رُبَّماsometimes اِرتَجّتwere shaken اللَّياthe nights (continued on the next line)
رُبَّما اِرتَجّت اللَّيا
ليcompletion of “the nights” بِإحدىby one of الطَّوارِقthe calamities
لي بِإحدى الطَّوارِق
Perhaps the nights have shaken violently
Sometimes the nights are shaken
for me with one of their sudden visitations;
by one of the calamities.
كَمhow many بِبُحبوحةin the heart of الثَّرىthe earth
كَم بِبُحبوحة الثَّرى
منof حَبيبa loved one مُفارِقdeparted
من حَبيب مُفارِق
how many, in earth’s spacious bosom—
How many lie in the heart of the earth—
a beloved gone away.
loved ones who have departed!
Sol 6.1