بكfor you ياO صبورَsteadfast القَلْبthe heart هامَbecame love-maddened جَزُوعُهُits fretful one
بك يا صبورَ القَلْب هامَ جَزُوعُهُ
أوَand does...? كلّevery شيءٍthing منof هوَاكَlove for you يروعهُterrifies it
أوَ كلّ شيءٍ من هوَاكَ يروعهُ
For you, O steadfast-hearted one, the fretful heart is love-maddened.
And does everything about loving you terrify it?
فإذاso when وصلتَyou granted union خشيتُI feared منكfrom you قطيعةًestrangement
فإذا وصلتَ خشيتُ منك قطيعةً
فالعيشُfor life أنتyou وَصُولهits sustainer وَقَطُوعهُand its cutter-off
فالعيشُ أنت وَصُوله وَقَطُوعهُ
So when you grant union, I fear estrangement from you;
for you sustain life and cut it short.
لاdo not تَتّهِمْنيsuspect me فيin الوفاءِfaithfulness فإنّنيfor I
لا تَتّهِمْني في الوفاءِ فإنّني
كَتمْتُI concealed سرّكَyour secret والدموعُwhile the tears تُذيعُهُreveal it
كَتمْتُ سرّكَ والدموعُ تُذيعُهُ
Do not doubt my fidelity, for I
have concealed your secret, though the tears reveal it.
نَقَلَmoved الهوىlove قلبيmy heart إلىinto عينيmy eye التيwhich
نَقَلَ الهوى قلبي إلى عيني التي
منهاfrom it تَفَجّرَburst forth بالبكاin weeping يَنْبُوعهُits fountain
منها تَفَجّرَ بالبكا يَنْبُوعهُ
Love moved my heart into my eye, from which
its fountain burst forth in weeping.
أبْكَيتَنِيyou made me weep فأذَعْتُso I divulged سِرّكَyour secret مُكْرَهاunwillingly
أبْكَيتَنِي فأذَعْتُ سِرّكَ مُكْرَها
فعلامso why تَعْذُلُنيyou reproach me وأنتَwhile you تُذيعُهُdisclose it
فعلام تَعْذُلُني وأنتَ تُذيعُهُ
You made me weep, so I divulged your secret against my will;
so why do you reproach me when you yourself disclose it?
قالsaid العذولُthe reproacher لَقَدindeed خَضَعْتyou submitted لِحُبِّهِto love for him
قال العذولُ لَقَد خَضَعْت لِحُبِّهِ
فأجبتُهُso I answered him عِزّglory المحبِّthe lover خُضوعُهُhis submission
فأجبتُهُ عِزّ المحبِّ خُضوعُهُ
The reproacher said, ‘You have indeed submitted to love for him.’
So I answered him, ‘The lover's glory is his submission.’
أقْصِرْdesist فماfor ... not يجتثّis uprooted أصْلroot علاقةٍan attachment
أقْصِرْ فما يجتثّ أصْل علاقةٍ
جُذِبَتْwere tugged بأطرافِby the tips of الملامreproach فروعُهُits branches
جُذِبَتْ بأطرافِ الملام فروعُهُ
Desist: the root of an attachment is not uprooted
though its branches are tugged by the tips of reproach.
وكأنّand as though لَوْمَكَyour reproach رافضِيٌّa Rafidite مَيِّتٌdead
وكأنّ لَوْمَكَ رافضِيٌّ مَيِّتٌ
وكأَنَّand as though سَمعيmy hearing إِذwhen نَعاهُannounced his death بقيعهُhis Baqīʿ (burial ground)
وكأَنَّ سَمعي إِذ نَعاهُ بقيعهُ
And your reproach is like a dead Rafidite,
and my hearing, when it announces his death, is like his Baqīʿ.
ياO منwho لذيfor one with أرقٍsleeplessness يطولُlasts long نزاعُهُhis anguish
يا من لذي أرقٍ يطولُ نزاعُهُ
شوقاًin longing إلىfor منone who طالlasted long عنهaway from him نُزُوعهُhis departure
شوقاً إلى من طال عنه نُزُوعهُ
Ah, who will help a sleepless man whose anguish lingers,
yearning for one whose absence from him has lasted so long?
باتتspent the night جحيمُhellfire القلبthe heart تلفحscorching قلبَهُhis heart
باتت جحيمُ القلب تلفح قلبَهُ
فتَفيضُso overflow منfrom قلبٍa heart يغيضُebbs away دموعهُhis tears
فتَفيضُ من قلبٍ يغيضُ دموعهُ
The heart's hellfire spent the night scorching his heart,
so his tears overflow from a heart that ebbs away.
عَقَدَfastened الجفونَthe eyelids ببارقٍto a lightning flash نَقَبَpierced الدجىthe darkness
عَقَدَ الجفونَ ببارقٍ نَقَبَ الدجى
وَخَفَاand flashed كماlike اطّرَدَcoursed along الشجاعُthe serpent لميعُهُits gleam
وَخَفَا كما اطّرَدَ الشجاعُ لميعُهُ
He bound his eyelids to a lightning flash that pierced the darkness,
and flashed, its gleam like a serpent coursing along.
وكأنّهُand as though it بالغيثِof rain باتَspent the night مَحدّثاًspeaking
وكأنّهُ بالغيثِ باتَ مَحدّثاً
للطرفto the eye بالخضراءِin the green sky وهوَwhile it سَميعُهُits listener
للطرف بالخضراءِ وهوَ سَميعُهُ
And it seemed to spend the night speaking of rain
in the green sky, to the eye that listened to it.
خَدَعَdeceived الظلامَthe darkness وكانand was منfrom لمعانهits gleam
خَدَعَ الظلامَ وكان من لمعانه
مِسْبَارُهits probe وحُسَامُهُand its sword ونجيعُهُand its blood
مِسْبَارُه وحُسَامُهُ ونجيعُهُ
It deceived the darkness, and from its gleam came
its probe, its sword, and its blood.
وَمُجَلْجِلٍand a rumbling cloud دَرّتْflowed abundantly بأنفاسِwith the breaths of الصّباthe east wind
وَمُجَلْجِلٍ دَرّتْ بأنفاسِ الصّبا
وهناًlate at night لقَضْباءِfor the tender shoots of النباتِplants ضروعُهُits udders
وهناً لقَضْباءِ النباتِ ضروعُهُ
And a rumbling cloud, whose udders flowed with the east wind's breaths,
late at night, for the tender shoots of plants.
خَضَعَتْbowed لهto it عُنُقٌa neck لهاbelonging to it وتَحَمَّلَتْand bore
خَضَعَتْ له عُنُقٌ لها وتَحَمَّلَتْ
منof ثِقْلِهِits weight فوقbeyond الَّذيwhat تسطيعُهُit can bear it
من ثِقْلِهِ فوق الَّذي تسطيعُهُ
Their neck bowed beneath it and bore
more of its weight than it could bear.
وجَرَتand coursed بِهِwith it أثَرin the wake of السماءِthe sky مِنَof الثَّرىthe earth
وجَرَت بِهِ أثَر السماءِ مِنَ الثَّرى
ميتاًdead فَعَاشَتْso came alive بالرّبيعwith spring ربوعُهُits lands
ميتاً فَعَاشَتْ بالرّبيع ربوعُهُ
And it coursed with it, in heaven's wake, across a tract of earth,
lying dead; then its lands came alive with spring.
وإذاand when الصَّباthe east wind مَرّتْpassed بهاجعby a sleeper of روضةٍa meadow
وإذا الصَّبا مَرّتْ بهاجع روضةٍ
نَفَضَتْshook لهfor him لِمَماًlocks of hair فطارَso flew away هجوعُهُhis slumber
نَفَضَتْ له لِمَماً فطارَ هجوعُهُ
And when the east wind passed a meadow's sleeper,
it shook his locks, and his slumber flew away.
Sol 6.1