غَلَبَتْovercame عَلَيَّover me لِبُعْدِكُمْbecause of your distance أَشْجانِيmy sorrows
غَلَبَتْ عَلَيَّ لِبُعْدِكُمْ أَشْجانِي
وَجَفاand shunned الكَرَىsleep مِنْfrom بَعْدِكُمْafter you أَجْفانِيmy eyelids
وَجَفا الكَرَى مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ أَجْفانِي
My sorrows have overcome me because you are far away.
My yearnings have overwhelmed me due to your absence,
And sleep has shunned my eyelids since your departure.
And my eyelids have dried after you all.
وَتَضَرَّمَتْand flared بَيْنَbetween الجَوَانِحِthe ribs لَوْعَةٌburning anguish
وَتَضَرَّمَتْ بَيْنَ الجَوَانِحِ لَوْعَةٌ
إِطْفاؤُهاquenching it أَعْيَاproved too difficult عَلىfor الطُّوفانِthe flood
إِطْفاؤُها أَعْيَا عَلى الطُّوفانِ
And a burning anguish flared between my ribs.
Between my ribs lies a burning anguish,
Even the flood could not quench it.
Quenching it has exhausted the floods.
هَيْهاتَfar from possible يَدْنُوdraws near الصّبْرُpatience مِنِّيَto me بَعْدَهَاafter it
هَيْهاتَ يَدْنُو الصّبْرُ مِنِّيَ بَعْدَهَا
وأَنَاwhile I البَعيدُfar away الأَهْلِfamily والأَوْطَانِand homelands
وأَنَا البَعيدُ الأَهْلِ والأَوْطَانِ
How could patience draw near me after such anguish,
Alas! Patience stays far from me after that,
when I am far from family and homelands?
While I am distant from family and home.
لَوْif أنَّthat ثَهْلاناًThahlan تَحَمَّلَbore بَعْضَsome of ماwhat
لَوْ أنَّ ثَهْلاناً تَحَمَّلَ بَعْضَ ما
حُمِّلْتُهُI was made to bear it خَرَّتْfell ذُرَىsummits ثَهْلانِThahlan
حُمِّلْتُهُ خَرَّتْ ذُرَى ثَهْلانِ
Had Thahlan borne some of what
If Mount Thahlan endured some of what
I was made to bear, Thahlan's summits would have fallen.
I have been burdened with, its peaks would crumble.
أَسْرٌcaptivity وقَسْرٌand coercion لاno قَرَارَendurance عَلَيْهِماof them both
أَسْرٌ وقَسْرٌ لا قَرَارَ عَلَيْهِما
وَتَغَرُّبٌand exile عَنْfrom أسْرَتِيmy family ومَكَانِيand my home
وَتَغَرُّبٌ عَنْ أسْرَتِي ومَكَانِي
Captivity and coercion—neither can be endured—
Captivity and coercion with no rest between them,
and exile from my family and my home.
And estrangement from my family and home.
هَذاthis وَكَمْand how much أَثْناءamid هَذاthis مِنْof أَسىًsorrow
هَذا وَكَمْ أَثْناء هَذا مِنْ أَسىً
فَضَحput to shame العَزَاءconsolation ومِنْand of هَوىًpassion وَهَوانِand humiliation
فَضَح العَزَاء ومِنْ هَوىً وَهَوانِ
All this—and how much sorrow amid it
And amidst this, how much sorrow,
has put consolation to shame, and how much passion and humiliation!
Exposed grief, passion and disgrace!
ويَهُونُand is slight ذَلِكَthat لِلْفِراقِbeside separation وطَعْمِهِand its taste
ويَهُونُ ذَلِكَ لِلْفِراقِ وطَعْمِهِ
إنَّindeed الفِراقseparation هُوَit الحِمامُdeath الثَّانِيthe second
إنَّ الفِراق هُوَ الحِمامُ الثَّانِي
Yet all that is slight beside separation and its taste.
And that is trivial compared to the taste of separation,
Indeed, separation is the second death.
For separation is the second annihilation.
Sol 6.1