ونائحةٍand a mourner منamong بناتِdaughters of الهديلِcooing
ونائحةٍ من بناتِ الهديلِ
تبثُّpours out إلىto الروضِthe garden أحزانهاher sorrows
تبثُّ إلى الروضِ أحزانها
And a mourner among the daughters of cooing,
A lamenting mourner from the daughters of grief
Pours out her sorrows to the garden.
Spreads her sorrows to the garden
عَراهاbefell her منfrom الدهرِtime غُلْبُoverwhelming الخطوبِcalamities
عَراها من الدهرِ غُلْبُ الخطوبِ
فهبتْso she rose تودعُbidding farewell to بستانهاher orchard
فهبتْ تودعُ بستانها
Time's overwhelming calamities befell her,
Fate stripped her of life's joys
So she rose to bid her orchard farewell.
So she bid farewell to her paradise
وفيand in الصدرِthe breast منfrom وجدهاher longing حسرةٌa sorrow
وفي الصدرِ من وجدها حسرةٌ
تكادُalmost تفتتُshatters جثمانهاher body
تكادُ تفتتُ جثمانها
And in her breast lies the sorrow of her longing,
In her heart is unbearable agony
Which almost shatters her body.
That could shatter her whole being
وعزًّand was hard عليهاfor her فراقُparting from الغصونِthe branches
وعزًّ عليها فراقُ الغصونِ
وماand not يملكُis able to القلبُthe heart هجرانهاforsaking them
وما يملكُ القلبُ هجرانها
And parting from the branches was hard for her,
Parting from the branches is so hard
And her heart has no power to forsake them.
Though the heart must bear their absence
ففيهاfor in them مغارسُplantings عهدِthe days of الهوىlove
ففيها مغارسُ عهدِ الهوى
سَقتهاwatered them الغمائمُthe clouds هَتّانهاtheir pouring rain
سَقتها الغمائمُ هَتّانها
For in them are the plantings of love's days,
In it were the saplings of passion's era
Which the clouds watered with their pouring rain.
Watered by the clouds in fits of madness
وفيهاand in them سريرُلصّباthe cradle of youth ماnot يزالُceases
وفيها سريرُلصّبا ما يزالُ
يحنُّyearns فيرجِعُand so echoes ألحانهاher melodies
يحنُّ فيرجِعُ ألحانها
And in them the cradle of youth still
In it was a throne where still lingers
Yearns and echoes her melodies.
A melody that yearns to return
فأذرَتso she shed مدامعَهاher tears الغالياتِprecious
فأذرَت مدامعَها الغالياتِ
وقدand already خضَّبstained الدمعُtears أجفانهاher eyelids
وقد خضَّب الدمعُ أجفانها
So she shed her precious tears,
So she shed her precious tears
And tears had already stained her eyelids.
As the tears stained her eyelids
وأهوتْand she swooped down علىupon النهرِthe river تُخفيhiding الدموعَthe tears
وأهوتْ على النهرِ تُخفي الدموعَ
وتودعُand entrusts جنبيهits two banks تحنانهاher yearning
وتودعُ جنبيه تحنانها
And she swooped down upon the river, hiding her tears,
She collapsed by the river hiding her tears
And entrusting her yearning to its two banks.
Bidding its banks farewell in longing
أطافتcircled بهاaround her زُمَرُbands of القانْصينthe hunters
أطافت بها زُمَرُ القانْصين
وأفقدهاand deprived her of الدهرُtime أعوانهاher helpers
وأفقدها الدهرُ أعوانها
Bands of hunters encircled her,
Flocks of partridges encircled her
And time deprived her of her helpers.
As fate robbed her of allies
فضمتْso she clasped إلىto صَدرهاher breast أفرُخاًfledglings
فضمتْ إلى صَدرها أفرُخاً
أثارَstirred التفرقُseparation إرنانهاtheir plaintive cries
أثارَ التفرقُ إرنانها
So she clasped fledglings to her breast,
She gathered to her breast some chicks
Whose plaintive cries separation had stirred.
Whose separation stirred their cries
وراحتْand she set off تؤمُّheading for فسيحَthe broad expanse of الغياضِthe woodlands
وراحتْ تؤمُّ فسيحَ الغياضِ
وتبكيand she mourns مدىthroughout العمرlife أوطانهاher homelands
وتبكي مدى العمر أوطانها
And she set off toward the woodlands' broad expanse,
She wandered the vast meadows
And weeps for her homelands all her life.
Weeping for her home through the years
Sol 6.1