لاdo not تبكهاweep for her ذَهَبَتshe is gone وماتand died هواهاlove for her
لا تبكها ذَهَبَت ومات هواها
فيin القلبِthe heart متسعٌroom غَداًtomorrow لِسواهاfor someone other than her
في القلبِ متسعٌ غَداً لِسواها
Do not weep for her: she is gone, and love for her has died.
Do not weep for her, she is gone and her love is dead
Tomorrow the heart will have room for someone other than her.
In the heart there is room tomorrow for another in her stead
أحببتُهاI loved her وطويتُand I folded away صفحتَهاher page وكمand how often
أحببتُها وطويتُ صفحتَها وكم
قَرَأَread اللبيبُthe wise man صحيفةًa page وطواهاand folded it away
قَرَأَ اللبيبُ صحيفةً وطواها
I loved her and folded away her page; and how often
I loved her and I turned her page though many times I read
Has the wise man read a page and folded it away!
The wise man reads a book then folds the page and puts it away
ياO شاطئَshore الأَحزانِthe sorrows كمhow many مِنof موجةٍa wave
يا شاطئَ الأَحزانِ كم مِن موجةٍ
هَبهاconsider her ارتطامةَa crash موجةٍa wave وصداهاand its echo
هَبها ارتطامةَ موجةٍ وصداها
O shore of sorrows, how many waves!
O shore of sorrows, how many waves
Consider her a wave's crash and its echo.
Crashed in succession, echoing for days
تلكthat الوليدةُthe newborn لمdid not تَطُلlast long بُشرَاهاher glad tidings
تلك الوليدةُ لم تَطُل بُشرَاها
لمَّاnot yet تكَدnearly تطأُtread الثرىthe earth قدماهاher two feet
لمَّا تكَد تطأُ الثرى قدماها
That newborn's glad tidings did not last long;
That blossom was so brief before
Her feet had scarcely trodden the earth.
Her feet could tread the earth once more
زفَّjoyfully conveyed الصباحُthe morning إلىto الرمالِthe sands نداءَهاher call
زفَّ الصباحُ إلى الرمالِ نداءَها
وسرىand drifted النسيمُthe breeze عشيةًat evening فنعاهاthen announced her death
وسرى النسيمُ عشيةً فنعاها
Morning joyfully carried her call to the sands,
The dawn called out her name to the sands
And the breeze drifted at evening, then announced her death.
The evening breeze sighed and mourned the end
هاتِbring it اسقنيgive me drink واشربand drink علىto سرِّthe secret الأسىsorrow
هاتِ اسقني واشرب على سرِّ الأسى
وعلىand to صبابةِardent longing مهجةٍa heart وجواهاand its burning grief
وعلى صبابةِ مهجةٍ وجواها
Bring it; give me a drink, and drink to sorrow's secret,
Pour me a drink and let me sip
And to a heart's ardent longing and its burning grief.
To soothe the secret pains that grip
مهلاًwait نديميmy drinking companion كيفَhow ينسىforget حبَّهَاlove for her
مهلاً نديمي كيفَ ينسى حبَّهَا
منone who ينشدُseeks السلوىsolace علىto ذكراهاremembrance of her
من ينشدُ السلوى على ذكراها
Wait, my drinking companion—how can he forget his love for her,
My friend, how could I forget her love
Who seeks solace while drinking to her memory?
When solace seeks the thoughts thereof
ماnot زلتَyou ceased تسقينيyou give me drink لتنسينيto make me forget الجوىthe heartache
ما زلتَ تسقيني لتنسيني الجوى
حتىuntil نسيتُI forgot فماand not أدركتُI perceived سواهاother than her
حتى نسيتُ فما أدركتُ سواها
You kept giving me drink to make me forget the heartache,
You keep pouring until I forget
Until I forgot, and perceived nothing but her.
The agony that haunts me yet
كانتthere was لناfor us كأسٌa cup وكانتand there was قصةٌa tale
كانت لنا كأسٌ وكانت قصةٌ
هذاthis الحبابُthe bubbles أعادَهَاbrought it back ورواهاand recounted it
هذا الحبابُ أعادَهَا ورواها
We had a cup, and there was a tale;
Of our story and brimming cup
These bubbles brought it back and recounted it.
This drink its memory stirs up
كأسيmy cup وشمسُand the sun هوايَmy love والساقيand the cupbearer الذيwho
كأسي وشمسُ هوايَ والساقي الذي
عَصَرَpressed الشعاعَthe radiance لمهجتيfor my heart وسقاهاand gave it drink
عَصَرَ الشعاعَ لمهجتي وسقاها
My cup, and the sun of my love, and the cupbearer who
My cup, my sun, the one who pressed
Pressed the radiance for my heart and gave it drink.
The rays to soothe my burning breast
الآنَnow غَشَّاهاveiled her الضبابُthe mist وهاand here أناI
الآنَ غَشَّاها الضبابُ وها أنا
خَلفَbehind المدامعِthe tears والهمومِand the cares أراهاI see her
خَلفَ المدامعِ والهمومِ أراها
Now the mist has veiled her, and here I am,
Now fog shrouds it all from view
Behind tears and cares, I see her.
Behind tears and grief I strain to see anew
غالَstole away الفناءُannihilation حبابَهَاher bubbles وضبابَهَاand her mist
غالَ الفناءُ حبابَهَا وضبابَهَا
وتبخرتand evaporated أحلامُهَاher dreams ورؤاهاand her visions
وتبخرت أحلامُهَا ورؤاها
Annihilation stole away her bubbles and her mist,
Gone are the mists and dreams of old
And her dreams and visions evaporated.
Evaporated legends told
Sol 6.1