أَينَwhere أَيَّامُنَاour days اللَّوَاتِيwhich تَقَضَّتhave passed away
أَينَ أَيَّامُنَا اللَّوَاتِي تَقَضَّت
إِذwhen زَجَرنَاwe sought bird-omens لِلأُنسِfor companionship أَيمَنَthe most auspicious طَيرِbirds
إِذ زَجَرنَا لِلأُنسِ أَيمَنَ طَيرِ
Where are our days that have passed away,
Where are the days that have passed,
When we sought omens of companionship from the most auspicious of birds?
When we scolded the auspicious bird for companionship,
وَإتِلافٍand fellowship (likely intended: ائتلاف) عَهِدتُهُI knew it مِنamong كرَامٍnoble people
وَإتِلافٍ عَهِدتُهُ مِن كرَامٍ
سَارَcarried away صَرفُthe vicissitudes النَّوَىof separation بِهِwith it أَيَّwhat a سَيرِjourney
سَارَ صَرفُ النَّوَى بِهِ أَيَّ سَيرِ
And the fellowship I knew among noble people—
And the covenant I had made with the generous,
How far the turns of separation carried it away!
The turns of fate proceeded with it, how it proceeded!
شَعبَscattered الدَّهرُtime شَملَهُمtheir company بَعدَafter جَمعٍtogetherness
شَعبَ الدَّهرُ شَملَهُم بَعدَ جَمعٍ
رُبَّmany a نَفعٍbenefit أَزَالَهُremoved it حُكمُthe decree ضَيرِof harm
رُبَّ نَفعٍ أَزَالَهُ حُكمُ ضَيرِ
Time scattered their company after they had come together;
Time separated their group after they were united,
Many a boon was undone by harm's decree.
Many benefits were removed by the judgment of fate.
حَكَمَruled البَينُparting فِيover مُنَاهُمtheir hopes فَقَضّواso they lowered (likely intended: فغضّوا)
حَكَمَ البَينُ فِي مُنَاهُم فَقَضّوا
لاحتِكَامِin submission to the judgment الفِرَاقِof separation طَرفthe gaze نُمَيرِof Numayr
لاحتِكَامِ الفِرَاقِ طَرف نُمَيرِ
Parting ruled over their hopes, so they lowered
Separation ruled regarding their dwellings, so they submitted
Numayr's gaze before separation's judgment.
To the judgment of parting, a wink from a watcher.
فَتكَdealt a fatal blow الحُبُّlove فِيto سُلُوِّيَmy forgetting عَنهُمof them
فَتكَ الحُبُّ فِي سُلُوِّيَ عَنهُم
مِثلَlike فَتكِthe slaying الحَجَّاجِby al-Hajjaj بِابنِof Ibn جُبَيرِJubayr
مِثلَ فَتكِ الحَجَّاجِ بِابنِ جُبَيرِ
Love dealt a fatal blow to my forgetting them,
Love was severed in my breast from them,
Like al-Hajjaj's slaying of Ibn Jubayr.
Like the severing of al-Hajjaj to Ibn Jubayr.
لَيسَthere is no لِيfor me غَيرَهُمother than them مِنَfor الأُنسِcompanionship إنسٌhuman company
لَيسَ لِي غَيرَهُم مِنَ الأُنسِ إنسٌ
يَاoh تُرَىone wonders هَلwhether لَهُمthey have هُنالِكَthere غَيرِيanyone other than me
يَا تُرَى هَل لَهُم هُنالِكَ غَيرِي
I have no companions for solace but them;
I have no other companions besides them,
I wonder: do they have anyone there but me?
I wonder, do they have anyone else besides me?
كُلَّمَاwhenever مَرَّpassed by ذِكرُهُمmention of them قَالَsaid قَلبِيmy heart
كُلَّمَا مَرَّ ذِكرُهُم قَالَ قَلبِي
ذَكَرَmay remember اللَّهُGod مَنthose whom ذَكَرتَyou remembered بخَيرِwith kindness
ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ مَن ذَكَرتَ بخَيرِ
Whenever mention of them passes by, my heart says:
Whenever their memory passes, my heart says,
May God remember kindly those you remembered.
"May God remember well those you remembered."
Sol 6.1