ياO ليلةnight الوصلunion هلwill? تعوديyou return
يا ليلة الوصل هل تعودي
وتنجزيand you fulfill بالوفاwith faithfulness وعوديmy promises
وتنجزي بالوفا وعودي
O night of union, will you return
O night of reunion, will you return
and faithfully fulfill the promises made to me?
And fulfill the promises you made?
فالسقمfor sickness قدindeed نمّbetrayed عنabout غراميmy passion
فالسقم قد نمّ عن غرامي
ورقّand took pity ليon me فيin الهوىlove حسوديmy envier
ورقّ لي في الهوى حسودي
For sickness has betrayed my passion,
For lovesickness has put me to sleep
and my envier has taken pity on me in love.
And my jealous rivals rejoice at my torment.
وسالand flowed منfrom فيضoverflow سحبclouds جفنيmy eyelid
وسال من فيض سحب جفني
غزيرcopious دمعيmy tears علىupon الخدودthe cheeks
غزير دمعي على الخدود
And from my eyelid's overflowing clouds flowed
Tears pour from my eyes like rain
my copious tears upon my cheeks.
Streaming down my cheeks.
ياO عاذليmy reproacher خلّنيleave me be فإنّيfor I
يا عاذلي خلّني فإنّي
غبتI lost awareness منthrough الوجدpassionate longing عنof وجوديmy existence
غبت من الوجد عن وجودي
O you who reproach me, leave me be, for I
O reproacher, leave me be, for I
have lost awareness of my own being through passionate longing.
Am lost, absent from my very existence.
وصحتُand I cried out منfrom عُظمimmensity ماwhat ألاقيI endure
وصحتُ من عُظم ما ألاقي
ياO مقلتيmy eye بالدموعwith tears جوديbe generous
يا مقلتي بالدموع جودي
And I cried out at the immensity of what I endure:
I am weary of such great suffering,
O my eye, be generous with tears!
My eyes weeping floods of tears.
قدindeed فقتI surpassed أهلpeople of الهوىlove هياماًin love's frenzy
قد فقت أهل الهوى هياماً
فيin حبّlove for ظبيgazelle الحمىthe sanctuary الشرودthe elusive
في حبّ ظبي الحمى الشرود
I have surpassed lovers in love's frenzy
I have devoted myself madly
in loving the elusive gazelle of the sanctuary.
To the love of a graceful gazelle.
إنّيindeed I أرىsee هجرهhis estrangement جحيماًhell
إنّي أرى هجره جحيماً
ووصلَهand union with him جنّةparadise الخلودeternity
ووصلَه جنّة الخلود
Indeed, I see his estrangement as hell,
For me, her abandonment is hell
and union with him as everlasting paradise.
And her union, paradise forever.
ففيfor in تنائيهhis remoteness والتدانيand drawing near
ففي تنائيه والتداني
ماnot حُلتُI turned away عنfrom سالفformer العهودthe vows
ما حُلتُ عن سالف العهود
For in his remoteness and his nearness,
In her distance and closeness
I have not turned from the vows of old.
I remember our past vows.
Sol 6.1