وافىarrived كتابكُمُyour letter كالبدرِlike the full moon لؤلؤةُa pearl
وافى كتابكُمُ كالبدرِ لؤلؤةُ
والنورُand the light منfrom سلكهits thread يعلوrises ويَنْحَدِرُand descends
والنورُ من سلكه يعلو ويَنْحَدِرُ
Your letter arrived, a pearl like the full moon,
Your book came like a pearl moon
And light rises and descends from its thread.
And the light from its path rises and descends
فحطَّthen alighted طائرهُits bird فيon أنمليmy fingertips فَجَرتْthen flowed
فحطَّ طائرهُ في أنملي فَجَرتْ
دموعُtears عينيَّmy two eyes عنهاin matching them يعجزis unable المَطَرُthe rain
دموعُ عينيَّ عنها يعجز المَطَرُ
Then its bird alighted on my fingertips, and there flowed
So its bird landed on my palms and tears
Tears from my eyes that rain cannot rival.
Flowed from my eyes that the rain cannot match
صحائفٌpages بِبِشَاراتٍwith glad tidings بَعُثَثُI sent (likely intended as بعثت) لكمto you
صحائفٌ بِبِشَاراتٍ بَعُثَثُ لكم
وضاحةٌradiant ماfirst fragment of ماثلتها: matched them ثلتهاremaining fragment of ماثلتها: matched them الشمسُthe sun والقَمَرُand the moon
وضاحةٌ ما ثلتها الشمسُ والقَمَرُ
Pages bearing glad tidings I sent to you,
Pages with good news were sent to you
Radiant, matched by the sun and the moon.
With clarity that neither sun nor moon can parallel
تقصُّrecount أخبارَnews حاليmy condition وهيwhile they are حاملةٌbearing
تقصُّ أخبارَ حالي وهي حاملةٌ
منّيfrom me سلاماًa greeting كمثلِlike الدُّرِpearls يَنْتَشِرُscatters
منّي سلاماً كمثلِ الدُّرِ يَنْتَشِرُ
They recount news of my condition, while bearing
It tells the news of my state while carrying
From me a greeting that scatters like pearls,
Greetings from me spreading like pearls
إليكمto you ياO أجلَّnoblest الخلقِof creation مرتبةًin rank
إليكم يا أجلَّ الخلقِ مرتبةً
ومَفْخَراًand in glory ضاقَwas too narrow عنهfor it البَرُّthe land والبَحَرُand the sea
ومَفْخَراً ضاقَ عنه البَرُّ والبَحَرُ
To you, O noblest of creation in rank,
To you, O most honorable of creation
And in glory, too vast for land and sea.
Whom neither land nor sea can contain
ماnot انفكَparted قلبيmy heart منfrom ذكراكمremembrance of you أبداًever
ما انفكَ قلبي من ذكراكم أبداً
ومقلتيand my eye ساكنٌdwelling فيin جَفْنِهاits eyelid السَهَرُsleeplessness
ومقلتي ساكنٌ في جَفْنِها السَهَرُ
My heart has never parted from remembrance of you,
My heart never stops remembering you
And my eye—sleeplessness dwells in its lid.
And my eyelid is sleepless with vigilance
أسائلI question الريحَthe wind أحياناًat times لتعلمنيso it may inform me
أسائل الريحَ أحياناً لتعلمني
عَنْكُمْabout you وليسand there is not بهwith it علمٌknowledge ولاnor خَبَرُnews
عَنْكُمْ وليس به علمٌ ولا خَبَرُ
At times I question the wind, that it may tell me
I ask the wind sometimes to let me know
About you, yet it has neither knowledge nor news.
About you though it has no knowledge or news
واسألand I ask اللهَGod جمعَِbringing together الشملِthe company فيin سَرَعٍhaste
واسأل اللهَ جمعَِ الشملِ في سَرَعٍ
عسىmay تفارقنيleave me الأحزانُsorrows والكَدَرُand gloom
عسى تفارقني الأحزانُ والكَدَرُ
And I ask God for a swift reunion:
And I ask Allah for an urgent reunion
May sorrows and gloom depart from me.
Perhaps sorrows and troubles will leave me
Sol 6.1