بَلَنسِيَةًValencia بَينيdepart (feminine command) عَنِfrom القَلبِthe heart سُلوَةًsolace; forgetting
بَلَنسِيَةً بَيني عَنِ القَلبِ سُلوَةً
فَإِنَّكِfor indeed you رَوضٌa garden لاnot أَحِنُّI yearn لِزَهرِكِfor your blossoms
فَإِنَّكِ رَوضٌ لا أَحِنُّ لِزَهرِكِ
Valencia, depart from my heart, that I may find solace;
A respite from my heart's sorrows you have been,
For you are a garden whose blossoms I do not long for.
Yet I care not for the flowers of your garden.
وَكَيفَand how يُحِبُّloves المَرءُthe person داراًa home تَقَسَّمَتbecame divided
وَكَيفَ يُحِبُّ المَرءُ داراً تَقَسَّمَت
عَلىbetween صارِمَيtwo sharp swords of جُوعٍhunger وَفِتنَةِand the strife of مُشرِكِa polytheist
عَلى صارِمَي جُوعٍ وَفِتنَةِ مُشرِكِ
And how can a person love a home divided
How can a man love a home torn asunder
Between the two swords of hunger and a polytheist's strife?
By twin blades of hunger and pagan strife?
Sol 6.1