وَغبتَand you went away ولمand did not تَغِبleave عنهُfrom him الدُّموعُthe tears
وَغبتَ ولم تَغِب عنهُ الدُّموعُ
ولمand did not يلمِمvisit بِمُقلتهِat his eye الهُجوعُslumber
ولم يلمِم بِمُقلتهِ الهُجوعُ
And you went away, yet tears did not leave him.
You were gone, but tears did not depart from me,
Nor did slumber visit his eye.
Nor did despair cease its constant mourning.
وَدَلَّand bore witness هوىًa passion ترددَstirred فيin حشائيmy breast
وَدَلَّ هوىً ترددَ في حشائي
فأخبرand so declared أنهthat he دَنِفٌlovesick جَزوعُdistraught
فأخبر أنه دَنِفٌ جَزوعُ
And a passion that stirred within my breast bore witness,
Love awakened longing deep within my soul -
And so declared that he was lovesick and distraught.
Tell it that my heart is now broken and torn.
أياO يومَday الفِراقِof parting صَدعتَyou cleft قلباًa heart
أيا يومَ الفِراقِ صَدعتَ قلباً
متىwhen يصحوit awakens فتلتئمَso they may heal الصُّدوعُthe rifts
متى يصحو فتلتئمَ الصُّدوعُ
O day of parting, you have cleft a heart.
O day of parting - you have shattered my heart!
When will it awaken, so the rifts may heal?
When will it wake, these wounds again to mend?
سَيؤيسُنيwill make me despair الهَوىlove إنif غابَis absent إلفيmy beloved
سَيؤيسُني الهَوى إن غابَ إلفي
وَيُسعِدنيand will gladden me التذكرُremembrance والنزوعُand yearning
وَيُسعِدني التذكرُ والنزوعُ
Love will drive me to despair if my beloved is absent,
If my dear one is absent, love brings despair,
And remembrance and yearning will gladden me.
Yet memory and yearning bring me joy without end.
Sol 6.1