أَحبابَناour beloved ones ماthere is no لِهذاfor this الهَجرِestrangement مِنany أَمَدِend
أَحبابَنا ما لِهذا الهَجرِ مِن أَمَدِ
وَحَقّكُمby your honor عَزَّhas grown scarce صَبريmy patience وَاِنتَهىand has run out جَلَديmy endurance
وَحَقّكُم عَزَّ صَبري وَاِنتَهى جَلَدي
Our beloved ones, this estrangement has no end.
By your honor, my patience has dwindled and my endurance is spent.
أَبَيضَةُan egg? الديكِof the rooster حَظّيmy share مِنof وصالِكُمunion with you
أَبَيضَةُ الديكِ حَظّي مِن وصالِكُم
لاdo not تَفعَلواdo وَاِجعَلوهاand make it دَعوَةَan invitation الأَبَدِfor eternity
لا تَفعَلوا وَاِجعَلوها دَعوَةَ الأَبَدِ
Is my share of union with you a rooster's egg?
Do not do so, and make it an everlasting invitation.
فَلِلعَواذِلِso, for the reproachful women مِنّيfrom me حَظُّthe share شيعَتِهِof his followers
فَلِلعَواذِلِ مِنّي حَظُّ شيعَتِهِ
يَومَon the day الوَليمَةِof the banquet لاnot يُلويturns aside عَلىfor أَحَدِanyone
يَومَ الوَليمَةِ لا يُلوي عَلى أَحَدِ
So the reproachful women get from me the share his followers get,
on the day of the banquet: he pays heed to no one.
عَهديmy recollection بِهِof him وَاليَدُand the hand اليُمنىthe right يَكُفُّhe stems بِهاwith it
عَهدي بِهِ وَاليَدُ اليُمنى يَكُفُّ بِها
غَربَthe torrent المَدامِعِof the tear ducts وَالأُخرىand the other hand عَلىupon الكَبِدِthe liver
غَربَ المَدامِعِ وَالأُخرى عَلى الكَبِدِ
I remember him stemming with his right hand
the torrent of tears, his other hand upon his liver.
يَقولُhe says لِلخُبزِto the bread لاmay not يَبعُدgrow distant مَداكَyour reach وَلاnor
يَقولُ لِلخُبزِ لا يَبعُد مَداكَ وَلا
أَخنىbring ruin عَلَيكَupon you الَّذيthe one who أَخنىbrought ruin عَلىupon لُبَدِLubad
أَخنى عَلَيكَ الَّذي أَخنى عَلى لُبَدِ
He says to the bread, 'May you never be out of reach, nor
may he who destroyed Lubad destroy you.'
Sol 6.1