ماnot طوَىtraversed الرَّكبُthe caravan شُقَّةَthe expanse الأَرضِof the earth يوماًon any day
ما طوَى الرَّكبُ شُقَّةَ الأَرضِ يوماً
لنواحيtoward the regions of البِطاحِthe broad valleys إِلاَّexcept وذْبْنَاand we melted away
لنواحي البِطاحِ إِلاَّ وذْبْنَا
Not once did the caravan traverse the earth's expanse
The riders never crossed the rugged earth
Toward the reaches of the broad valleys without our melting away.
Toward the desert plains except we bid them farewell,
وانْطَوَيْناand we folded inward وبالوُلوعِand through ardent love نُشِرْناwe were unfolded
وانْطَوَيْنا وبالوُلوعِ نُشِرْنا
وبَعُدْناand we grew distant فيin وجدِناour yearning وقرُبْنَاand we drew near
وبَعُدْنا في وجدِنا وقرُبْنَا
And we folded inward, and through ardent love were unfolded.
We bid them farewell with burning anguish
And we grew distant in our yearning, and drew near.
And in our longing we were far though near.
هكذاthus نحنُwe ياO هُذَيْمُHudhaym أُناسٌa people
هكذا نحنُ يا هُذَيْمُ أُناسٌ
عنfrom سِوىother than منthose whom نُحِبُّwe love فيin الكونِexistence غِبْنَاwe lost awareness
عن سِوى من نُحِبُّ في الكونِ غِبْنَا
Thus are we, O Hudhaym—a people
Thus are we, O Hudhaym, a people who,
Who have lost awareness of all in existence save those we love.
Apart from those we love, from all the world hide.
كمhow often ذكَرْناwe recalled أَحبابَناour loved ones فاسْتَرَحْناand so we found rest
كم ذكَرْنا أَحبابَنا فاسْتَرَحْنا
وذكَرْناand we recalled إِعراضَهُمْtheir turning away فتعِبْنَاand so we grew weary
وذكَرْنا إِعراضَهُمْ فتعِبْنَا
How often we recalled our loved ones and so found rest;
How often we recalled our loved ones and found peace,
And recalled their turning away, and so grew weary.
Recalled their turning from us and sorrowed,
وفقدْناand we lost تلكَthose الوُجوهَfaces فمِتْناand so we died
وفقدْنا تلكَ الوُجوهَ فمِتْنا
ووَجَدْناand we found منهاamong them البُدورَfull moons فطِبْنَاand so we grew glad
ووَجَدْنا منها البُدورَ فطِبْنَا
And we lost those faces, and so we died;
Missed their faces and then died,
And we found among them full moons, and so grew glad.
Found them fickle and recovered.
وانْقَطَعْناand we devoted ourselves entirely لهاto them ولمَّاand when اتَّصلْناwe reached
وانْقَطَعْنا لها ولمَّا اتَّصلْنا
بحِماهاto their sanctuary ماءَthe water الحياةِof life شرِبْنَاwe drank
بحِماها ماءَ الحياةِ شرِبْنَا
And we devoted ourselves to them, and when we reached
Severed from them, when we met again
Their sanctuary, we drank the water of life.
We drank the water of life from their rain cloud.
نحنُwe قومٌa people والحمدُand praise للهِto God سِرًّاin secret
نحنُ قومٌ والحمدُ للهِ سِرًّا
بلْindeed وجهراًand openly عنof رُؤيَةِseeing الغيرِanything else تُبْنَاwe have repented
بلْ وجهراً عن رُؤيَةِ الغيرِ تُبْنَا
We are a people—praise be to God—who, in secret,
We are a people, praise God, who inwardly
Indeed, openly too, have repented of seeing anything else.
And openly from others' eyes withdraw.
Sol 6.1