قلsay تمهلtake your time واصطبرand be patient
قل تمهل واصطبر
سَكِّنstill خفوقَكَyour heartbeat واستقرand be at rest
سَكِّن خفوقَكَ واستقر
Say: take your time and be patient.
Say, be patient and calm
Still your heartbeat and be at rest.
Quiet your agitated heart and settle
أتجنُّdo you go mad? منat صُورِimages الطبيnature (first part)
أتجنُّ من صُورِ الطبي
عَةِnature (completion) رائعاتٍwondrous للنظرto behold
عَةِ رائعاتٍ للنظر
Do you go mad at scenes of nature,
Do you shy away from the wonderful images
wondrous to behold?
Of this good life?
ذكرنَthey brought to mind إلفاًa beloved غائباabsent
ذكرنَ إلفاً غائبا
آهاًalas علىfor تلكthose الذِكَرmemories
آهاً على تلك الذِكَر
They brought an absent beloved to mind.
You recalled a dear, absent one
Alas for those memories!
Alas for that memory!
ياO عينُeye هلdo تجدينَهyou find him
يا عينُ هل تجدينَه
يبدوhe appears بهاتِيكَin those الصورthe images
يبدو بهاتِيكَ الصور
O eye, do you find him
O eye, do you find him
appearing in those scenes?
Appearing in these images?
ياO عينُeye لاno نومٌsleep ولاnor
يا عينُ لا نومٌ ولا
تدرينَyou know ماwhat بعدَafter السهرsleeplessness
تدرينَ ما بعدَ السهر
O eye, there is no sleep, nor
O eye, no sleep nor
do you know what follows sleeplessness.
Do you know what comes after wakefulness
سليsoothe شجونَكِyour sorrows بالنجوwith the stars (first part)
سلي شجونَكِ بالنجو
مِstars (completion) عَقَدنَthey held عرساًa wedding للقمَرfor the moon
مِ عَقَدنَ عرساً للقمَر
Soothe your sorrows with the stars,
Entertain your sorrows with stars
that have held a wedding for the moon.
That have held a wedding for the moon
سليtake solace قليلاًa little واهدئيand be calm
سلي قليلاً واهدئي
أَنُضَيِّعُshall we waste? فيin الدمعِtears العُمُرlife
أَنُضَيِّعُ في الدمعِ العُمُر
Take a little solace and be calm.
Entertain a little and be still
Shall we waste our lives in tears?
Shall I waste my life in tears?
ياO بدرُfull moon قلtell ليto me بعدَafter بؤmisery (first part)
يا بدرُ قل لي بعدَ بؤ
سِكyour misery (completion) كيفَhow صافاكَbefriended you القدرfate
سِك كيفَ صافاكَ القدر
O full moon, tell me, after your misery,
O full moon, tell me after your disappearance
how fate has befriended you.
How fate has purified you
لحshine فيin سمائِكَyour sky للعيوfor the eyes (first part)
لح في سمائِكَ للعيو
نِeyes (completion) أوor اختبئhide بينamong الشجرthe trees
نِ أو اختبئ بين الشجر
Shine in your sky for eyes to see,
Reveal yourself to eyes in your skies
or hide among the trees.
Or hide among the trees
أناI لاnot أباليcare بالضياabout the light (first part)
أنا لا أبالي بالضيا
ءِlight (completion) علىacross جوانبكِyour sides انتشرhas spread
ءِ على جوانبكِ انتشر
I do not care about the light
I do not care about the light
spread across your sides,
Spreading on your sides
يمتدُّextends فيin الآفاقِthe horizons أوor
يمتدُّ في الآفاقِ أو
يثويrests علىon وجهthe surface الغُدُرthe pools
يثوي على وجه الغُدُر
whether it stretches across the horizons or
Extending on the horizons or
rests upon the surface of the pools.
Settling on the face of betrayal
قلtell ليto me وأنتَand you خزانةٌa vault
قل لي وأنتَ خزانةٌ
فيin طيِّهاits folds الغيبُthe unseen استترhid itself
في طيِّها الغيبُ استتر
Tell me—you are a vault
Tell me, you who are a treasury
within which the unseen lies concealed.
In whose folds the unseen is hidden
ليلَىLayla لقدindeed زارَvisited البلىdecay
ليلَى لقد زارَ البلى
قلبيmy heart وطيفُكِand your phantom لمdid not يَزُرvisit
قلبي وطيفُكِ لم يَزُر
Layla, decay has indeed visited
Laila, time has visited
my heart, yet your phantom has not.
My heart yet your image has not visited
عصفتraged رياحُthe winds الهجرestrangement منfrom
عصفت رياحُ الهجر من
كِyou وأنتِand you أقسىthe cruelest مَنthose who هَجَرforsook
كِ وأنتِ أقسى مَن هَجَر
The winds of estrangement have raged from
The winds of separation have blown from you
you—and you are the cruelest of those who forsake.
And you are harsher than one who separates
وهواكِand love for you حولaround كيانهits being
وهواكِ حول كيانه
لهبٌa flame يقيهprotects it منfrom الغِيَرvicissitudes
لهبٌ يقيه من الغِيَر
And love for you, encircling its being,
And your love around his being
is a flame that shields it from vicissitudes.
Is a flame protecting him from others
لهبٌa flame تُضاعِفُهintensifies it الرياthe winds (first part)
لهبٌ تُضاعِفُه الريا
حُwinds (completion) فكلماso whenever بِنتِyou departed استمرit continued
حُ فكلما بِنتِ استمر
A flame the winds intensify;
A flame multiplied by the winds
so whenever you depart, it burns on.
So the more they build, the more it continues
Sol 6.1