ياO نهرriver عادreturned إليكto you بعدafter شتاتهhis wandering
يا نهر عاد إليك بعد شتاته
صبa lovesick lover يفيضoverflows الشوقlonging منfrom زفراتهhis sighs
صب يفيض الشوق من زفراته
O river, he has returned to you after his wandering—
O river, he returns to you after his absence
Oh river, to you he returned after his scattering,
a lovesick lover; longing overflows from his sighs.
Longing overflows from his sighs
A lover whose sighs overflow with longing.
حيرانbewildered يرمقgazes at ضفتيكyour two banks بلوعةwith anguish
حيران يرمق ضفتيك بلوعة
فيكادso it almost يصرعfells شوقهhis longing عبراتهhis tears
فيكاد يصرع شوقه عبراته
Bewildered, he gazes at your two banks in anguish,
Perplexed, he gazes at your banks sorrowfully
Bewildered, he glances at your banks with anguish,
so his longing almost fells his tears.
His ardour almost felled by his tears
For his longing almost overwhelms his tears.
كمhow often رافقتكaccompanied you فآنستكand kept you company خطاهhis footsteps فيin
كم رافقتك فآنستك خطاه في
غدواتهhis morning outings للحبfor love أوor روحاتهhis evening outings
غدواته للحب أو روحاته
How often his footsteps accompanied you and kept you company on
How often did he accompany you and find delight in
How often his footsteps kept you company
his morning walks for love, or his evening walks!
His morning walks to love or his strolls
In his morning journeys for love, or his returns.
أفأنتdo you, then تذكرهremember him وتحفظand keep عهدهhis pledge
أفأنت تذكره وتحفظ عهده
أمor قدalready نسيتyou forgot عهودهhis pledges وسماتهand his features
أم قد نسيت عهوده وسماته
Do you, then, remember him and honor his pledge,
Do you remember him and keep his covenant
Do you remember him and keep his covenant?
or have you forgotten his pledges and his features?
Or have you forgotten his vows and features
Or have you forgotten his vows and his features?
قدindeed أنكرتهshe disowned him فتاتهhis beloved وتبعتهاand you followed her
قد أنكرته فتاته وتبعتها
وهوand he الذيthe one who يفديكماransoms you both بحياتهwith his life
وهو الذي يفديكما بحياته
His beloved has disowned him, and you followed her,
You denied him his bliss and followed her
His maiden denied him, and you followed her,
though he would ransom you both with his life.
Yet he would ransom you both with his life
Though he is the one who ransoms you both with his life.
ليودhe indeed wishes منout of شغفpassionate love بمائكfor your water لوthat غداhe became
ليود من شغف بمائك لو غدا
ظلاa shadow يداعبplays with فيهwithin it جنياتهits fairies
ظلا يداعب فيه جنياته
So enamored of your water, he longs to become
He would, from passion for your waters, wish to be
Out of passion for your waters, he wishes he could become
a shadow, playing there with its fairies,
A shadow toying amidst its nymphs
A shadow within, playing with your water nymphs,
متعلقاclinging بشراعto the sail of كلevery سفينةship
متعلقا بشراع كل سفينة
ليجاذبto exchange with الملاحthe sailor أغنياتهhis songs
ليجاذب الملاح أغنياته
clinging to the sail of every ship
Clinging to the sail of every ship
Clinging to the sail of every ship,
to trade his songs with the sailor.
To grasp the sailor's songs
To exchange songs with the sailor.
وتلوذand take refuge أنوارlights النجومthe stars بصدرهin his breast
وتلوذ أنوار النجوم بصدره
وتراقصand dance الأمواجthe waves منfrom ضحكاتهhis bursts of laughter
وتراقص الأمواج من ضحكاته
And starlight takes refuge in his breast,
As the stars' lights nestle in his chest
The lights of the stars seek refuge in his chest,
and the waves dance at his laughter.
And the waves dance at his laughter
And the waves dance at the sound of his laughter.
ياO نهرriver أينwhere مضىhas gone الزمانtime بأنسهwith its gladness
يا نهر أين مضى الزمان بأنسه
والمترعand the brimming المعسولhoney-sweet منfrom كاساتهits cups
والمترع المعسول من كاساته
O river, where has time gone with its gladness
O river, where has the time gone with its intimacy
Oh river, where has the time gone with its intimacy,
and the brimming, honeyed draughts from its cups?
And the sweet elixir of his cups
And the honeyed brimful drink of its cups?
وهلand has...? اهتدىfound its way الزمنtime الحقودspiteful فغالthen destroyed ماwhat
وهل اهتدى الزمن الحقود فغال ما
قدhad أودعstored away المفؤودthe heart-stricken man فيin خلواتهhis hours alone
قد أودع المفؤود في خلواته
And has spiteful time found its way, then destroyed what
Has merciless time found its way
Did hateful time find its way to destroy
the heart-stricken man had stored in his hours alone?
To what the lost one left in his solitude
What the heartbroken one deposited in his solitudes?
قبلاتهhis kisses فيupon ضفتيكyour two banks صريعةlying slain
قبلاته في ضفتيك صريعة
أفهلthen, have...? حفظتyou kept لهfor him صدىthe echo of قبلاتهhis kisses
أفهل حفظت له صدى قبلاته
His kisses lie slain upon your two banks;
His kisses on your banks lying dead
His kisses lie slain upon your banks;
have you, then, kept for him the echo of his kisses?
Did you preserve the echo of his kisses
Have you preserved for him the echo of his kisses?
أمواجكyour waves اللائيwhich شهدنthey witnessed غرامهhis passion
أمواجك اللائي شهدن غرامه
وسمعنand they heard لوعتهhis anguish وبثand the outpouring of شكاتهhis complaint
وسمعن لوعته وبث شكاته
Your waves, which witnessed his passion
Your waves that witnessed his love
Your waves, which witnessed his passion,
and heard his anguish and the outpouring of his complaint—
And heard his agony and lamentations
And heard his anguish and the pouring of his complaints,
عبثتplayed havoc بهنwith them منof اللياليthe nights غدرةa betrayal
عبثت بهن من الليالي غدرة
وأضاعهنand swept them away الجزرthe ebb tide فيon سفراتهits journeys
وأضاعهن الجزر في سفراته
a treachery of the nights has played havoc with them,
Mistreated them nights of betrayal
A treachery of the nights toyed with them,
and the ebb swept them away on its journeys.
And the tides made them drift in their flow
And the ebb tide lost them in its travels.
والدوحand the great trees أسلمsurrendered للبلىto decay ورقاتهits leaves
والدوح أسلم للبلى ورقاته
وثمالةand the dregs of القبلاتkisses فيin ورقاتهits leaves
وثمالة القبلات في ورقاته
And the great trees surrendered their leaves to decay,
The paper mulberry surrendered its leaves to decay
The great tree surrendered its leaves to decay,
and the dregs of kisses in their leaves.
And the paper that held kisses crumbled in its folds
And the dregs of kisses were upon its leaves.
والريحand the wind أسامهاwearied it انتظارwaiting for إيابهhis return
والريح أسامها انتظار إيابه
وأملهاand bored it ترديدrepeating أغنياتهhis songs
وأملها ترديد أغنياته
And waiting for his return wearied the wind,
The wind awaited his return with bated breath
The wind grew weary of waiting for his return,
and repeating his songs bored it;
Hoping to echo his melodies again
And of its hope to repeat his songs.
فرمتso it cast away لطولbecause of the length of عيائهاits exhaustion مزمارهhis flute
فرمت لطول عيائها مزماره
وعفاand faded بمسمعهاin its hearing صدىthe echo of نغماتهhis melodies
وعفا بمسمعها صدى نغماته
so, from prolonged exhaustion, it cast away his flute,
So it cast aside his flute in prolonged despair
So, in its long fatigue, it cast away his flute,
and the echo of his melodies faded in its hearing.
And his tunes faded from its hearing
And the echo of his tunes faded from its hearing.
ياO ساقيwaterer of الشجراتthe trees ماwhat لكwith you لاnot ترىyou are seen
يا ساقي الشجرات ما لك لا ترى
إلاexcept كئيباsorrowful لجpersisted فيin حسراتهhis regrets
إلا كئيبا لج في حسراته
O waterer of the trees, why are you seen
O waterer of trees, why do you only see
Oh waterer of the trees, why are you not seen
only as a sorrowful one, steeped in his regrets?
One morose, sunk in grief
Except as gloomy, persisting in regrets?
وتطوفand you roam ما(emphatic particle) بينamong الرياضthe gardens أباحثاare you searching?
وتطوف ما بين الرياض أباحثا
عنfor غائبan absent one حجبconcealed البعادdistance سماتهhis features
عن غائب حجب البعاد سماته
And you roam among the gardens—are you searching
Roaming the meadows searching
And wandering between the gardens, searching
for an absent one whose features distance has concealed?
For the absent one distance veiled
For an absent one whose features distance has obscured?
ماwhat للروابيwith the hills أرمتكwore you down شكاتهاtheir complaint
ما للروابي أرمتك شكاتها
والمرجand the meadow ألقىcast فيكinto you شباباتهits flutes
والمرج ألقى فيك شباباته
What ails the hills? Their plaint has worn you down,
Why have the hillsides cast their plaints upon you
What ails the hills that they threw their complaints at you,
and the meadow has cast its flutes into you.
And the prairie surrendered its youth to you
And the meadow cast its flutes into you?
فسلso ask الربىthe hills عنabout نورهاtheir light وزهورهاand their flowers
فسل الربى عن نورها وزهورها
والمرجand the meadow عنabout شعرائهits poets ورعاتهand its shepherds
والمرج عن شعرائه ورعاته
So ask the hills about their light and their flowers,
Ask the verdant land about its bloom
So ask the hills about their light and flowers,
and the meadow about its poets and its shepherds.
And the prairie about its poets and shepherds
And the meadow about its poets and shepherds.
ذهبواthey have gone فماso there is none فيin الروضthe garden إلاexcept نائحa mourner
ذهبوا فما في الروض إلا نائح
متفردalone بدموعهwith his tears وأذاتهand his suffering
متفرد بدموعه وأذاته
They have gone; in the garden there is only a mourner,
They left and in the garden remains only a mourner
They have gone, so there is nothing in the garden but a mourner,
alone with his tears and his suffering.
Alone with his tears and anguish
Solitary with his tears and his pain.
حلوsweet الخريرthe murmur of flowing water ملاذrefuge كلevery معذبtormented one
حلو الخرير ملاذ كل معذب
ظمئthirsty الفؤادthe heart وأنتand you بعضone of سقاتهhis water-givers
ظمئ الفؤاد وأنت بعض سقاته
Sweet of murmur, refuge of every tormented soul,
Sweet flowing stream, refuge for every tortured
Sweet is your murmur, a refuge for every tortured soul,
thirsty at heart—and you are among those who give him drink.
Thirsty soul, you quench some of its thirst
The heart is thirsty, and you are one of its cup-bearers.
Sol 6.1