عجباًHow strange! لقلبٍat a heart هيضwas broken منكَby you جناحُهُits wing
عجباً لقلبٍ هيض منكَ جناحُهُ
وجرىand ran بهthrough it نصلُthe blade of الندامةremorse يذبحُslaying
وجرى به نصلُ الندامة يذبحُ
How strange—a heart whose wing you broke,
How strange is a heart you took flight from,
And through it ran remorse's blade, slaying.
And the blade of regret pierced through,
ومضىand went on الحمامُdeath يدبُّcreeping فيهwithin it فإنyet if جرتstirred
ومضى الحمامُ يدبُّ فيه فإن جرت
ذكراكthe memory of you طارit flew إليكto you وهوwhile it was مجنَّحwinged
ذكراك طار إليك وهو مجنَّح
And death went creeping through it; yet if there stirred
The dove flew, fluttering inside, so if
A memory of you, it flew to you on wings.
Thoughts of you flowed, it flew to you, winged.
لهفيmy sorrow علىfor الناقوسthe bell بينbetween جوانحيmy ribs
لهفي على الناقوس بين جوانحي
وعلىand for بقيةthe remains of هيكلa temple لاnot تصلحrepairable
وعلى بقية هيكل لا تصلح
My sorrow for the bell within my breast,
I yearn for the bell between my ribs,
And for the remnants of a temple beyond repair.
And for the remnants of a temple beyond repair,
لاno فرقdifference بينbetween أنينهits moaning ورنينهand its ringing
لا فرق بين أنينه ورنينه
وصداهand its echo فيin واديthe valley of المنيةdeath أوضحclearer
وصداه في وادي المنية أوضح
No difference between its moaning and its ringing,
No difference between its moan and chime,
And its echo is clearer in the valley of death.
Its echo in the valley of death more clear.
ياO قلبheart صهباءthe tawny wine of الهوىlove وبساطهand its carpet
يا قلب صهباء الهوى وبساطه
وكؤوسهand its cups المتجاوباتanswering one another الصُّدَّحloudly ringing
وكؤوسه المتجاوبات الصُّدَّح
O heart, love's tawny wine and its carpet,
O heart that hosted love’s feast,
And its cups, answering one another, ringing loud,
And its circling cups,
وقفٌreserved علىfor متنقلينthose who move about علىaccording to الهوىwhim
وقفٌ على متنقلين على الهوى
يبغونthey seek منfrom لذّاتهits pleasures ماwhatever يسنحpresents itself
يبغون من لذّاته ما يسنح
Are reserved for those who wander at whim,
Standing over lovers of passion
Seeking such of its pleasures as come their way,
Seeking from its pleasures what may come.
متبدِّلينchanging موائداًtables وأحبةًand beloveds
متبدِّلين موائداً وأحبةً
ماwhatever خابfails منof حبlove فآخرthen another يفلحsucceeds
ما خاب من حب فآخر يفلح
Changing tables and beloveds:
Changing beds and lovers,
If one love fails, another succeeds.
None loses in love but another gains.
فالحبُّfor love آسيهits healer وراءbehind عليلهits sufferer
فالحبُّ آسيه وراء عليله
فيهمamong them وبلسمهand its balm علىupon ماwhatever يجرحit wounds
فيهم وبلسمه على ما يجرح
For love's healer follows its sufferer
Love is wretched behind its ailing,
Among them, and its balm lies on whatever it wounds.
In them, and its balm for what wounds.
ياO قلبُheart ويحalas for ثباتناour constancy ماذاwhat جنىhas it reaped
يا قلبُ ويح ثباتنا ماذا جنى
أترىdo you think? شعاعاًa ray فيin البقيةwhat remains يُلمحcan be glimpsed
أترى شعاعاً في البقية يُلمح
O heart, alas for our constancy—what has it reaped?
O heart, woe to our constancy, what did it reap?
Do you think a ray can be glimpsed in what remains?
Do you see a ray in what remains to glimpse?
ياO أيهاyou الحبُّlove المقدَّسُhallowed هيكلاًa temple
يا أيها الحبُّ المقدَّسُ هيكلاً
ذاقhas tasted الردىdeath منamong عابديكyour worshippers مسبحone chanting praise
ذاق الردى من عابديك مسبح
O love, whose temple is hallowed,
O sacred love, a temple
One of your worshippers, chanting praise, has tasted death.
That tasted corruption from worshippers in vigil,
كثرتhave multiplied ضحاياهhis sacrifices وطالand has lengthened قيامهhis vigil
كثرت ضحاياه وطال قيامه
وصيامهand his fasting فمتىso when رضاءَكyour favor تمنحwill you grant
وصيامه فمتى رضاءَك تمنح
His sacrifices have multiplied, and long has been his vigil,
Many are its sacrifices, long its standing
And his fasting—when, then, will you grant your favor?
And fasting, so when will you grant acceptance?
ياO دوحةspreading tree of الأرواحsouls يُحمدis praised عندهاbeside it
يا دوحة الأرواح يُحمد عندها
فيءٌshade ويعبدand is worshipped زهرهاits flowers المتفتحunfolding
فيءٌ ويعبد زهرها المتفتح
O spreading tree of souls, beneath which is praised
O palm tree of souls, praised be
The shade, and whose unfolding flowers are worshipped,
Its shade, its blossoms worshipped in bloom.
أينالdoes he gain? ظلكyour shade والرعايةَand care عابثٌone who trifles
أينال ظلك والرعايةَ عابثٌ
بجلالكwith your majesty الباديmanifest وآخرand another يمزحjests
بجلالك البادي وآخر يمزح
Do your shade and care reach one who trifles
Does a wanton attaining its shade and care
With your manifest majesty, and another who jests,
Mock its manifest majesty? Another jokes?
ويبيتand spends the night يحرمهis denied it قتيلone slain by صبابةٍlonging
ويبيت يحرمه قتيل صبابةٍ
قضّىspent الحياةlife إلىtoward ظلالكyour shade يطمحaspiring
قضّى الحياة إلى ظلالك يطمح
While one slain by longing spends the night denied it,
And one spends nights deprived, killed by youth,
Who spent his life aspiring to your shade?
His life yearning for your shadows.
ليلىLayla حببتكI loved you كالحياةlike life وذقتُand I tasted فيin
ليلى حببتك كالحياة وذقتُ في
ناديكyour gathering كأساًa cup بالأمانيwith hopes تطفحbrimming
ناديك كأساً بالأماني تطفح
Layla, I loved you like life itself, and tasted in
Layla, I loved you like life itself, and in
Your gathering a cup brimming with hopes.
Your gatherings, I tasted a cup overflowing with hopes.
فتكسرتthen shattered قدحthe goblet of المنىhopes ورجعتand I returned منfrom
فتكسرت قدح المنى ورجعت من
سقمthe sickness of الهوىlove وهزالهand its wasting أترنحI stagger
سقم الهوى وهزاله أترنح
Then the goblet of hopes shattered, and I came back
So the cup of wishes broke, and I returned from
Reeling from love's sickness and its wasting.
The sickness of passion and its gauntness, stumbling.
نزلfell الستارthe curtain علىon الروايةthe play وانقضتand ended
نزل الستار على الرواية وانقضت
تلكthose الفصولacts وفُضَّand was cleared ذاكthat المسرحthe theater
تلك الفصول وفُضَّ ذاك المسرح
The curtain fell on the play, and there ended
The curtain fell on the tale, and those
Those acts, and that theater was cleared.
Chapters ended, that theater disbanded.
Sol 6.1