ذَكَرتُكِI remembered you ذَكرَةَa remembrance لاnot ذاهِلٍone heedless
ذَكَرتُكِ ذَكرَةَ لا ذاهِلٍ
وَلاnor نازِعٍturning away قَلبُهُhis heart وَالجَنانُand the soul
وَلا نازِعٍ قَلبُهُ وَالجَنانُ
I remembered you, not as one heedless,
I remembered you with a memory that does not forget
Nor as one whose heart and soul turn away.
Nor does the heart of the one remembering dispute
أُعاوِدُI experience anew مِنكِbecause of you عِدادَrecurring pains السَليمِthe snakebitten one
أُعاوِدُ مِنكِ عِدادَ السَليمِ
فَياso, O دينَrecompense قَلبِيَmy heart ماذاwhat يُدانُis requited
فَيا دينَ قَلبِيَ ماذا يُدانُ
Because of you, I relive the snakebitten one's recurring pains.
I count again the days of wellness
So, O my heart's recompense—what requital it receives!
So oh my heart's religion, what can be condemned?
عَواطِفُrecurrent stirrings مِنfrom مُقلِقاتِdisquieting pangs الغَراpassion (continued in line 6)
عَواطِفُ مِن مُقلِقاتِ الغَرا
مِcompletion of 'passion' from line 5 يَومَday دُموعيmy tears بِهاbecause of them أَروِنانُtumultuous
مِ يَومَ دُموعي بِها أَروِنانُ
Recurrent stirrings from the disquieting pangs of pas-
Emotions disturb me since the day
sion: the day of my tears over them is tumultuous.
My tears with them became abundant
وَيَأبىand refuses الجَوىheartache أَنthat أُسِرَّI conceal الجَوىheartache
وَيَأبى الجَوى أَن أُسِرَّ الجَوى
إِذاwhen مُلِئَis filled القَلبُthe heart فاضَoverflows اللِسانُthe tongue
إِذا مُلِئَ القَلبُ فاضَ اللِسانُ
And heartache will not let me conceal heartache;
And the passion refuses that I confide the passion
When the heart is filled, the tongue overflows.
When the heart fills, the tongue overflows
وَماand what خَيرُgood عَينٍan eye خَباhas dimmed نورُهاits light
وَما خَيرُ عَينٍ خَبا نورُها
وَيُمنىand a right يَدٍhand جُذَّwere severed مِنهاfrom it البَنانُthe fingers
وَيُمنى يَدٍ جُذَّ مِنها البَنانُ
And what good is an eye whose light has dimmed,
And what good is an eye whose light is gone?
And a right hand whose fingers have been severed?
Or a right hand from which the fingers are cut off?
فَياso, O أَثَرَtrace الحُبُّlove أَنّىhow بَقيتَyou have remained
فَيا أَثَرَ الحُبُّ أَنّى بَقيتَ
وَقَدthough already بانَhas departed مِمَّنfrom the one whom أُحِبُّI love العِيانُvisible presence
وَقَد بانَ مِمَّن أُحِبُّ العِيانُ
So, O trace of love, how have you remained,
So oh trace of love! Where did you remain
Though the sight of the one I love has vanished?
When the one I loved became clearly seen?
وَقالواand they said تَسَلَّseek solace بِأَترابِهاwith her peers in age
وَقالوا تَسَلَّ بِأَترابِها
فَأَينَso where الشَبابُyouth وَأَينَand where الزَمانُthe time
فَأَينَ الشَبابُ وَأَينَ الزَمانُ
And they said, 'Seek solace with her peers.'
And they said, "Be distracted with your peers"
But where is youth, and where is that time?
So where is youth and where is time?
Sol 6.1