كتابُthe letter الشَّوقِof longing يطويهِfolds it up الفؤادُthe heart
كتابُ الشَّوقِ يطويهِ الفؤادُ
ومنand from فيضِthe flood الدموعِof tears لهُfor it مِدادُink
ومن فيضِ الدموعِ لهُ مِدادُ
The heart folds up the letter of longing,
The book of longing, folded by the heart,
And its ink comes from the flood of tears.
And from the overflow of tears, it has ink.
تخطُّwrites يدُthe hand البكاءِof weeping بهwith it سطوراًlines
تخطُّ يدُ البكاءِ به سطوراً
علىupon كبديmy liver ويُمْليهاand dictates them السُّهادُsleeplessness
على كبدي ويُمْليها السُّهادُ
The hand of weeping writes lines with it
The hand of crying writes with it lines,
Upon my liver, and sleeplessness dictates them.
Upon my liver, dictated by wakefulness.
وكيفand how بيwithin me فؤادٌa heart مستطيرٌaflutter
وكيف بي فؤادٌ مستطيرٌ
لمنfor one who لاdoes not يستطيرُflutter لهbelonging to him فؤادُa heart
لمن لا يستطيرُ له فؤادُ
And how can my heart be aflutter
And how can I have a heart set free,
For one whose heart does not flutter?
For one whose heart cannot be set free for him.
أمِنfrom ...? يَمنYemen يكونُbe الجودُgenerosity خِلواًabsent
أمِن يَمن يكونُ الجودُ خِلواً
وإبراهيمُand Ibrahim حاتمُهاits Hatim الجَوادُthe generous one
وإبراهيمُ حاتمُها الجَوادُ
Can generosity be absent from Yemen,
Who can have generosity as a nature,
While Ibrahim is its generous Hatim?
While Abraham is its most generous one.
زِيارتُهُvisiting him لمنfor whoever يأتيهِcomes to him حَجٌّa pilgrimage
زِيارتُهُ لمن يأتيهِ حَجٌّ
ومِدحتُهُand praising him رِباطٌfrontier guard duty أوor جهادُstriving in God's cause
ومِدحتُهُ رِباطٌ أو جهادُ
Visiting him is a pilgrimage for whoever comes to him,
Visiting him is a duty for whoever visits him,
And praising him is frontier duty or jihad.
And praising him is an obligation or jihad.
وماand not ليfor me فيin التخلُّفِstaying behind عنهُfrom him عُذرٌan excuse
وما لي في التخلُّفِ عنهُ عُذرٌ
وليand I have فيon الأرضِthe earth راحلةٌa riding camel وزادُand provisions
ولي في الأرضِ راحلةٌ وزادُ
And I have no excuse for staying away from him,
And I have no excuse for staying behind from him,
While I have a riding camel and provisions on earth.
While I have on earth a riding animal and provision.
Sol 6.1