وَيوماًand a day بداراتِin the hollows of العقيقal-ʿAqīq لوif أنّهُthat it
وَيوماً بداراتِ العقيق لو أنّهُ
اُعيدَwere restored لردِّwould turn back الشَّمسthe sun عنaway from كُلّevery مطلعِrising-place
اُعيدَ لردِّ الشَّمس عن كُلّ مطلعِ
And a day in the hollows of al-ʿAqīq—if it
One day at dawn in al-'Aqeeq's abode
were restored, it would turn the sun away from every rising-place.
If only it could make the sun retreat from the horizons
لقيناwe encountered بهon it فَتكَthe deadly assault of النّوىseparation وقلوبُناand our hearts
لقينا به فَتكَ النّوى وقلوبُنا
قوادمُprimary wing feathers طيرٍof birds فيin الحبائلِthe snares وُقّعِfallen
قوادمُ طيرٍ في الحبائلِ وُقّعِ
On that day we encountered separation’s deadly assault, and our hearts
We would meet it, slaying our intentions, while our hearts
were the primary wing feathers of birds fallen into snares.
Are nests for birds in the thickets and bushes
Sol 6.1