أَطالَhe prolonged ليلَthe night الصُّدودِof estrangement حتَّىuntil
أَطالَ ليلَ الصُّدودِ حتَّى
يَئِسْتُI despaired مِنْof غُرَّةِthe bright brow of الصَّباحِmorning
يَئِسْتُ مِنْ غُرَّةِ الصَّباحِ
He prolonged the night of estrangement until
The night of rejection has lingered so long
I despaired of the bright brow of morning.
That I despaired of the bright dawn’s early light
كأنَّهُas though it were إِذْwhen دَجاit grew dark غُدافٌa raven
كأنَّهُ إِذْ دَجا غُدافٌ
قَدْalready حَضَنَenfolded الأَرْضَthe earth بالجَناحِwith the wing
قَدْ حَضَنَ الأَرْضَ بالجَناحِ
As it grew dark, it seemed like a raven
As if when darkness fell, a great giant
That had enfolded the earth with its wing.
Had wrapped the earth beneath his sable wing
Sol 6.1