طللانِtwo ruins طالَhas grown long عليهماover them both الأمَدُthe span of time
طللانِ طالَ عليهما الأمَدُ
دثراthey both decayed فلاso no علمٌlandmark ولاnor نضَدُstacked furnishings
دثرا فلا علمٌ ولا نضَدُ
Two ruins over which long ages have passed,
Their separation was prolonged
Both lie effaced: no landmark, no furnishings remain.
Withered, with no knowledge or resolve
لبِسَاthey both donned البِلَىdecay فكأنّماso it is as though وَجَداthey both felt
لبِسَا البِلَى فكأنّما وَجَدا
بعدَafter الأحبّةِthe loved ones مثلَthe like of ماwhat أجِدُI feel
بعدَ الأحبّةِ مثلَ ما أجِدُ
They have donned decay, as though they felt,
Wearing out, as if they had found
After the loved ones left, just what I feel.
After their loved ones, what I endure
حُيِّيتُماmay you both be greeted طللينِtwo ruins حالُهماtheir state
حُيِّيتُما طللينِ حالُهما
بعدَafter الأحبّةِthe loved ones غيرَother than ماwhat عَهِدواthey once knew
بعدَ الأحبّةِ غيرَ ما عَهِدوا
Hail, you two ruins, whose state
I greeted two separated lovers
After the loved ones left is not what they once knew.
After their loved ones, not what they were accustomed to
إماif طواكَhas folded you away سُلُوُّforgetfulness غانيةٍa fair woman
إما طواكَ سُلُوُّ غانيةٍ
فهواكَthen love for you لاno مَللٌweariness ولاnor فَنَدُfolly
فهواكَ لا مَللٌ ولا فَنَدُ
If a fair woman's forgetting has folded you away,
Whether your companion is a melodious singer
Then love for you knows neither weariness nor folly.
Or your love has no boredom or separation
إنif كنتِyou are صادقةَsincere in الهوىlove فرِدِيthen come to drink
إن كنتِ صادقةَ الهوى فرِدِي
فيin الحبِlove منهليَmy watering place الذيwhich أرِدُI come to drink at
في الحبِ منهليَ الذي أرِدُ
If you are true in love, then come
If you are truthful in love, then quench
To my watering place in love, where I drink.
For me in love the spring I seek
أدميis it my blood هَرَقتِyou shed وأنتِwhile you آمنةٌsafe
أدمي هَرَقتِ وأنتِ آمنةٌ
أمor ليسِthere is not ليfor me عقلٌblood-money ولاnor قَوَدُretaliation in kind
أم ليسِ لي عقلٌ ولا قَوَدُ
Have you shed my blood while you remain safe,
My tears flowed while you are safe
Or have I neither blood-money nor retribution?
Or have I no mind or firewood
إنif كنتِyou have فُتّeluded me وَخاننيand has failed me سَبَبٌa means
إن كنتِ فُتّ وَخانني سَبَبٌ
فلربّماfor often لمdid not يَحظَsucceed مُجتَهشدُprobably a striver
فلربّما لم يَحظَ مُجتَهشدُ
If you have eluded me and my means have failed,
If you are a temptress and a cause has betrayed me
For many a striver has failed to win.
Then perhaps the afflicted will not be fortunate
ياO خيرَbest منتسبٍone tracing his lineage لمكرمةٍto nobility
يا خيرَ منتسبٍ لمكرمةٍ
فيin المجدglory حيثُwhere تَبَحبَحَdwelt at ease العَدَدُthe multitude
في المجد حيثُ تَبَحبَحَ العَدَدُ
O best of those who trace their lineage to nobility,
O best lineage of a generous man
In glory, where the multitude dwells at ease:
In glory, where throngs bustle
فيin كلّevery أنلُةٍprobably a fingertip لراحتِهِof his palm
في كلّ أنلُةٍ لراحتِهِ
نَوءٌa rainstorm يَسُحُّpours abundantly وعارضٌand a raincloud حَشِدُdensely massed
نَوءٌ يَسُحُّ وعارضٌ حَشِدُ
In every fingertip of his hand
In every soft sands for his rest
Is a pouring rainstorm and a densely massed cloud.
A groan sweeps, and a witness piles up
واذاand when القَنَاthe spears رَعَفَتbled أسنّتُهtheir spearheads
واذا القَنَا رَعَفَت أسنّتُه
علَقاًthick blood وصُمُّand the solid ones كعوبِهاof their shaft-joints قِصَدُbroken fragments
علَقاً وصُمُّ كعوبِها قِصَدُ
And when the spears' points bleed
And when the slim spears trembled
Thick blood, and their solid joints lie shattered,
Clinging, silent at their tips aiming
فكأنَّthen it is as though ضَوءَthe light جبينهِof his brow قَمَرٌa moon
فكأنَّ ضَوءَ جبينهِ قَمَرٌ
وكأنّهand he is like فيin صَولةٍan onslaught أسَدُa lion
وكأنّه في صَولةٍ أسَدُ
Then the radiance of his brow seems a moon,
As if the light of his brow is the moon
And in an onslaught he is like a lion.
And as if he in assault is a lion
وكأنَّهُand he is like رَوحٌa spirit تُدَبِّرُناgovern us
وكأنَّهُ رَوحٌ تُدَبِّرُنا
حركاتُهhis movements وكأنَّناand we are like جَسَدa body
حركاتُه وكأنَّنا جَسَد
And he is like a spirit: we are governed
And as if he is a spirit that leads us
By his movements, and we are like a body.
His movements, and as if we are a body
Sol 6.1