تَحَمَّلَdeparted جيرانُناour neighbors عَنfrom مِنىًMinā
تَحَمَّلَ جيرانُنا عَن مِنىً
وَقالواand they said النَقاal-Naqā, the sand dune بَينَناbetween us مَوعِدُa meeting place
وَقالوا النَقا بَينَنا مَوعِدُ
Our neighbors departed from Minā,
Our neighbors have endured the hardship of parting,
and said, “Al-Naqā is our meeting place.”
And said that separation between us is inevitable.
وَهَلand can ناقِعٌthirst-quenching قَولُthe words ذيone with غُلَّةٍburning thirst
وَهَل ناقِعٌ قَولُ ذي غُلَّةٍ
وَقَدand already بَعِدَhas gone far الرَكبُthe caravan لاmay not يَبعَدواthey be far away
وَقَد بَعِدَ الرَكبُ لا يَبعَدوا
And can a thirsty one's words quench thirst,
But can the words of a manipulative person be trusted?
when the caravan has gone far—“May they not be far!”?
The caravan has gone far, they will not return.
تَنادواcalled to one another بِأَنَّthat التَنائيseparation غَداًtomorrow
تَنادوا بِأَنَّ التَنائي غَداً
لَكَto you السوءُill fortune مِنas طالِعٍan omen ياO غَدُtomorrow
لَكَ السوءُ مِن طالِعٍ يا غَدُ
They called to one another: “Separation is tomorrow.”
They called out that goodbye will be tomorrow,
A curse on you, O tomorrow—what an ill omen!
Ill omens to you, O tomorrow!
فَلِلَّهِso, to God, in wonder ماwhat جَمَعَgathered المَأزَماal-Maʾzimān, the two passes (continued)
فَلِلَّهِ ما جَمَعَ المَأزَما
نِdual ending completing al-Maʾzimān وَجَمعٌand Jamʿ لِقَلبِيَfor my heart وَالمَسجِدُand the mosque
نِ وَجَمعٌ لِقَلبِيَ وَالمَسجِدُ
So, by God, what al-Maʾzimān has gathered—
By God, what has brought together the past
and Jamʿ and the mosque—for my heart!
Are gatherings for my heart and the mosque.
يُضاعُis lost فَيُنشَدُthen is sought قَعبُa wooden drinking-bowl الغَبوقِthe evening drink
يُضاعُ فَيُنشَدُ قَعبُ الغَبوقِ
وَقَلبيand my heart يُضاعُis lost وَلاand not يُنشَدُis sought
وَقَلبي يُضاعُ وَلا يُنشَدُ
The evening drinking-bowl is lost, then sought,
It is lost and sung is the rhythm of separation,
while my heart is lost and is not sought.
My heart is lost and unsung.
وَغَيداءَand a graceful maiden مِنamong ماfirst part of 'women who defer payment' طِلاتِcompletion of 'women who defer payment' الدُيونِdebts
وَغَيداءَ مِن ما طِلاتِ الدُيونِ
لَهاfor her بِالحِمىin the preserve زَمَنٌa time أَغيَدُsoft and easy
لَها بِالحِمى زَمَنٌ أَغيَدُ
And a graceful maiden, among those who defer their debts,
And a maiden free from the debts of love,
has a time of languid ease in the preserve.
For her, the sanctuary has a time of freedom.
تُريعُturns back كَماjust as اِلتَفَتَتturned to look ظَبيَةٌa female gazelle
تُريعُ كَما اِلتَفَتَت ظَبيَةٌ
بِذيat Dhū, the place of البانِal-Bān, the moringa trees عَنَّappeared لَهاto her المَورِدُthe watering place
بِذي البانِ عَنَّ لَها المَورِدُ
She turns back, as a gazelle turned,
She grazes as a gazelle turns
at Dhū al-Bān, when the watering place appeared before her.
To one with a complaint, her spring flows for her.
نَظَرتَyou gazed وَهَيهاتَand far away مِنfrom ناظِرَيكَyour two eyes
نَظَرتَ وَهَيهاتَ مِن ناظِرَيكَ
ظِباءُgazelles تِهامَةَTihāmah ياO مُنجِدُtraveler to Najd
ظِباءُ تِهامَةَ يا مُنجِدُ
You gazed—yet far from your eyes
You looked, and alas your looking is in vain,
are Tihāmah's gazelles, O traveler to Najd.
The gazelles of Tihama, O helper!
وَياand oh رُبَّماhow often وَالهَوىand love ضِلَّةٌdelusion
وَيا رُبَّما وَالهَوى ضِلَّةٌ
تَرىsees العَينُthe eye ماwhat لاnot تَنالُreaches اليَدُthe hand
تَرى العَينُ ما لا تَنالُ اليَدُ
And oh, how often—love is delusion—
And perhaps passion is an error,
the eye sees what the hand cannot reach.
The eye sees what the hand cannot reach.
Sol 6.1