ليسthere is not ليfor me عنهمaway from them عُدولُturning away
ليس لي عنهم عُدولُ
فإلىso, until كمhow long ياO عَذولُreproacher
فإلى كم يا عَذولُ
I have no turning away from them;
how long, then, O reproacher?
أقبحُthe ugliest الأشياءِof things عنديin my view
أقبحُ الأشياءِ عندي
بعدهمin their absence صبرٌpatience جميلُbeautiful
بعدهم صبرٌ جميلُ
The ugliest thing to me
in their absence is beautiful patience.
لَمdid not يُطلَّbe shed in vain الدَّمعُthe tears إلاَّexcept
لَم يُطلَّ الدَّمعُ إلاَّ
مُذsince خلتbecame deserted تلكَthose الطُّلولُruins
مُذ خلت تلكَ الطُّلولُ
My tears have been shed in vain only
since those ruins lay deserted.
أقفرتgrew desolate ممَّنbereft of those who همُthey فيin القthe heart (opening fragment)
أقفرت ممَّن همُ في الق
لبِheart (continuation) والطَّرفِand the eye حُلولُdwellers
لبِ والطَّرفِ حُلولُ
They grew desolate, bereft of those who in the
heart and eye abide.
قربُهمtheir nearness منيto me مثلُlike الصَّpatience (opening fragment)
قربُهم مني مثلُ الصَّ
برِpatience (continuation) عنهمapart from them مستحيلُimpossible
برِ عنهم مستحيلُ
Their nearness to me, like
patience apart from them, is impossible.
وجَفاهمand their estrangement مثلُlike ليليmy night
وجَفاهم مثلُ ليلي
ذاthis وَهذاكَand that طويلُlong
ذا وَهذاكَ طويلُ
And their estrangement is like my night:
this and that are both long.
خلِّنيleave me alone إذsince لمdid not تساعدyou help
خلِّني إذ لم تساعد
نيme عليهمagainst them ياO عَذولُreproacher
ني عليهم يا عَذولُ
Leave me alone, since you have not helped
me against them, O reproacher.
ليfor me ولِلورقاءِand for the gray dove فيin النَّوlamentation (opening fragment)
لي ولِلورقاءِ في النَّو
حِlamentation (continuation) وفيand amid الدَّوحِthe spreading trees فُصولُchapters
حِ وفي الدَّوحِ فُصولُ
The gray dove and I, in lament
and amid the spreading trees, have our chapters.
لَيسَdoes not يَشفيheal منهمُfrom them قَلheart (opening fragment)
لَيسَ يَشفي منهمُ قَل
بيmy heart (completion) كِتابٌa letter ورَسولُand a messenger
بي كِتابٌ ورَسولُ
No healing comes from them to my
heart by letter or messenger.
بلrather عسَىmay يجتمعُbe reunited الشَّthe company (unclear fragment)
بل عسَى يجتمعُ الشَّ
لُcompany (unclear continuation) فأشكوso I lament وأقولُand I speak
لُ فأشكو وأقولُ
Rather, may we be reunited,
so I may lament and speak.
Sol 6.1