بَعُدَتmay it be far away ليلَةٌa night تولّتpassed away ذَميمَهblameworthy
بَعُدَت ليلَةٌ تولّت ذَميمَه
لمdid not تَفِضpour forth فيضَthe outpouring of ديمَةٍsteady rain بعدafter دِيمَهsteady rain
لم تَفِض فيضَ ديمَةٍ بعد دِيمَه
Away with that night that passed in disgrace!
A night has passed, turning away its breeze
It did not pour forth like steady rain after steady rain.
No dew has spilled after its dew
ليلةa night لوif تَقَدَّمتhad come earlier لاستَحقَّتwould have deserved
ليلة لو تَقَدَّمت لاستَحقَّت
شهرةَrenown الذّكرِof remembrance قبلَbefore يَومthe Day of حَلِيمَهḤalīmah
شهرةَ الذّكرِ قبلَ يَوم حَلِيمَه
A night that, had it come earlier, would have deserved
If that night had come earlier, it would have deserved
lasting renown before the Day of Ḥalīmah.
The fame of mention before the day of Halima
غسَلتwashed لِمَّتيmy locks بصُبحِwith a dawn of مَشِيبٍgray hair
غسَلت لِمَّتي بصُبحِ مَشِيبٍ
وَمَحتand erased لَيلَةًa night عَليَّto me كريمَةdear
وَمَحت لَيلَةً عَليَّ كريمَة
It washed my locks with a dawn of gray hair
It washed my temples with the morning of old age
and erased a night dear to me.
And erased a generous night from me
وورَائيand behind me منof الخِضابِhair dye قَصِيرٌQaṣīr
وورَائي من الخِضابِ قَصِيرٌ
وهيand she is زَبَّاءُZabbāʾ والشّبابُand youth جَذِيمَهُJadhīmah
وهي زَبَّاءُ والشّبابُ جَذِيمَهُ
And behind me is a Qaṣīr of hair dye;
Behind me is little dye
she is Zabbāʾ, and youth is Jadhīmah.
While it is bright and youth has withered
Sol 6.1