فجعةٌa calamity ماnot اِحتسبتُهاI had anticipated it فيin زمانيmy lifetime
فجعةٌ ما اِحتسبتُها في زماني
نادَمَتْkept boon-companionship with بِيthrough me غرائبَstrange kinds الأحزانِof sorrows
نادَمَتْ بِي غرائبَ الأحزانِ
A calamity I had never foreseen in my lifetime
A grief I had not foreseen in my time
made me a boon-companion of strange sorrows.
Regret has afflicted me with strange sorrows
وأشدُّand the harshest الخطوبcalamities عُنفاًin violence بنفسٍto a soul
وأشدُّ الخطوب عُنفاً بنفسٍ
ماthat which أتىcame بَغْتَةًsuddenly بغيرِwithout أوانِthe proper time
ما أتى بَغْتَةً بغيرِ أوانِ
And the calamity most violent to a soul
And the harshest afflictions violently upon a soul
is one that comes suddenly, at an untimely hour.
That came suddenly without occasion
أيُّهاO you الآخذِيwho urges me بِشَأنِconcerning التسلِّيtaking consolation
أيُّها الآخذِي بِشَأنِ التسلِّي
جلَّhas grown too great ماwhat بيafflicts me عنbeyond طاعةِsubmission to السُّلْوانِsolace
جلَّ ما بي عن طاعةِ السُّلْوانِ
O you who urge me toward consolation,
O you who busy yourself with diversion
my grief is too great to submit to solace.
My obedience has greatly diminished
رُمْتَyou sought عَذْليreproaching me وأنتَand you تجهلdo not know ماwhat بِيails me
رُمْتَ عَذْلي وأنتَ تجهل ما بِي
وَفُؤاديand my heart مُستيقِنٌfully certain of ماwhat عَنانيafflicted me
وَفُؤادي مُستيقِنٌ ما عَناني
You sought to reproach me, though you know not what ails me,
You blamed me while being ignorant of my state
while my heart knows full well what has afflicted me.
And my heart was convinced of what has befallen me
خَلَجَتْsnatched away فيconcerning بَبْغاءَa parrot نَبْوَةُa cruel turn دهرٍof Time
خَلَجَتْ في بَبْغاءَ نَبْوَةُ دهرٍ
مُولَعٍenamored بالنَّفيسِof the precious منamong أثمانيmy valuables
مُولَعٍ بالنَّفيسِ من أثماني
A cruel turn of Time snatched away a parrot—
In the meadows of time stirred the intuition of fate
Time, enamored of what is precious among my treasures.
Passionate for what is precious of my treasures
بعثsent الدّهرُTime نحوهاtoward her يدَthe hand of شخصٍsomeone
بعث الدّهرُ نحوها يدَ شخصٍ
مُزعِجِalarming in الكيدِguile ثائرِseething with الأضغانِgrudges
مُزعِجِ الكيدِ ثائرِ الأضغانِ
Time sent someone's hand against her,
Time sent towards it the hand of a person
alarming in guile, seething with rancor.
Agitating mischief, stirring up grudges
غالهاslew her unawares فرصةًseizing a chance وماand not الغافلُthe heedless one الوَسْthe drowsy (first part)
غالها فرصةً وما الغافلُ الوَسْ
نانُdrowsy (completion) كُفْواًa match للرّاصدِfor the ambusher اليقظانِthe vigilant
نانُ كُفْواً للرّاصدِ اليقظانِ
He seized his chance and slew her; the heedless,
He seized it as an opportunity while the inattentive, tranquil one
drowsy one is no match for the vigilant ambusher.
Was not equal to the watchful and alert one
لَوif أَتىhe came معلناًopenly بِيَومon the day of رَداهاher death
لَو أَتى معلناً بِيَوم رَداها
لاِنثَنىhe would have turned back غانماًgaining spoils منfrom الحِرمانِdeprivation
لاِنثَنى غانماً من الحِرمانِ
Had he come openly on the day of her death,
Had he come openly to take it back
he would have turned back, with failure as his spoils.
He would have retreated deprived of what he coveted
أمكَنَتْهُshe gave him access to حُشاشةًa remnant of life طالماso often خاfailed (first part)
أمكَنَتْهُ حُشاشةً طالما خا
بَتْfailed (completion) لديهاin her presence وسائلُthe means الإمكانِof gaining access
بَتْ لديها وسائلُ الإمكانِ
She yielded him her life-breath, though so often
Cunning which had long been hidden from him
his means of gaining access to her had failed.
Enabled him, with the means at hand
صَدّهاbarred her الحَيْنُdoom عنfrom تعاطيexercising حِذارٍcaution
صَدّها الحَيْنُ عن تعاطي حِذارٍ
منهagainst him والحَينُand doom عُقلَةُa fetter الأذهانِof minds
منه والحَينُ عُقلَةُ الأذهانِ
Doom kept her from taking precautions
The moment distracted it from taking precautions
against him; doom is the fetter of minds.
Against him, and the moment is the mind's wisdom
إنْif تكنْshe was عُوجِلَتْtaken swiftly فماthen not مُهلةُthe respite of المُرthe reprieved one (first part)
إنْ تكنْ عُوجِلَتْ فما مُهلةُ المُر
جىreprieved (completion) علىunder سُنّةِthe law of الرّدىdeath بأمانِany safety
جى على سُنّةِ الرّدى بأمانِ
If her death was hastened, the reprieved one's respite
If it was hastily taken, the respite of one from whom
offers no safety under the law of death.
Goodness is hoped is not secure according to the law of ruin
ذاتُhaving جِسمٍa body يحكيresembling الزَّبَرْجَدَperidot قدْalready نِيwere attached (first part)
ذاتُ جِسمٍ يحكي الزَّبَرْجَدَ قدْ نِي
طَتْattached (completion) ذُراهُits uppermost parts بمِنْسَرٍto a beak مَرْجانيcoral-red
طَتْ ذُراهُ بمِنْسَرٍ مَرْجاني
Her body mirrors peridot; its crown was
A being whose body recalls aquamarine
joined to a coral-red beak.
Adorned with a silk robe of coral hue
وخَوافٍand secondary flight feathers قدalready فارقتْdeparted from لونَهاher color الأظthe most apparent (first part)
وخَوافٍ قد فارقتْ لونَها الأظ
هرَapparent (completion) فيهاin her بمنظرٍwith an appearance أُرجُوانِيpurple
هرَ فيها بمنظرٍ أُرجُوانِي
And secondary flight feathers differ from her prevailing
And cheeks that have lost their original complexion
color, displaying a purple hue.
Resembling there a reddish purple
غَضَّةُfresh اللّونِin color تُبصرُsees العينُthe eye منهاin her
غَضَّةُ اللّونِ تُبصرُ العينُ منها
روضةًa meadow أخْمَلَتْgrew lush بلاwithout بُستانِa garden
روضةً أخْمَلَتْ بلا بُستانِ
Her hue is fresh; the eye sees in her
Fresh complexioned, the eye sees in it
a meadow grown lush without a garden.
A meadow that blossomed without a garden
تُرجعshe repeats القولspeech كالصّدىlike an echo فيat أقاصيthe utmost
تُرجع القول كالصّدى في أقاصي
درجاتِdegrees الإفصاحof clear articulation والتّبيانِand clarification
درجاتِ الإفصاح والتّبيانِ
She repeats speech like an echo, at the highest
It reflects words like an echo in the furthest
degrees of articulation and clarity.
Degrees of eloquence and clarity
تمحضُshe gives unalloyed الصّدقَtruth إنْif أجابتْshe answers سَؤولاًa persistent questioner
تمحضُ الصّدقَ إنْ أجابتْ سَؤولاً
وهْيَand she خِلْوٌdevoid منof فهمunderstanding تلكthose المعانيmeanings
وهْيَ خِلْوٌ من فهم تلك المعاني
She gives unalloyed truth when she answers a persistent questioner,
It purified truthfulness when answering a questioner
though she has no understanding of those meanings.
While devoid of understanding those meanings
لاmay not اِستَقلّتْtake wing منfrom بعدafter فقدِكِlosing you وَرْقاa gray dove (first part)
لا اِستَقلّتْ من بعد فقدِكِ وَرْقا
ءٌgray dove (completion) تُبكِّيmakes weep الدّجىthe night-darkness علىupon الأغصانِthe boughs
ءٌ تُبكِّي الدّجى على الأغصانِ
May no gray dove take wing after your loss,
After you were gone, no leaf gained independence
making the night weep upon the boughs.
Weeping for the foliage on the branches
Sol 6.1