لَوif أُنجزَتwere fulfilled لصبِّهِfor his lovesick lover وُعُودهُhis promises
لَو أُنجزَت لصبِّهِ وُعُودهُ
لَماwould not ذويhave withered منfrom الصُّدودِrejection عودُهُhis bough
لَما ذوي من الصُّدودِ عودُهُ
If his promises to his lovesick lover had been kept,
If his promises were fulfilled for his lover
his bough would not have withered from rejection.
He would not return from his affection
ولوand had رثىhe pitied للمُشَتكيfor the sufferer مَجهودَهُhis anguish
ولو رثى للمُشَتكي مَجهودَهُ
ماnot لَجَّpersisted فيin إبعادهِbanishing him مَجهودهُhis utmost effort
ما لَجَّ في إبعادهِ مَجهودهُ
And had he pitied the sufferer's anguish,
And if he had consoled the complaining one for his efforts
his efforts would not have persisted in banishing him.
He would not have worked hard to distance him
يزعُمُhe claims أنَّthat نهرَthe river of وجديmy longing خالدٌeverlasting
يزعُمُ أنَّ نهرَ وجدي خالدٌ
ولوand though بِفرطِthrough the excess of هَجرهِhis estrangement يَزيدهُhe swells it
ولو بِفرطِ هَجرهِ يَزيدهُ
He claims the river of my longing is everlasting,
He claims that his river of affection is eternal
though he swells it through his excessive estrangement.
And if he intensely deserted it, it would increase it
أَماindeed وَصبريby my patience خانَنيbetrayed me فيin حُبِّهِloving him
أَما وَصبري خانَني في حُبِّهِ
أَمينُهُhis trusted one لمَّاwhen غَوىwent astray رَشيدُهُhis rightly guided one
أَمينُهُ لمَّا غَوى رَشيدُهُ
Indeed, by my patience! I was betrayed in loving him
But my patience has failed me in loving him
by his trusted one, when his rightly guided one strayed.
When his intimate one went astray
إِنَّindeed فُؤاديmy heart فيهِconcerning him لاnot يقوىis strong enough علىto bear
إِنَّ فُؤادي فيهِ لا يقوى على
جَمرِthe embers of هوىًlove حميمُهits scalding water جليدهُits ice
جَمرِ هوىً حميمُه جليدهُ
My heart, in loving him, cannot withstand
Indeed, my heart cannot withstand
love's embers, whose very ice is scalding water.
The burning embers of passionate love cooling it
فديتهُI would ransom him منas an معرضٍaloof one برزexcelled فيin
فديتهُ من معرضٍ برز في
وزنِscansion عَروضِprosody فعلهِhis conduct تجويدهُhis mastery
وزنِ عَروضِ فعلهِ تجويدهُ
I would ransom him, aloof as he is; his mastery shines in
I ransom him for turning away
scanning the prosody of his conduct:
In the rhythm of his actions' composition
فَوَصلُهُso his union سريعُهُits Swift meter خفُيفُهits Light meter
فَوَصلُهُ سريعُهُ خفُيفُه
وَهجرهُand his estrangement طويلُهُits Long meter مديدهُits Extended meter
وَهجرهُ طويلُهُ مديدهُ
so his union is its Swift, its Light;
His union is swift and easy
and his estrangement its Long, its Extended.
And his separation long and painful
ماليwhat ails me? أرىI see أَجفانهُhis eyelids قاهِرتيmy conqueror
مالي أرى أَجفانهُ قاهِرتي
حيثُwhere عزيزُlord of وَجنَتيmy cheek صَعيدهُhis dust
حيثُ عزيزُ وَجنَتي صَعيدهُ
Why do I see his eyelids as my conqueror,
Why do I see his eyelids overpowering me
where his dust is the lord of my cheek?
Where my beloved and my pleasure are barren land
ياO حاكماًjudge قَضىdecreed بأَنthat يَقضيshould perish لناfor us
يا حاكماً قَضى بأَن يَقضي لنا
قلبيmy heart بنيرانِin the fires of الهوَىlove شُهودهُhis witnesses
قلبي بنيرانِ الهوَى شُهودهُ
O judge, whose witnesses have decreed that, for us,
O judge who judges that he should judge for us
my heart must perish in the fires of love:
With the fires of love as his witnesses
دريتُI knew جِسميmy body حينًwhen كانَwas شامِلاًall-encompassing
دريتُ جِسمي حينً كانَ شامِلاً
ضَناهُits wasting إذsince غيرَكَanyone other than you لاnot يعُيدهُrestores it
ضَناهُ إذ غيرَكَ لا يعُيدهُ
I knew my body when it was overwhelmed
I knew when my body embraced him
by wasting, since none but you can restore it.
No one else will repeat its intimacy
حاشاكَfar be it from you أنto تحملَyou charge بالصَدِّwith rejection علىagainst
حاشاكَ أن تحملَ بالصَدِّ على
قَلبٍa heart غداhas become مُنكسراًbroken عميدهُits mainstay
قَلبٍ غدا مُنكسراً عميدهُ
Far be it from you to assail with rejection
Far be it from you to forcefully reject
a heart whose mainstay now lies broken.
A heart that has become broken in pieces
Sol 6.1