أَإِنis it because هَتَفَتcalled out يَوماًone day بِوادٍin a valley حَمامَةٌa dove
أَإِن هَتَفَت يَوماً بِوادٍ حَمامَةٌ
بَكَيتَyou wept وَلَمand did not يَعذِركَexcuse you بِالجَهلِfor ignorance عاذِرُone who excuses
بَكَيتَ وَلَم يَعذِركَ بِالجَهلِ عاذِرُ
Is it because a dove called one day in a valley
that you wept, with none to excuse your folly?
دَعَتshe called ساقَSāq (part of the dove's cry) حُرٍّḤurr (completing that cry) بَعدَماafter عَلَتِrose high الضُحىthe morning light
دَعَت ساقَ حُرٍّ بَعدَما عَلَتِ الضُحى
فَهاجٍso stirred لَكَfor you الأَحزانَthe sorrows أَنthat ناحَlamented طائِرُa bird
فَهاجٍ لَكَ الأَحزانَ أَن ناحَ طائِرُ
She called “Sāq Ḥurr” after the morning sun rose high,
and a bird's lament stirred your sorrows.
تُغَنّيshe sings الضُحىat forenoon وَالصُبحَand at dawn فيin مُرجَحِنَّةٍa heavy, drooping tree
تُغَنّي الضُحى وَالصُبحَ في مُرجَحِنَّةٍ
كِثافِdense الأَعاليthe upper branches تَحتَهاbeneath it الماءُthe water حائِرُpooled and still
كِثافِ الأَعالي تَحتَها الماءُ حائِرُ
She sings at forenoon and dawn in a heavy, drooping tree,
its upper boughs thick, the water beneath it lying still.
كَأَنas though لَمnot يَكُنthere were بِالغَيلِin the thicket أَوor بَطنِthe heart of أَيكَةٍa grove
كَأَن لَم يَكُن بِالغَيلِ أَو بَطنِ أَيكَةٍ
أَوِor الجِزعُthe valley bend مَنfrom تَولِunclear in the supplied text الأَشاءَةِthe young palm حاضِرُsomeone present
أَوِ الجِزعُ مَن تَولِ الأَشاءَةِ حاضِرُ
As though there were not, in the thicket or the heart of a grove,
or at the valley bend, by the young palm [unclear wording], anyone present.
يَقولُhe says زِيادٌZiyād إِذwhen رَأىhe saw الحَيَّthe tribe هَجَّرواthey departed at midday
يَقولُ زِيادٌ إِذ رَأى الحَيَّ هَجَّروا
أَرىI see الحَيَّthe tribe قَدalready سارواthey set out فَهَلso, are أَنتَyou سائِرُsetting out
أَرى الحَيَّ قَد ساروا فَهَل أَنتَ سائِرُ
Ziyād says, on seeing the tribe depart at midday:
“I see the tribe has set out; will you be setting out?”
وَإِنّيand indeed I وَإِنand though غالَthwarted التَقادُمُthe passage of time حاجَتيmy desire
وَإِنّي وَإِن غالَ التَقادُمُ حاجَتي
مُلِمٌّone who visits عَلىat أَوطانِthe dwelling places of لَيلىLaylā فَناظِرُand then gazing
مُلِمٌّ عَلى أَوطانِ لَيلى فَناظِرُ
And I, though passing time has thwarted my desire,
still visit Laylā's dwelling places, and then gaze.
Sol 6.1