ياO زماناًa time ولىdeparted وأبقىand left بقلبيin my heart
يا زماناً ولى وأبقى بقلبي
نارَa fire وجدٍlonging شديدةَfierce البُرحاءِanguish
نارَ وجدٍ شديدةَ البُرحاءِ
O time that passed and left within my heart
O time that has passed, yet remains in my heart
A fire of longing, fierce in its torment.
A blazing fire of intense longing
ماnot دعانيcalled me عهدٌa season تقضىpassed حميداًpraiseworthy
ما دعاني عهدٌ تقضى حميداً
فيكَin you الاexcept that أجبتُهُI answered it بالبكاءِwith weeping
فيكَ الا أجبتُهُ بالبكاءِ
No cherished season gone by ever called to me
No era has called me to fulfill it happily
Within you, but I answered it with tears.
Except I responded with weeping
فترىso you see الدّمعَthe tears فوقover خديَmy cheek جارٍflowing
فترى الدّمعَ فوق خديَ جارٍ
كانسكابِlike the pouring of السّيولِtorrents غبَafter الحياءِrain
كانسكابِ السّيولِ غبَ الحياءِ
So you see tears streaming over my cheek,
So you see the tears flowing down my cheek
Like torrents pouring after rain.
Like pouring floods without shame
ياO لياليَّmy nights هلwill ...? يعودنَّsurely return عيشٌa life
يا لياليَّ هل يعودنَّ عيشٌ
قدalready تقضّىpassed فيin لذةٍpleasure ورخاءِand ease
قد تقضّى في لذةٍ ورخاءِ
O my nights, will that life ever return,
O nights will a life return
That passed in pleasure and ease,
That was fulfilled in pleasure and comfort
فيin رُبىhills روضةٍa garden تحلّتadorned itself ضياءًradiance
في رُبى روضةٍ تحلّت ضياءً
فتجلّتso it shone forth فيin حِندِسِdeep gloom الظّلماءِdarkness
فتجلّت في حِندِسِ الظّلماءِ
On the hills of a garden adorned with radiance,
In the bosom of a meadow adorned with splendor
So that it shone in the deepest darkness?
That shone in the darkness of obscurity
ضحكتlaughed أرضُهُits earth النضيرةverdant زهواًproudly
ضحكت أرضُهُ النضيرة زهواً
عنrevealing أقاحٍdaisies علىat بكاءِthe weeping of السّماءِthe sky
عن أقاحٍ على بكاءِ السّماءِ
Its verdant earth laughed proudly,
Its fertile land laughed with pride
Revealing daisies at the sky's weeping.
At the buds despite the weeping of the sky
تَنتحينيreaches toward me يدُthe hand of الحبيبةِthe beloved فيهِin it
تَنتحيني يدُ الحبيبةِ فيهِ
بكؤوسٍwith cups مِنof المُدامِwine رُواءِlovely to behold
بكؤوسٍ مِن المُدامِ رُواءِ
There the beloved's hand reaches toward me
The hand of my beloved caresses me there
With cups of wine, lovely to behold.
With cups of mellow wine
مِنof مُدامٍwine ليستis not الىto البُخلmiserliness تُدليlays claim
مِن مُدامٍ ليست الى البُخل تُدلي
بانتسابٍby kinship ولاnor الىto الصَّهباءtawny wine
بانتسابٍ ولا الى الصَّهباء
Of wine that lays no claim to miserliness
A mellow wine that does not lean toward stinginess
By kinship, nor to tawny wine.
Nor nobility or foolishness
أجتليI behold الشّمسَthe sun منfrom يديthe two hands of بدرِa full moon تمٍّfullness
أجتلي الشّمسَ من يدي بدرِ تمٍّ
رصّعوهاthey studded it بأنجُمِwith the stars of الجوزاءِal-Jawza (a constellation)
رصّعوها بأنجُمِ الجوزاءِ
I behold the sun from the hands of a full moon;
I reveal the sun from the full moon's hand
They have studded it with the stars of al-Jawza.
Studded with stars of Capricorn
ليسthere is no فيهin it مُحرّمٌforbidden act نتلقّىwe receive
ليس فيه مُحرّمٌ نتلقّى
حينَwhen تُبلىare tested أعمالُناour deeds بالخناءِwith foul abuse
حينَ تُبلى أعمالُنا بالخناءِ
There is no forbidden act in it for which we would face
Nothing forbidden do we receive
Foul abuse when our deeds are put to the test.
When our deeds are worn out with sorrow
لذةٌa pleasure شرطُهاits condition التجاوزُpardon فيat الحشthe Gather-
لذةٌ شرطُها التجاوزُ في الحش
رِ-ing اذاwhen قامَrises ربُّناour Lord للجزاءِfor recompense
رِ اذا قامَ ربُّنا للجزاءِ
A pleasure whose condition is pardon at the Gathering,
A pleasure whose condition is excess in love
When our Lord rises to give recompense.
When our Lord stands for recompense
فعليكَso upon you السلامُpeace عهداًO time فقدfor indeed كنwere (verb stem)
فعليكَ السلامُ عهداً فقد كن
تyou (verb ending) لقلبيfor my heart أقصىthe utmost المُنىwishes والرجاءand hope
ت لقلبي أقصى المُنى والرجاء
So peace be upon you, O time, for you were
Farewell, for you were
My heart's utmost wish and hope.
The utmost of wishes and hopes to my heart
وسقىand may ... water البرقُlightning والرواعدُand thunderclouds قبراًa grave
وسقى البرقُ والرواعدُ قبراً
ضَمَّembraced منthe one who كانwas جامعَthe gatherer of السّراءِjoy
ضَمَّ من كان جامعَ السّراءِ
And may lightning and thunderclouds water a grave
Lightning and thunder watered a grave
That embraced the one who gathered every joy.
Containing the gatherer of joy
Sol 6.1