يقبِّلhe kisses الأرضthe earth مشتاقٌa yearning man أضرَّcaused harm بهِto him
يقبِّل الأرض مشتاقٌ أضرَّ بهِ
طولlength التنائيseparation وأقذىand made sore عينَهhis eye السهرُsleeplessness
طول التنائي وأقذى عينَه السهرُ
A yearning man kisses the earth, sorely afflicted
A yearning man kisses the earth, afflicted by
by long separation; sleeplessness has made his eye smart.
prolonged separation, and sleeplessness has made his eye sore.
مروَّعُterror-stricken القلبthe heart مكلومُwounded الحشاthe bosom دنِفٌwasting away
مروَّعُ القلب مكلومُ الحشا دنِفٌ
يكادhe almost يَقضيdies ولاand not يُقضيَis fulfilled لهfor him وطرُa desire
يكاد يَقضي ولا يُقضيَ له وطرُ
His heart terror-stricken, his innermost being wounded, he is lovesick;
Terror-stricken at heart, wounded within, wasting away,
he nearly dies, yet no desire of his is fulfilled.
He is near death, yet no desire of his is fulfilled.
حيرانُbewildered لاnot القربnearness يطفيquenches حرheat لوعتهِhis anguish
حيرانُ لا القرب يطفي حر لوعتهِ
ولاnor تفارقهُleave him فيin بُعدِهhis remoteness الفكَرُthe thoughts
ولا تفارقهُ في بُعدِه الفكَرُ
Bewildered: nearness cannot quench the heat of his anguish,
Bewildered, nearness does not quench the heat of his anguish,
nor, in his distance, do his thoughts leave him.
nor do thoughts leave him while he is far away.
بعدتyou have grown distant عنيfrom me ياO رأسhead الخليجthe gulf فهلso, are…?
بعدت عني يا رأس الخليج فهل
أنتyou السماthe sky ومحيّاand the countenance سيديof my lord القمرُthe moon
أنت السما ومحيّا سيدي القمرُ
You have grown distant from me, O Ras al-Khalij—are you, then,
You have grown distant from me, O Ras al-Khalij—so are
the heavens, and my lord’s countenance the moon?
you the sky, and my lord’s countenance the moon?
Sol 6.1