وَيَومٌand a day كَأَنَّas though الشَمسَthe sun فيهِin it مَريضَةٌailing
وَيَومٌ كَأَنَّ الشَمسَ فيهِ مَريضَةٌ
مِنَfrom الدَجنِthe overcast gloom مَطلولُdamp with dew الضُحىthe forenoon وَالظَهائِرِand the noontides
مِنَ الدَجنِ مَطلولُ الضُحى وَالظَهائِرِ
And a day when the sun seemed ailing,
And a day as though the sun in it is sick
from the overcast gloom, its forenoon and noontides damp with dew,
From the haze, the morning and the meadows are outstretched
جَمَعتُI gathered لَهُfor it الأَشتاتَthe scattered things مِنof كُلِّevery لَذَّةٍpleasure
جَمَعتُ لَهُ الأَشتاتَ مِن كُلِّ لَذَّةٍ
وَأَمسَكتُand I caught مِنsome of أَنفاسِهاits breaths بِالمَزاهِرِوقالwith lutes; and he said أيضاًalso:
وَأَمسَكتُ مِن أَنفاسِها بِالمَزاهِرِوقال أيضاً:
I gathered for it an assortment of every pleasure,
I gathered for it the fragments from every pleasure
and caught some of its breaths with lutes. And he also said:
And I held back from its breaths the flowers
الطويلṬawīl poetic meter
الطويل
وَيَومٌand a day كَأَنَّas though الشَمسَthe sun فيهِin it مَريضَةٌailing
وَيَومٌ كَأَنَّ الشَمسَ فيهِ مَريضَةٌ
Ṭawīl meter
And a day when the sun seemed ailing,
مِنَfrom الدَجنِthe overcast gloom مَطلولُdamp with dew الضُحىthe forenoon وَالظَهائِرِand the noontides
مِنَ الدَجنِ مَطلولُ الضُحى وَالظَهائِرِ
جَمَعتُI gathered لَهُfor it الأَشتاتَthe scattered things مِنof كُلِّevery لَذَّةٍpleasure
جَمَعتُ لَهُ الأَشتاتَ مِن كُلِّ لَذَّةٍ
from the overcast gloom, its forenoon and noontides damp with dew,
I gathered for it an assortment of every pleasure,
وَأَمسَكتُand I caught مِنsome of أَنفاسِهاits breaths بِالمَزاهِرِwith lutes
وَأَمسَكتُ مِن أَنفاسِها بِالمَزاهِرِ
and caught some of its breaths with lutes.
Partial English translation: 4 of 9 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1