لهفis anguished القلبthe heart واللهفand anguish غيرnot مريحrelieving
لهف القلب واللهف غير مريح
بعدafter فقديmy loss of جمالJamāl عبدʿAbd (servant of) المسيحal-Masīḥ (the Messiah)
بعد فقدي جمال عبد المسيح
The heart is anguished, and anguish brings no relief
The heart's longing does not bring comfort
after my loss of Jamāl ʿAbd al-Masīḥ.
After losing the beauty of Abd al-Masiḥ
غصنa bough بانٍa bān tree ذويwithered وبدرand a full moon منfrom الأفقthe horizon
غصن بانٍ ذوي وبدر من الأفق
هوىfell فيinto ضميرthe innermost recess of قلبthe heart of الضريحthe grave
هوى في ضمير قلب الضريح
A bān-tree bough has withered, and a full moon from the horizon
A blossoming branch of family, and full moon from the horizon
has fallen into the innermost heart of the grave.
Fell in love with the soul of the tomb's dweller
اودعوهthey laid him الثرىthe earth فغابso he vanished وقدand already
اودعوه الثرى فغاب وقد
اودعhe lodged احشايmy entrails لاعجthe searing pain of التبريحtorment
اودع احشاي لاعج التبريح
They laid him in the earth; he vanished, having already
They buried him in the ground and he disappeared after
lodged in my entrails the searing pain of torment.
Entrusting my insides with incessant farewell
ليتwould that لوif كانwere فيin فؤاديmy heart مثواهhis resting place
ليت لو كان في فؤادي مثواه
ولوand even if كنتI were ذاpossessing فؤادa heart جريحwounded
ولو كنت ذا فؤاد جريح
Would that his resting place were in my heart,
If only his dwelling was in my heart
even if I had a wounded heart.
Even if I had a wounded heart
ولوand if only انيthat I فديتهI ransomed him بقديمwith the old part of العمرlife منيof mine
ولو اني فديته بقديم العمر مني
وبالحديثand with the new part الصحيحhealthy
وبالحديث الصحيح
And if only I had ransomed him with my past years of life
If only I redeemed him with my lifelong age
and with the new and healthy ones.
And with the authentic narration
اينwhere منcompared with مدمعيmy tears عليهfor him ونوحيand my lament
اين من مدمعي عليه ونوحي
فيin نواحيthe regions of البلادthe lands طوفانthe flood of نوحNoah
في نواحي البلاد طوفان نوح
What, beside my tears for him and my lament
Where are my tears for him and my wailing
throughout the lands, is Noah's flood?
In the lands' corners is the flood of Noah
انif اعشI live بعدهafter him فمنthen among اعجبthe strangest الأشياءthings
ان اعش بعده فمن اعجب الأشياء
جسمa body يعيشlives منfrom بعدafter روحa soul
جسم يعيش من بعد روح
If I live on after him, then among the strangest things is
That I live after him is the strangest of things
a body living on after its soul has gone.
A body living after its soul
خطبthe calamity of هذاthis المليحfair one صورportrayed للنفسto the soul
خطب هذا المليح صور للنفس
قبيحthe ugliness of الحتوفdeaths غيرnot قبيحugly
قبيح الحتوف غير قبيح
The calamity of this fair one made the soul see
This handsome one sought self-portraits
death's ugliness as something not ugly.
Ugly collector unlike the handsome
فتمنيتso I wished فيهon his account موتيmy death وقدand already ارختI dated
فتمنيت فيه موتي وقد ارخت
موتيmy death بهthrough him بموتby the death of المليحthe fair one
موتي به بموت المليح
So I wished for my death on his account, and I dated
So I wished in him my death after having prolonged
my death through him, by the death of the fair one.
My death with the death of the handsome
Sol 6.1