أَينَwhere أَيَّامُنَاour days اللّواتِيwhich تَقَضَّتpassed away
أَينَ أَيَّامُنَا اللّواتِي تَقَضَّت
إِذwhen زَجَرناwe read bird-omens لِلوَصلِfor union أَيمَنَmost auspicious طَيرِbirds
إِذ زَجَرنا لِلوَصلِ أَيمَنَ طَيرِ
Where are our days that have passed away,
Where are the days that passed away,
when we augured union from the most auspicious birds,
When we scorned union, in our heyday?
وَائتِلافٌand fellowship عَهِدتُهI knew it مِنamong كرامٍnoble people
وَائتِلافٌ عَهِدتُه مِن كرامٍ
سَارَjourneyed صرفُthe vicissitudes of النَّوَىseparation بهِwith it أيّwhat a سَيرِjourney
سَارَ صرفُ النَّوَى بهِ أيّ سَيرِ
and the fellowship I knew among noble people,
A band whose troth was loyalty
which separation's vicissitudes carried so far away?
Fate scattered, and made sport of prey.
شَعبscattered الدّهرtime شملَهمtheir united company بَعدَafter جَمعِgathering
شَعب الدّهر شملَهم بَعدَ جَمعِ
رُبّmany a نَفعbenefit أَزالَهُremoved it حُكمُthe decree of ضَيرِharm
رُبّ نَفع أَزالَهُ حُكمُ ضَيرِ
Time scattered their company after they had gathered;
Time gathered them in unity,
many a benefit has been undone by harm's decree.
But Fortune came and disarray.
حَكمَruled البينُseparation فيover مُناهُمtheir hopes فَغَضّواso they lowered
حَكمَ البينُ في مُناهُم فَغَضّوا
لاحتِكَامbecause of the rule of الفِرَاقِparting طَرفthe gaze of نُمَيرِNumayr
لاحتِكَام الفِرَاقِ طَرف نُمَيرِ
Separation ruled over their hopes, so they lowered
They parted to meet no more again,
Numayr's gaze beneath parting's sway.
Turning their backs at Destiny’s fey.
فَتَكَstruck fatally الحُبُّlove فِيin سُلُوّيmy forgetting عَنهُمof them
فَتَكَ الحُبُّ فِي سُلُوّي عَنهُم
مِثلَlike فَتكِthe deadly assault of الحجّاجal-Hajjaj بابنupon Ibn (son of) جُبَيرِJubayr
مِثلَ فَتكِ الحجّاج بابن جُبَيرِ
Love dealt a fatal blow to my forgetting them,
Love loosed its hold; farewell the twain!
like al-Hajjaj's deadly assault on Ibn Jubayr.
Like Ibn Jubayr whom al-Hajjaj slew.
لَيسَthere is no ليfor me غَيرهمother than them مِنamong الإِنسhumankind أُنسٌcompanionship
لَيسَ لي غَيرهم مِن الإِنس أُنسٌ
ياoh تُرىone wonders هَلwhether لَهُمfor them هُنالِكَthere غَيريother than me
يا تُرى هَل لَهُم هُنالِكَ غَيري
I have no companionship among humankind except with them.
None now I love save these men alone,
I wonder: do they have anyone there but me?
I wonder, is it so with them too?
كُلَّماwhenever مَرَّpassed ذِكرُهمmention of them قالَsaid قَلبِيmy heart
كُلَّما مَرَّ ذِكرُهم قالَ قَلبِي
ذَكَرmay remember اللَّهُGod مَنthose whom ذَكرتَyou remembered بِخَيرِwith favor
ذَكَر اللَّهُ مَن ذَكرتَ بِخَيرِ
Whenever mention of them passes by, my heart says:
When their remembrance comes to me
"May God remember with favor those you have remembered."
My heart says, “God bless them with good!”
Sol 6.1