أتانيcame to me كتابٌa letter منfrom شقيقىmy brother وَوَالدِىand my father
أتاني كتابٌ من شقيقى وَوَالدِى
فصارَso it became أُحَيْلىsweeter منthan طَرِيفىmy newly acquired wealth وَتَالِدِىand my inherited wealth
فصارَ أُحَيْلى من طَرِيفى وَتَالِدِى
A letter came to me from my brother and my father.
A letter came to me from my brother and father
It became sweeter to me than my newly acquired and inherited wealth.
So my joy exceeded that from my friends and comrades
ولماand when أتانيcame to me صارَbecame للهمِّfor sorrow كاشِفاًa dispeller
ولما أتاني صارَ للهمِّ كاشِفاً
كَوَصْلِlike a reunion حبيبa beloved منfrom حبيبa beloved مُبَاعدِdistant
كَوَصْلِ حبيب من حبيب مُبَاعدِ
And when it reached me, it became a dispeller of sorrow,
And when it came to me, it revealed my worries to Allah
like a beloved's reunion with a distant beloved.
Like the joining of a lover to a distant beloved
أقلِّبُهI turn it over طَوراًat one time وأطْويهand I fold it تارةًat another time
أقلِّبُه طَوراً وأطْويه تارةً
وأنشرهand I unfold it أُخْرىanother time بتلكamid those المَشاهِدscenes
وأنشره أُخْرى بتلك المَشاهِد
I turn it over at one time, and fold it at another,
I turn it over again and fold it at times
and unfold it again amid those scenes.
And unfold it again at those sights
فأصبحتُso I became ذَاpossessed of شَوْقٍlonging شديدintense كأننيas though I were
فأصبحتُ ذَا شَوْقٍ شديد كأنني
أخوone possessed of وَلَهٍanguished longing أشجاهُgrieved him ذكرُremembrance المعاهِدfamiliar haunts
أخو وَلَهٍ أشجاهُ ذكرُ المعاهِد
So I became filled with intense longing, as though I were
So I became full of intense longing as if I were
one distraught with longing, grieved by memories of familiar haunts.
A loving brother stirred by the mention of covenants
أَيَاO واحداًone unrivaled فيin هَجْرِهhis abandonment وجَفَائِهand his coldness
أَيَا واحداً في هَجْرِه وجَفَائِه
أناI واجدstricken with longing فيin الشوقlonging رفقاbe gentle بواجدwith one stricken with longing
أنا واجد في الشوق رفقا بواجد
O you, unrivaled in your abandonment and coldness,
Oh one who is alone in his estrangement and aloofness
I am stricken with longing; be gentle with one so stricken.
I am sympathetic in longing to a sympathizer
وَعِنديand I have مِنof الشوقِlonging المبرّحagonizing مَاthat which نفَىbanished
وَعِندي مِن الشوقِ المبرّح مَا نفَى
رُقَادslumber جُفونيmy eyelids عنfrom لذيذpleasant المراقدthe beds
رُقَاد جُفوني عن لذيذ المراقد
And I bear such agonizing longing that it has banished
And I have from burning longing what has denied
my eyelids' slumber from the comfort of beds.
Slumber to my eyelids from the sweet sleeping places
ولوand even if أَلُفa thousand خطٍّa written line ماnot تسلَّتwere consoled قلوبناour hearts
ولو أَلُف خطٍّ ما تسلَّت قلوبنا
بهاby them ليسnot تُسْلِينَاconsole us سُطورُlines الكواغدthe sheets of paper
بها ليس تُسْلِينَا سُطورُ الكواغد
And even with a thousand written lines, our hearts would not be consoled
And if a thousand lines would not give pleasure to our hearts
by them; lines on paper do not console us.
With them, lines on paper would not console us
ولوand even if أنَّthat دونَbefore الوَصْلreunion قطعcrossing فَدَافِدٍdesert wastes
ولو أنَّ دونَ الوَصْل قطع فَدَافِدٍ
قطعناwe would cross بتدآبwith tireless effort شِدَادharsh الفَدَافِدthe desert wastes
قطعنا بتدآب شِدَاد الفَدَافِد
And even if reunion required crossing desert wastes,
And if before union there were impassable ravines
we would cross the harsh wastes with tireless effort.
We would cross, creeping through the impassable ravines
Sol 6.1