كذبَتكَshe lied to you ماwhat وعَدَتكَshe promised you أمسِyesterday صَلاحُSalah
كذبَتكَ ما وعَدَتكَ أمسِ صَلاحُ
وعسىand perhaps يكونُthere will be لماfor what وُعِدتَyou were promised نجاحُfulfillment
وعسى يكونُ لما وُعِدتَ نجاحُ
Salah lied to you about what she promised you yesterday.
Yet perhaps what you were promised will be fulfilled.
بُرءٌrecovery منfrom السقمthe illness الطويلlong-lasting ضَمانُهُits pledge
بُرءٌ من السقم الطويل ضَمانُهُ
لاnot يستَويare alike سَقَمٌillness بكمbecause of you وصِحَاحُand health
لا يستَوي سَقَمٌ بكم وصِحَاحُ
Its pledge is recovery from the long illness.
Illness because of you and health are not alike.
أَصلاحُO Salah إنَّكِindeed you قدalready رَمَيتِyou have inflicted نوافذاًpiercing wounds
أَصلاحُ إنَّكِ قد رَمَيتِ نوافذاً
وجَوائفاًand deep internal wounds ليستthere are no لهُنَّfor them جِراحُgashes
وجَوائفاً ليست لهُنَّ جِراحُ
O Salah, you have indeed inflicted wounds that pierce right through,
And wounds deep within that leave no outward gashes.
ولَقدand indeed رأيتُكِI saw you بالقَوادمِat al-Qawadim لمحةًfor an instant
ولَقد رأيتُكِ بالقَوادمِ لمحةً
وعليَّand upon me منfrom سَدَفِthe darkness of العشيِّevening رَياحُa cloak
وعليَّ من سَدَفِ العشيِّ رَياحُ
And indeed I saw you at al-Qawadim for an instant,
With a cloak of evening darkness upon me.
ماhow كانَwas أبَصرنيkeen my sight بِغرّاتin the first bloom of الصِّباyouth
ما كانَ أبَصرني بِغرّات الصِّبا
فاليومَbut today قدindeed شفَعتhave doubled ليَfor me الأشباحُthe figures
فاليومَ قد شفَعت ليَ الأشباحُ
How keen my sight was in youth's first bloom!
But today the figures have become doubled for me,
ومَشىand walked بجنبbeside الشخصِthe figure شخصٌa figure مثلُهُlike it
ومَشى بجنب الشخصِ شخصٌ مثلُهُ
والأرضُand the land نائِيةُfar apart in its الشخوصfigures بَراحُan open expanse
والأرضُ نائِيةُ الشخوص بَراحُ
And beside one figure walked another just like it,
Though the land lay open, its figures far apart.
حَلَقshaved الحوادثُthe vicissitudes لمَّتِيmy locks فتركنَso they left ليfor me
حَلَق الحوادثُ لمَّتِي فتركنَ لي
رأساًa head يَصِلُّthat rings كأنَّهas though it were جُمَّاحُa blunt-tipped arrow
رأساً يَصِلُّ كأنَّه جُمَّاحُ
The vicissitudes have shorn my locks and left me
A head that rings as though it were a blunt-tipped arrow.
وَذكاand blazed بأَصداغيat my temples وقرنِand the root of ذؤابَتيmy forelock
وَذكا بأَصداغي وقرنِ ذؤابَتي
قبسُa flame المشيبِgray hair كأنهas though it were مِصباحُa lamp
قبسُ المشيبِ كأنه مِصباحُ
And at my temples and the root of my forelock blazed
The flame of gray hair, as though it were a lamp.
Sol 6.1