هلdoes يطربنَّكdelight you ياO زمانTime نعائيmy lament for the dead
هل يطربنَّك يا زمان نعائي
أمor أنكَthat you استعذبتَhave found sweet بكائيmy weeping
أم أنكَ استعذبتَ بكائي
Does my lament delight you, O Time?
Does my lamentation please you, O Time?
Or is it that you have found my weeping sweet?
Or have you grown fond of my weeping?
فيin كلِّevery يومٍday منكfrom you ألقىI encounter شدَّةًhardship
في كلِّ يومٍ منك ألقى شدَّةً
ولأنتand surely you are يوماًtwo days شدَّةٍof hardship ورخاءِand ease
ولأنت يوماً شدَّةٍ ورخاءِ
Each day I encounter hardship from you,
Each day you inflict hardship upon me,
Yet surely you are two days—hardship and ease.
Never a day of ease or comfort.
لاnot زلتyou have ceased ملحمَstirring up غارةthe onslaught الأرزاءِof calamities
لا زلت ملحمَ غارة الأرزاءِ
أوor حاشداًmustering جيشاًan army منof النكباءِill fortune
أو حاشداً جيشاً من النكباءِ
You never cease stirring up the onslaught of calamities,
You remain charging at the lofty cedars,
Or mustering an army of ill fortune,
Or amassing an army of misfortunes,
حتَّىuntil أصبتَyou struck صميمَthe core of قلبيmy heart بغتةًsuddenly
حتَّى أصبتَ صميمَ قلبي بغتةً
وطرقتنيand visited me بفجيعةٍwith a bereavement صمَّاءِinexorable
وطرقتني بفجيعةٍ صمَّاءِ
Until you suddenly struck the very core of my heart
Until you pierced the heart of my soul suddenly,
And visited me with an inexorable bereavement.
And struck me with a deafening calamity.
لمnot تُبقِyou left ليfor me جلداًendurance وكنتُand I had been أخالنيthinking myself
لم تُبقِ لي جلداً وكنتُ أخالني
جلِداًsteadfast بكلِّin every ملمَّةٍcalamity دهياءِdreadful
جلِداً بكلِّ ملمَّةٍ دهياءِ
You left me no endurance, though I had thought myself
You left me no skin, though I thought myself
Steadfast in every dreadful calamity.
Cunning and thick-skinned against every adversity.
ومعنفٍand many a harsh reprover طربmerry المسامعِof ear ماnot رمىcast
ومعنفٍ طرب المسامعِ ما رمى
عينيهhis two eyes صرفُthe vicissitudes of الدهرTime بالأقذاءِwith grit
عينيه صرفُ الدهر بالأقذاءِ
And many a reprover, merry of ear—never have
One whose hearing is soothed by melody -
Time's vicissitudes cast grit into his eyes—
how the vicissitudes of fate pelted his eyes with misery!
قدindeed لامنيhe blamed me وحشاهwhile his vitals بينbetween ضلوعهhis ribs
قد لامني وحشاه بين ضلوعه
والأرضُwhile the earth مطبقةٌlies sealed علىover أحشائيmy vitals
والأرضُ مطبقةٌ على أحشائي
Has blamed me, his vitals still between his ribs,
It blamed me and lodged rancor in its chest,
While the earth lies sealed over my vitals.
While the earth closes in upon my entrails.
أمعيبَO censurer of حزنيmy grief لوif ملكتI could command تجلديmy composure
أمعيبَ حزني لو ملكت تجلدي
ماnot بتُّI spent the night أمزجُmixing أدمعيmy tears ببكائيwith my weeping
ما بتُّ أمزجُ أدمعي ببكائي
O censurer of my grief, had I command of my composure,
Would my sorrow be immoral if I were steadfast?
I would not spend the night mingling my tears with my weeping.
I would not mix my tears with my weeping.
أبنيَّO my dear son لوif خُلِعَwere bestowed as a robe البقاءُlife علىupon امرئa man
أبنيَّ لو خُلِعَ البقاءُ على امرئ
لخلعتُI would bestow as a robe منout of شغفٍardent love عليكupon you بقائيmy remaining life
لخلعتُ من شغفٍ عليك بقائي
O my dear son, if life could be draped upon a man,
My son, if permanence were stripped from man,
Out of ardent love, I would drape my own life upon you.
I would eagerly doff my existence for you.
مُغفٍO sleeper قدindeed امتلأتhave become filled ردًىwith death بدلinstead of الكرىslumber
مُغفٍ قد امتلأت ردًى بدل الكرى
عيناكyour two eyes فاقدَO you bereft of لذَّةthe delight of الإِغفاءِdozing
عيناك فاقدَ لذَّة الإِغفاءِ
O sleeper, death instead of slumber has filled
Slumber has filled you with inertness instead of dignity.
Your eyes, O you bereft of the delight of sleep.
Your eyes have lost the delight of sleep.
داءٌa sickness ترحَّلmigrated فيكَinto you عنِّيfrom me معقبٌleaving behind
داءٌ ترحَّل فيكَ عنِّي معقبٌ
فيin مهجتيmy heart للوجدِfrom grief أقتلthe deadliest داءِsickness
في مهجتي للوجدِ أقتل داءِ
A sickness passed from me into you, leaving behind
A malady has migrated in you, tracking me,
In my heart the deadliest sickness of grief.
In my bowels, to kill the disease.
لهفيmy anguish عليكَfor you بكلِّat every حينٍmoment أبتغيI seek
لهفي عليكَ بكلِّ حينٍ أبتغي
فيهin it لقاكَmeeting you ولاتَbut there is no حينtime for لقاءِmeeting
فيه لقاكَ ولاتَ حين لقاءِ
My anguish for you! At every moment I seek
I yearn for you at all times, seeking
To meet you then, though no time for meeting remains.
The moment I meet you, though no time for meeting remains.
ولئنand even if حُجبتَyou are veiled بحيثwhere أنتyou are منin الثرىthe earth
ولئن حُجبتَ بحيث أنت من الثرى
عنfrom ناظريَّmy two eyes فأنتyet you are فيin أحشائيmy vitals
عن ناظريَّ فأنت في أحشائي
And though you are veiled, where you lie in the earth,
And if you are veiled from my sight into the earth,
From my eyes, you are still within my vitals.
You are within my heart.
قرُبتْhas drawn near بكwith you الذكرىremembrance وفيكand in you نأىhas gone far الردىdeath
قرُبتْ بك الذكرى وفيك نأى الردى
نفسيmy soul فداؤكyour ransom منas one قريبٍnear ناءِfar away
نفسي فداؤك من قريبٍ ناءِ
Remembrance has brought you near, while death has borne you far;
Memory has brought you near, though time has taken you far.
My soul be your ransom, so near and yet so far.
My soul ransoms you from a near farewell.
لوif متُّI died منfrom أسفيmy sorrow عليكfor you فلمthen not يكنwould it be
لو متُّ من أسفي عليك فلم يكن
عجباًa wonder ولكنَّbut indeed العجيبthe wonder بقائيmy living on
عجباً ولكنَّ العجيب بقائي
Had I died of my sorrow for you, it would not have been
Were I to die of my sorrow for you, it would be no wonder,
A wonder; the wonder is that I live on.
But wondrous is my remaining alive.
لاmay not زالَcease قبرٌa grave ضمَّenfolded جسمكyour body تربُهits soil
لا زالَ قبرٌ ضمَّ جسمك تربُه
متنسِّماًbreathing in بلطائمwith perfume-laden caravans الأنداءِof dew
متنسِّماً بلطائم الأنداءِ
May the grave whose soil enfolds your body never cease
Still a grave that clasps your body with its soil
To breathe in dew's fragrant caravans.
Is redolent with the fragrances of dew.
ولئنand even if أبتrefuse حيثwhere استقلَّdeparted بكwith you الردىdeath
ولئن أبت حيث استقلَّ بك الردى
أنto تستهلَّpour forth حوافلُthe laden clouds الأنواءِof rainstorms
أن تستهلَّ حوافلُ الأنواءِ
And even if they refuse, where death bore you away—
And if, where the passing days have claimed you,
The rain-laden clouds—to pour forth,
You refuse to be hailed by throngs of tempest,
فحدتthen drove onward إليكtoward you علىdespite البعادthe distance مدامعيmy tears
فحدت إليك على البعاد مدامعي
غيثاًas rain جنوبُthe south wind of تنفّسthe breathing of الصعداءِa deep sigh
غيثاً جنوبُ تنفّس الصعداءِ
Then my tears are driven toward you, despite the distance,
My tears, like the south rain that breathes through the ridges,
As rain by the south wind of deep-drawn sighs.
Stream to you over the distances.
Sol 6.1