ ظل ينشدُ
A beard has announced your death to the lovers, O Shibl;
I describe you to lovers, O youth of soft down
Whenever a lover sees it, he keeps reciting:
If a lover sees her he keeps singing songs
أأطلالthe ruins (interrogative) سعدىSu‘da باللوىat al-Liwa تتعهدُyou revisit
أأطلال سعدى باللوى تتعهدُ
اتبكيdo you weep? علىover الأيامthe days أمor تتجلدُyou steel yourself
اتبكي على الأيام أم تتجلدُ
“Do you revisit Su‘da’s ruins at al-Liwa?
Do you promise Sa'di's ruins in the curve of the valley
Do you weep over the days, or steel yourself?”
Do you weep over the days or show patience
Sol 6.1