ياOh هلhave ...? بكيتyou wept كماas بكتthey wept
يا هل بكيت كما بكت
ورقgray-plumed الحمائمthe doves فيamong الغصونthe branches
ورق الحمائم في الغصون
Oh, have you wept as did
O you who wept as the leaves
the gray doves among the branches?
Of the doves weep on the branches
هتفتthey called out سحيراًjust before dawn والربىand the hills
هتفت سحيراً والربى
للقطرto the rain رافعةraising الجفونthe eyelids
للقطر رافعة الجفون
They called just before dawn, while the hills
Crying out deliriously while the ruins
lifted their eyelids to the rain.
Lift up their eyelids to the rain
فكأنهاso as though they صاغتfashioned علىin accordance with
فكأنها صاغت على
شجويmy grief شجىsorrow تلكthose اللحونmelodies
شجوي شجى تلك اللحون
So it was as though they had fashioned, to match
As if they had cast upon
my grief, the sorrow of those melodies.
My longing their own yearning
ذكرننيthey reminded me عهداًa time مضىgone by
ذكرنني عهداً مضى
للإنسfor humankind منقطعcut off القريرcontentment
للإنس منقطع القرير
They reminded me of a time gone by,
They reminded me of days gone by
for humankind, its contentment cut short.
For humankind, no longer murmuring
فتصرمتthen slipped away أيامهits days
فتصرمت أيامه
وكأنهاand as though they رجعa returning movement العيونthe eyes
وكأنها رجع العيون
Then its days slipped away,
So its days withered away
and they seemed like a blink of the eyes.
As if the eyes had turned back
Sol 6.1