وقبلand before كفِّكyour palm لاmay it not زالتcease to be مُقَبّلَةًkissed
وقبل كفِّك لا زالت مُقَبّلَةً
ماnot إنemphatic particle رأيناwe saw سحاباًa cloud قَطرُهُits raindrops بِدَرُpurses of money
ما إن رأينا سحاباً قَطرُهُ بِدَرُ
And before your palm—may it ever be kissed—
Before your palm—may it remain forever kissed—we never saw a cloud whose rain was gold.
We had never seen a cloud whose raindrops were purses of money.
It revived and destroyed; thus from its tempests, a downpour of bounty and ruin flows upon mankind.
أحيَتit gave life وأردَتand it killed فمِنso from أنوائهاits rainstorms أبداًalways
أحيَت وأردَت فمِن أنوائها أبداً
صوبُa downpour النّدىbounty والرَّدىand death فىamong النّاسthe people مُنهَمِرُpouring down
صوبُ النّدى والرَّدى فى النّاس مُنهَمِرُ
It has given life and dealt death; from its rainstorms, forever,
Your qualities baffled my thought though they are clear, like the sun that vision is too weak to perceive.
A shower of bounty and death pours down among the people.
أعيَتhave baffled صِفاتُكyour qualities فكريmy mind وهيَthough they are واضحةٌclear
أعيَت صِفاتُك فكري وهيَ واضحةٌ
كالشمسlike the sun يَعجِزُis unable عنto إدراكهاperceive it البَصرُsight
كالشمس يَعجِزُ عن إدراكها البَصرُ
Your qualities have baffled my mind, though they are plain,
Like the sun, which sight is powerless to grasp.
Partial English translation: 3 of 6 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1