وَدِّعbid farewell to عُبَيدَةَUbayda إِنَّindeed البَينَparting قَدalready أَفِداhas drawn near
وَدِّع عُبَيدَةَ إِنَّ البَينَ قَد أَفِدا
وَهَلand do ...? تَرىyou see فيin رَحيلٍdeparture دونَهاwithout her رَشَداwisdom
وَهَل تَرى في رَحيلٍ دونَها رَشَدا
Bid Ubayda farewell, for parting has drawn near.
And do you see any wisdom in departing without her?
فَلاso do not تَضِنّيbe sparing بِتَسليمٍwith a greeting عَلىto رَجُلٍa man
فَلا تَضِنّي بِتَسليمٍ عَلى رَجُلٍ
لاnot يَجِدُfeel الناسُpeople إِلّاexcept دونَless than ماwhat وَجَداhe has felt
لا يَجِدُ الناسُ إِلّا دونَ ما وَجَدا
So do not begrudge a greeting to a man—
no one feels as much as he has felt.
عَهداًa pledge إِلىto عاشِقٍa lover لَوif يَستَطيعُكُمُhe could reach you
عَهداً إِلى عاشِقٍ لَو يَستَطيعُكُمُ
ياO عَبدَʿAbd سَلَّمَhe would greet قَبلَbefore البَينِparting أَوor عَهِداhe would pledge
يا عَبدَ سَلَّمَ قَبلَ البَينِ أَو عَهِدا
Give a pledge to a lover who, if he could reach you,
O ʿAbd, would greet you before parting, or give a pledge.
وَلستُand I do not أَدريknow إِذاwhen شَطَّgrew distant المَزارُthe place of visiting بِكُمwith you
وَلستُ أَدري إِذا شَطَّ المَزارُ بِكُم
هَلwhether تَجمَعُwill bring together الدارُthe dwelling أَمor لاnot نَلتَقيwe meet أَبَداever
هَل تَجمَعُ الدارُ أَم لا نَلتَقي أَبَدا
And I do not know, when your dwelling lies far away,
whether a dwelling will bring us together, or we shall never meet again.
ضَنَّتshe was sparing عُبَيدَةُUbayda بِالتَسليمِwith a greeting فَاِحتَجَبَتso she hid herself
ضَنَّت عُبَيدَةُ بِالتَسليمِ فَاِحتَجَبَت
فَهَيَّجَتso she stirred دَمعَthe tears of عَينٍan eye كانَit had قَدalready جَمَداfrozen
فَهَيَّجَت دَمعَ عَينٍ كانَ قَد جَمَدا
Ubayda withheld a greeting and hid herself away,
so she stirred an eye's tears that had frozen.
فَقُلتُso I said إِذwhen شَهِدَتbore witness عَينيmy eye بِحُبِّكُمُto loving you
فَقُلتُ إِذ شَهِدَت عَيني بِحُبِّكُمُ
وَلَمand did not أَجِدI find عَنfrom حِوارٍconversation فيكِabout you مُلتَحَداa refuge
وَلَم أَجِد عَن حِوارٍ فيكِ مُلتَحَدا
So I said, when my eye testified to my love for you,
and I found no refuge from talk of you:
قَدmay يُعجِزُbaffle الشَيءُa thing ذاone possessing لُبٍّsense وَيُدرِكُهُyet attains it
قَد يُعجِزُ الشَيءُ ذا لُبٍّ وَيُدرِكُهُ
مَنone who لاnot تَرىyou see عِندَهُin him لُبّاًsense وَلاnor جَلَداendurance
مَن لا تَرى عِندَهُ لُبّاً وَلا جَلَدا
A thing may elude a man of sense, yet be attained
by one in whom you see neither sense nor endurance.
لاnot يُبعِدُput far away الناسُpeople ماwhat يَدنوdraws near القَضاءُfate بِهِwith it
لا يُبعِدُ الناسُ ما يَدنو القَضاءُ بِهِ
وَلاnor يُقَرِّبُهُbrings it near شَيءٌanything إِذاwhen بَعُداit is far away
وَلا يُقَرِّبُهُ شَيءٌ إِذا بَعُدا
People cannot keep far off what fate brings near,
nor can anything bring it near when it is far away.
قَصَّرتُI fell short بَعدَafter اِجتِهادٍstriving فيin مَوَدَّتِهاdevotion to her
قَصَّرتُ بَعدَ اِجتِهادٍ في مَوَدَّتِها
وَهَلand can ...? يُلامُbe blamed عَلىfor التَقصيرِfalling short مَنone who جَهِداhas exhausted himself
وَهَل يُلامُ عَلى التَقصيرِ مَن جَهِدا
I fell short, after striving, in my devotion to her;
and can one who has exhausted himself be blamed for falling short?
ماwhat تَأمُرينَyou decree بِذيfor one with عَينٍan eye مُؤَرَّقَةٍkept sleepless
ما تَأمُرينَ بِذي عَينٍ مُؤَرَّقَةٍ
إِنif شِئتِyou wish ماتَhe dies وَإِنand if خَلَّدتِهِyou make him immortal خَلَداhe lives forever
إِن شِئتِ ماتَ وَإِن خَلَّدتِهِ خَلَدا
What do you decree for one with a sleepless eye?
If you wish, he dies; and if you make him immortal, he lives forever.
قَدmay يَحرِجُput in difficulty المَخرَجُthe way out المُعتَلُّflawed صاحِبَهُits user
قَد يَحرِجُ المَخرَجُ المُعتَلُّ صاحِبَهُ
وَقَدand may يَنالُassail لِسانُthe tongue of السوءِevil مِنone who قَعَداhas sat still
وَقَد يَنالُ لِسانُ السوءِ مِن قَعَدا
A flawed way out may trap the one who takes it,
and an evil tongue may assail even one who sits still.
ظَلَّتshe kept عَلىupon قَلبِهاher heart الحَوراءُthe dark-eyed beauty مُمسِكَةًholding fast
ظَلَّت عَلى قَلبِها الحَوراءُ مُمسِكَةً
مِنbecause of ظاعِنٍa departing man حَرَّكَstirred الأَحشاءَthe entrails وَالكَبِداand the liver
مِن ظاعِنٍ حَرَّكَ الأَحشاءَ وَالكَبِدا
The dark-eyed beauty kept clutching her heart,
because of a departing man who stirred her entrails and liver.
Sol 6.1