وand اعتادgrew accustomed to قلبيmy heart منfrom الترحالwandering لوعتهits anguish
و اعتاد قلبي من الترحال لوعته
ماnot عادremains شيءٌanything منof الآلامthe pains يوجعُهُhurts it!
ما عاد شيءٌ من الآلام يوجعُهُ!
And my heart has grown used to wandering's anguish.
My heart has grown accustomed to longing's pain
No pain hurts it anymore!
No more does any sorrow cause it grief
بتناwe have come to نصبّرwe console بعضاًone another حينwhen نذكرهمwe remember them:
بتنا نصبّر بعضاً حين نذكرهم:
اللهGod قدّرdecreed بُعْدَاًseparation ! كيفhow نمنعُهُwe prevent it!
الله قدّر بُعْدَاً ! كيف نمنعُهُ!
We now console one another when we remember them:
We comfort each other when we speak of them:
God decreed separation—how can we prevent it?
God decreed this distance! How can we prevent it?
إذاwhen رحلتُI depart فطيفٌthen a vision منهof him يؤنسنيkeeps me company
إذا رحلتُ فطيفٌ منه يؤنسني
الشوقُlonging أَسمَعَنيmade me hear منthe one whom لستُI am not أسمعُهُI hear him !
الشوقُ أَسمَعَني من لستُ أسمعُهُ !
When I depart, a vision of him keeps me company.
When I travel, their memory keeps me company
Longing has made me hear the one I do not hear!
Yearning lets me hear those I cannot hear
وand إنif مررتI pass مكاناًa place كانused to يجمعناbring us together
و إن مررت مكاناً كان يجمعنا
فاضoverflowed الحنينlonging وand ضاقتgrew tight منهfrom it أضلعُهُits ribs
فاض الحنين و ضاقت منه أضلعُهُ
And if I pass a place that once brought us together,
And if I pass by a place where we once met
Longing overflows, and its ribs grow tight with it.
Nostalgia overwhelms me and constricts my ribs
منwho ذاthis one سيرحلُwill depart؟! قدindeed حارgrew bewildered الوداعfarewell بناby us
من ذا سيرحلُ؟! قد حار الوداع بنا
ترىI wonder أُودّعI bid farewell to روحيmy soul أمor أودّعُهُI bid him farewell?!؟
ترى أُودّع روحي أم أودّعُهُ?!؟
Who is it that will depart? Farewell has grown bewildered by us.
Who will travel away?! Farewell bewilders us
I wonder: do I bid farewell to my soul, or to him?
Will I bid my soul farewell or bid him farewell?
تضيقgrows narrow منfrom بعدهafter him الدنياthe world فواso, alas أسفيmy sorrow
تضيق من بعده الدنيا فوا أسفي
علىfor الزمانthe time الذيthat بالوصلthrough togetherness يوسعُهُhe makes it spacious
على الزمان الذي بالوصل يوسعُهُ
The world grows narrow after him—oh, my sorrow
Without him the world seems narrow, and alas
For the time he makes spacious through togetherness.
For the time when union expanded it
إنif كنتُI have been أخفيI hide بقلبيin my heart ماwhat أكابدهI endure it
إن كنتُ أخفي بقلبي ما أكابده
منof الحنينlonging، فهلso, can تخفىremain hidden مدامعُهُits tears!؟
من الحنين، فهل تخفى مدامعُهُ!؟
If I have been hiding in my heart what I endure
If in my heart I hide what I endure
Of longing—can its tears remain hidden?
Of longing, can my tears be hidden as well?
جعلتُهI placed him فيin أمانthe protection of اللهGod يحفظهmay He protect him
جعلتُه في أمان الله يحفظه
لابدsurely يجمعنيbrings me together شوقيmy longing ويجمعُهُand brings him together
لابد يجمعني شوقي ويجمعُهُ
I placed him in God's care—may He protect him.
I left him in God's safekeeping to protect him
My longing must bring me and him together.
My yearning will reunite me with him again
Sol 6.1