قِفhalt بِالطَلولِby the ruins الدارِساتِeffaced بِلَعلَعِat Laʿlaʿ
قِف بِالطَلولِ الدارِساتِ بِلَعلَعِ
وَاِندُبand mourn أَحِبَّتَناour loved ones بِذاكَin that البَلقَعِbarren waste
وَاِندُب أَحِبَّتَنا بِذاكَ البَلقَعِ
Halt by the effaced ruins at Laʿlaʿ,
Stand by the abandoned abodes at Al-Lal'a
and mourn our loved ones in that barren waste.
And mourn our loved ones in that Al-Balqa'
قِفhalt بِالدِيارِby the dwellings وَناجِهاand commune with her مُتَعَجِّباًmarveling
قِف بِالدِيارِ وَناجِها مُتَعَجِّباً
مِنهاat her بِحُسنِwith gracious تَلَطُّفٍgentleness بِتَفَجُّعِwith grief
مِنها بِحُسنِ تَلَطُّفٍ بِتَفَجُّعِ
Halt by the abode and commune with her, marveling
Stand by the dwellings and converse with them amazed
at her, with gracious gentleness and grief.
At their elegance and fine tenderness in grief
عَهديmy recollection بِمِثليof one like me عِندَbeside بانِكَyour bān-tree قاطِفاًplucking
عَهدي بِمِثلي عِندَ بانِكَ قاطِفاً
ثَمَرَfruit الخُدودِthe cheeks وَوَردَand the roses رَوضٍa garden أَينَعِin full bloom
ثَمَرَ الخُدودِ وَوَردَ رَوضٍ أَينَعِ
I remember one like me beside your bān-tree, plucking
My days with the like of you near your dunes, plucking
the fruit of cheeks and the roses of a garden in full bloom.
The fruits of cheeks and a meadow's choicest roses
كُلَّall الَّذيwho يَرجوhopes for نَوالَكَyour bounty أُمطِرواwere showered with rain
كُلَّ الَّذي يَرجو نَوالَكَ أُمطِروا
ماnot كانَwas بَرقُكَyour lightning خُلَّباًfalsely promising rain إِلّاexcept مَعيfor me
ما كانَ بَرقُكَ خُلَّباً إِلّا مَعي
All who hope for your bounty were showered with rain;
May those who hope for your rains be watered
your lightning never promised rain in vain, except to me.
Your lightning illuminated none but me
قالَتshe said نَعَمyes قَدindeed كانَwas ذاكَthat المُلتَقىthe meeting
قالَت نَعَم قَد كانَ ذاكَ المُلتَقى
فيin ظِلِّthe shade أَفنانيmy boughs بِأَخصَبِin the most fertile مَوضِعِspot
في ظِلِّ أَفناني بِأَخصَبِ مَوضِعِ
She said, “Yes, that meeting indeed took place
She said "Yes, that meeting was
in the shade of my boughs, in the most fertile spot,
In the shade of my branches, at the most fertile place"
إِذwhen كانَwas بَرقيmy lightning مِنfrom بُروقِflashes مَباسِمٍsmiling mouths
إِذ كانَ بَرقي مِن بُروقِ مَباسِمٍ
وَاليَومَand today بَرقيmy lightning لَمعُthe gleam هذاthis اليَرمَعِwhite pebbles
وَاليَومَ بَرقي لَمعُ هذا اليَرمَعِ
when my lightning came from the flashes of smiling mouths;
For my lightning then was of smiling flashes
and today my lightning is the gleam of this white gravel.
While today my lightning is but a slight glare
فَاِعتُبso reproach زَماناًtime ماnot لَناfor us مِنany حيلَةٍmeans
فَاِعتُب زَماناً ما لَنا مِن حيلَةٍ
فيin دَفعِهِwarding it off ماwhat ذَنبُfault مَنزِلِthe abode لَعلَعِLaʿlaʿ
في دَفعِهِ ما ذَنبُ مَنزِلِ لَعلَعِ
So reproach time: we have no means
So blame time, for we've no power
to ward it off. What fault lies with the abode at Laʿlaʿ?”
To stop it - what's the fault of Lal'a's dwellings?
فَعَذَرتُهاso I excused her لَمّاwhen سَمِعتُI heard كَلامَهاher words
فَعَذَرتُها لَمّا سَمِعتُ كَلامَها
تَشكوshe complains كَماas أَشكوI complain بِقَلبٍwith a heart موجَعِaching
تَشكو كَما أَشكو بِقَلبٍ موجَعِ
So I excused her when I heard her words,
I pardoned her when I heard her words
complaining as I complain, with an aching heart.
Lamenting as I lament with an aching heart
وَسَأَلتُهاand I asked her لَمّاwhen رَأَيتُI saw رُبوعَهاher dwelling grounds
وَسَأَلتُها لَمّا رَأَيتُ رُبوعَها
مَسرىpassageway الرِياحِthe winds الذارِياتِdust-scattering الأَربَعِthe four
مَسرى الرِياحِ الذارِياتِ الأَربَعِ
And I asked her, when I saw her dwellings
And I asked her when I saw her meadows
were a passageway for the four dust-scattering winds,
The path of the four winds blowing
هَلhave? أَخبَرَتكِtold you رِياحُهُمtheir winds بِمَقيلِهِمof their noonday resting-place
هَل أَخبَرَتكِ رِياحُهُم بِمَقيلِهِم
قالَتshe said نِعمَyes قالواthey said بِذاتِat Dhāt الأَجرَعِal-Ajraʿ
قالَت نِعمَ قالوا بِذاتِ الأَجرَعِ
“Have their winds told you of their noonday resting-place?”
Did the winds inform you of their resting place?
She said, “Yes; they said, ‘At Dhāt al-Ajraʿ,
She said "Yes, they said it was at Al-Ajra'"
حَيثُwhere الخِيامُthe tents البيضِwhite تَشرُقُshine لِلَّذيbecause of what
حَيثُ الخِيامُ البيضِ تَشرُقُ لِلَّذي
تَحويهِthey contain it مِنof تِلكَthose الشُموسِthe suns الطُلَّعِrising
تَحويهِ مِن تِلكَ الشُموسِ الطُلَّعِ
where the white tents shine because of what
Where the white tents rise for those
they hold of those rising suns.’”
Who occupy them under those brilliant suns
Sol 6.1