نَفسيmy soul الفِداءُthe ransom لَقادِمٍfor a newcomer
نَفسي الفِداءُ لَقادِمٍ
جَذَبَdragged الفِراقَparting بِباعِهby its arm
جَذَبَ الفِراقَ بِباعِه
My soul be ransom for a newcomer
who dragged parting along by the arm.
وَهَبَgranted الزَمانُtime لَناto us اللِقاthe meeting
وَهَبَ الزَمانُ لَنا اللِقا
وَدَعاهُand called him فيin اِستِرجاعِهreclaiming it
وَدَعاهُ في اِستِرجاعِه
Time granted us a meeting,
and called him back to reclaim it.
عانَقتُهُI embraced him عِندَat القُدوthe arrival (continued)
عانَقتُهُ عِندَ القُدو
مِ(completes 'arrival') وَجَدَّand he pressed on فيin إِسراعِهhis haste
مِ وَجَدَّ في إِسراعِه
I embraced him at his com-
ing, and he pressed on in haste.
فَهوَso it was اِعتِناقُan embrace لِقائِهِmeeting him
فَهوَ اِعتِناقُ لِقائِهِ
وَهوَand it was اِعتِناقُan embrace وَداعِهbidding him farewell
وَهوَ اِعتِناقُ وَداعِه
Thus it was an embrace of meeting him,
and it was an embrace of bidding him farewell.
Sol 6.1