ليتwould that منِّيfrom me نياطthe tether القلبof the heart إلىto قسطنطConstant- (name fragment)
ليت منِّي نياط القلب إلى قسطنط
ين-ine (completing Constantine) يمتدُّstretches منfrom أقاصيthe farthest reaches of العراقIraq
ين يمتدُّ من أقاصي العراق
Would that my heart's tether, from me toward Constant-
Would that a telegraph wire from my heart to Constantinople
ine, stretched from the farthest reaches of Iraq,
Extended from the farthest points of Iraq,
فيؤديand so conveys إليكto you أضعافَmany times as much as ماwhat أدَّbeginning of 'I conveyed'
فيؤدي إليك أضعافَ ما أدَّ
يتending of 'I conveyed' بالتلغرافby telegraph منof أشواقيmy longings
يت بالتلغراف من أشواقي
and carried to you many times what I con-
To convey to you manifold more than I have expressed
veyed of my longings by telegraph.
To you by telegraph of my longing.
أنتَyou بدرُthe full moon of العُلىglory فماso … not برحتceased فيthrough (beginning of 'through you')
أنتَ بدرُ العُلى فما برحت في
كyou (attached pronoun) إليناtoward us مضيئةradiant الآفاقthe horizons
ك إلينا مضيئة الآفاق
You are the full moon of glory; ceaselessly, through
You are the full moon of the heights; you have never ceased
you, the horizons shine toward us.
To shine upon us, illuminating the horizons.
فعلىso upon البدرthe full moon نالناreached us منكfrom you ماwhat نbeginning of 'we received'
فعلى البدر نالنا منك ما ن
لناending of 'we received' علىacross البعدِthe distance منكfrom you بالإِشراقthrough radiance
لنا على البعدِ منك بالإِشراق
So, by way of the full moon, there reached us from you what we re-
So from the full moon we obtain from you what we obtain,
ceived from you, across the distance, through radiance.
Despite the distance, by your shining light.
Sol 6.1