كيفَhow فؤاديmy heart والهوىwhile love شاغلٌpreoccupying
كيفَ فؤادي والهوى شاغلٌ
يهيجهُstirs it المنزلُthe dwelling والنازلُand the dweller
يهيجهُ المنزلُ والنازلُ
How fares my heart, while love engrosses it?
How is my heart when love preoccupies it
The dwelling and its dweller stir it.
Stirred by the dweller and the visitor
ماnot زلتُI ceased أخفيهِI conceal it وأخفىand I remain hidden بهِwith it
ما زلتُ أخفيهِ وأخفى بهِ
فيamong الناسِpeople حتىuntil فضحَexposed العاذلُthe reproacher
في الناسِ حتى فضحَ العاذلُ
I kept concealing it, and remaining hidden with it
I kept it and hid it
among people, until the reproacher exposed me.
Among the people until the reproacher exposed it
فعادناso it revisited us المطلُdelay وعدناand we returned لهُto it
فعادنا المطلُ وعدنا لهُ
رحماكَyour mercy, I beg you فيناtoward us أيهاO you الماطلُthe delayer
رحماكَ فينا أيها الماطلُ
So delay revisited us, and we returned to it.
So we returned to longing and returned to it
Have mercy on us, you who keep delaying!
Have mercy on us, O procrastinator
كلُّevery امرئٍperson أيامُهُhis days تنقضيcome to an end
كلُّ امرئٍ أيامُهُ تنقضي
لاno أملhope يبقىremains ولاnor آملُone who hopes
لا أمل يبقى ولا آملُ
Every person's days come to an end;
The days of every man pass
neither hope remains nor anyone who hopes.
No hope remains nor expectant
وماand not السنوغرافُthe cinematograph وماand what مثلتْit depicted
وما السنوغرافُ وما مثلتْ
إلاexcept الصدىthe echo ينفلهُbestows it الناقلُthe transmitter
إلا الصدى ينفلهُ الناقلُ
And the cinematograph, and whatever it has depicted,
The cinema and what it depicted
are only an echo that the transmitter bestows.
Is but the echo conveyed by the transmitter
تُبعَثُare resurrected فيهاin it أممٌnations قدalready خلتْpassed away
تُبعَثُ فيها أممٌ قد خلتْ
وتُجتلىand is beheld فيin لندنLondon بابلُBabylon
وتُجتلى في لندن بابلُ
Nations that have passed away are resurrected in it,
In it nations passed are resurrected
and Babylon is beheld in London.
And Babylon is revealed in London
كمhow many مثلتْit depicted منof طللٍa ruin ماثلٍstanding
كم مثلتْ من طللٍ ماثلٍ
فكادَso nearly يحيىcomes alive الطللُthe ruin الماثلُstanding
فكادَ يحيى الطللُ الماثلُ
How many a standing ruin it has depicted,
How many fresh ruins it depicted
so that the standing ruin almost came alive!
The depicted ruin almost came alive
كأنَّas though فيهاwithin it للهوىfor love منزلاًa dwelling
كأنَّ فيها للهوى منزلاً
فكلُّso every قلبheart عندهاbeside it نازلُa lodger
فكلُّ قلب عندها نازلُ
As though love had a dwelling within it,
As if love has a dwelling in it
so every heart is a lodger there.
So every heart near it becomes a visitor
تلهوamuses herself بهِwith it غطبلةٌa young beauty (uncertain reading) خاذلٌholding aloof
تلهو بهِ غطبلةٌ خاذلٌ
وقدand indeed بكتْshe wept عطبولةٌa beautiful young woman خاذلُholding aloof
وقد بكتْ عطبولةٌ خاذلُ
An aloof young beauty [uncertain reading] amuses herself with it,
An ardent flirt plays with it
while an aloof young beauty has wept.
And a weeping coquette has cried over it
وعانقَand embraced العاشقthe lover معشوقهُhis beloved
وعانقَ العاشق معشوقهُ
فاجتمعَso came together المقتولُthe slain والقاتلُand the slayer
فاجتمعَ المقتولُ والقاتلُ
And the lover embraced his beloved,
The lover embraced his beloved
so the slain and the slayer came together.
So the murdered and the killer met
ياO ويحَalas for نفسيmy soul هلare these رؤىvisions نائمٍa sleeper
يا ويحَ نفسي هل رؤى نائمٍ
أمor خطرةٌa fleeting thought ظنهاhe fancied it غافلُa heedless person
أم خطرةٌ ظنها غافلُ
Alas for my soul! Are these a sleeper's visions,
Oh my soul, was it the dream of a sleeper
or a fleeting thought fancied by a heedless person?
Or a delusion that the oblivious thought real
لاnot تضحكmakes laugh الجاهلَthe ignorant one فيwithin نفسهِhimself
لا تضحك الجاهلَ في نفسهِ
إلاexcept that بكىwept فيwithin نفسهِhimself العاقلُthe wise one
إلا بكى في نفسهِ العاقلُ
It never makes the ignorant one laugh inwardly
Do not laugh at the ignorant in himself
without the wise one weeping inwardly.
Except the sensible wept in himself
مواعظadmonitions مثلهاhe acted them out هازلٌa jester
مواعظ مثلها هازلٌ
وربَّand many a جدٍّserious matter جرهُhe brought it about الهازلُthe jester
وربَّ جدٍّ جرهُ الهازلُ
Admonitions that a jester has acted out,
Such sermons are frivolous
and many a serious matter the jester has brought about.
And many a serious matter made frivolous
كالنفسِlike the soul تنسىforgets الهوىlove فيin لهوهاits amusement
كالنفسِ تنسى الهوى في لهوها
وليسَand does not ينسىforget الأجلُthe appointed death العاجلُswiftly approaching
وليسَ ينسى الأجلُ العاجلُ
Like the soul that forgets love in its amusement,
Like the soul forgets love in its frivolity
while swiftly approaching death does not forget.
And death does not forget the mortal
وهكذاand thus الدنياthe world انتقاضٌunraveling وماand not
وهكذا الدنيا انتقاضٌ وما
يكونُexists فيهاwithin it فرحٌjoy كاملُcomplete
يكونُ فيها فرحٌ كاملُ
And so the world is unraveling, and never
And so is the world, collapse and nothing
is any joy within it complete.
Complete joy happens in it
Sol 6.1