دَمْعُtears غَريبٍa stranger جَرىflowed لِغُرْبَتِهِbecause of his exile
دَمْعُ غَريبٍ جَرى لِغُرْبَتِهِ
أَفْرَدَهُleft him alone البَيْنُseparation عَنْaway from أَحِبَّتِهِhis loved ones
أَفْرَدَهُ البَيْنُ عَنْ أَحِبَّتِهِ
A stranger's tears flowed because of his exile;
Separation left him alone, away from his loved ones.
وَحُقَّand it is fitting لِلْمُدنَفِfor the lovesick one الغَريبِthe stranger بِأَنْto
وَحُقَّ لِلْمُدنَفِ الغَريبِ بِأَنْ
يَنْدُبَlament شَجْواًin sorrow لِطُولِbecause of the length of وَحدَتِهِhis solitude
يَنْدُبَ شَجْواً لِطُولِ وَحدَتِهِ
And it is fitting for the lovesick stranger
to lament in sorrow over his long solitude.
إِنسانُpupil عَيْنٍof an eye لَوْلاwere it not for سِبَاحَتُهُits swimming
إِنسانُ عَيْنٍ لَوْلا سِبَاحَتُهُ
ماتَwould have died غَريقاًdrowned بِبَحْرِin the sea of دَمْعَتِهِits tear
ماتَ غَريقاً بِبَحْرِ دَمْعَتِهِ
The pupil of an eye—were it not for its swimming—
would have drowned in the sea of its own tear.
Sol 6.1