صَابَpoured down مُزْنُrain-clouds الدُّمُوعِthe tears مِنْfrom جَفْنِeyelid صَبِّكْyour lovesick lover
صَابَ مُزْنُ الدُّمُوعِ مِنْ جَفْنِ صَبِّكْ
عِنْدَمَاwhen اسْتَرْوَحَhe breathed in الصَّبَاthe east wind مِنْfrom مَهَبِّكْyour wind's source
عِنْدَمَا اسْتَرْوَحَ الصَّبَا مِنْ مَهَبِّكْ
Clouds of tears poured from your lover's eyelid,
When he breathed in the east wind from your quarter.
كَيْفَhow يَسْلُوِforget يَاO جَنَّتِيmy paradise عَنْكَaway from you قَلْبٌa heart
كَيْفَ يَسْلُوِ يَا جَنَّتِي عَنْكَ قَلْبٌ
كَانَhad قَبْلَbefore الْوُجُودِexistence جُنَّgone mad بِحُبِّكْwith love for you
كَانَ قَبْلَ الْوُجُودِ جُنَّ بِحُبِّكْ
How can a heart forget you, O my paradise,
That went mad with love for you before existence?
ثُمَّthen قُلْsay كَيْفَhow كَانَwas it بَعْدَafter انْتِشَاءِthe rapture الرthe spirit (first fragment)
ثُمَّ قُلْ كَيْفَ كَانَ بَعْدَ انْتِشَاءِ الر
رُوحِspirit (continuation) مِنْfrom أُنْسِكَyour companionship الشَّهِيِّthe delightful وَقُرْبِكْand your nearness
رُوحِ مِنْ أُنْسِكَ الشَّهِيِّ وَقُرْبِكْ
Then say: how was it after the rapture of the
spirit through your delightful companionship and nearness?
لَمْdid not يَدَعْleave بَيْتَكَyour house الْمَنِيعَimpregnable حِمَاهُits sanctuary
لَمْ يَدَعْ بَيْتَكَ الْمَنِيعَ حِمَاهُ
لِسِوَاهُfor something other than it إِلاَّexcept إِلَىto بَيْتِthe house رَبِّكْyour Lord
لِسِوَاهُ إِلاَّ إِلَى بَيْتِ رَبِّكْ
It never left your house, whose sanctuary is impregnable,
For any other, save for the house of your Lord.
أَوْلِgrant عُذْرِيmy excuse الرِّضَاacceptance فَمَاfor ... not جِئْتُI have come بِدْعاًsomething unprecedented
أَوْلِ عُذْرِي الرِّضَا فَمَا جِئْتُ بِدْعاً
دُمْتَmay you endure وَالْفَضْلُand generosity وَالرِّضَاand goodwill مِنْamong دَأبِكْyour customary ways
دُمْتَ وَالْفَضْلُ وَالرِّضَا مِنْ دَأبِكْ
Accept my excuse, for I have done nothing unprecedented.
May you endure; generosity and goodwill are your wont.
وَإِذَاand if مَاemphatic particle ادَّعَيْتَyou claim كَرْباًanguish لِفَقْدِيat losing me
وَإِذَا مَا ادَّعَيْتَ كَرْباً لِفَقْدِي
أَيْنَwhere كَرْبِيmy anguish وَوَحْشَتِيand my loneliness مِنْcompared with كَرْبِكْyour anguish
أَيْنَ كَرْبِي وَوَحْشَتِي مِنْ كَرْبِكْ
And if you claim anguish at losing me,
How do my anguish and loneliness compare with yours?
وَلَدِيmy son فِيin ذَرَاكَyour shelter وَكْرِيَmy nest فِيin دَوْyour groves (first fragment)
وَلَدِي فِي ذَرَاكَ وَكْرِيَ فِي دَوْ
حِكَyour groves (continuation) لَحْدِيmy grave وَتُرْبَتِيand my dust فِيin تُرْبِكْyour soil
حِكَ لَحْدِي وَتُرْبَتِي فِي تُرْبِكْ
My son is in your shelter, my nest in your
groves; my grave and my dust are in your soil.
يَاO زَمَاناًTime أغْرَىincited الْفِرَاقَseparation بِشَملِيagainst my togetherness
يَا زَمَاناً أغْرَى الْفِرَاقَ بِشَملِي
لَيْتنِيif only I أُهْبَتيmy preparations أَخَذْتُI had taken لِحَرْبِكْfor war against you
لَيْتنِي أُهْبَتي أَخَذْتُ لِحَرْبِكْ
O Time, who set separation on all I held together,
If only I had made my preparations for war against you!
أَرْكَبَتنِيmade me ride صُرُوفُكَyour vicissitudes الصَّعْبَthe unruly mount حَتَّىuntil
أَرْكَبَتنِي صُرُوفُكَ الصَّعْبَ حَتَّى
جِئْتَyou came بِالْبَيْنِwith parting وَهْوَand it is أَصْعَبُthe hardest of صَعْبَكْyour hardships
جِئْتَ بِالْبَيْنِ وَهْوَ أَصْعَبُ صَعْبَكْ
Your turns of fortune made me ride an unruly mount, until
You brought parting, the hardest of your hardships.
Sol 6.1