عباسAbbas أقصتكhas kept you far عنfrom خلصانكyour closest friends الدارthe dwelling
عباس أقصتك عن خلصانك الدار
وأذلتكand have humbled you عنaway from الأحياءthe living آثارrelics
وأذلتك عن الأحياء آثار
Abbas, your dwelling has kept you far from your closest friends,
and relics have humbled you, away from the living.
أذكرI remember فديتكmay I be your ransom عهداًa time دوحهits spreading trees خضلlush
أذكر فديتك عهداً دوحه خضل
مليتهI enjoyed it زمناًfor a time إذاwhen أنتyou ليto me جارa neighbor
مليته زمناً إذا أنت لي جار
I remember—may I be your ransom—a time whose spreading trees were lush,
which I enjoyed awhile, when you were my neighbor.
كناwe were سماءa sky وكانand was الودaffection أنجمهاits stars
كنا سماء وكان الود أنجمها
فماso not دجىgrew dark أفقa horizon أوor ثارrose إعصارa whirlwind
فما دجى أفق أو ثار إعصار
We were a sky, and affection was its stars;
so no horizon darkened, nor did a whirlwind rise.
وكانand was يسريgliding هلالthe crescent الحبlove فيin أفقa horizon
وكان يسري هلال الحب في أفق
هالاتهits halos فيهwithin it إعظامreverence وإكبارand esteem
هالاته فيه إعظام وإكبار
And love's crescent would glide along a horizon,
its halos there were reverence and esteem.
فزرso visit أخاكyour brother علىdespite بعدٍdistance بقافيةwith a rhyme
فزر أخاك على بعدٍ بقافية
كالطلlike the dew تحياcome to life بهthrough it فيin الروضthe garden أزهارflowers
كالطل تحيا به في الروض أزهار
So visit your brother, despite the distance, with a rhyme,
like dew that brings flowers to life in the garden.
إنيindeed I وإنeven though بتتsevered الأيامthe days وصلتناour bond
إني وإن بتت الأيام وصلتنا
بجمحةthrough a surge of الشوقlonging والتحنانand tender yearning زوارa frequent visitor
بجمحة الشوق والتحنان زوار
I, though the days have severed our bond,
am a frequent visitor, driven by a surge of longing and tender yearning.
Sol 6.1