بِأَبيwith my father as ransom وَجهكyour face الّذيwhich
بِأَبي وَجهك الّذي
جَمعَgathered الحُسنَbeauty أَجمعاall of it
جَمعَ الحُسنَ أَجمعا
My father be ransom for your face, which
By your face that gathered all beauty
has gathered beauty in its entirety;
And your folds, they outshone the brightest
وَثَناياكَand your front teeth إنَّهنindeed, they (continued)
وَثَناياكَ إنَّهن
نَcompletion of 'they' فَضَحْنput to shame المُشَعْشَعاthe gleaming, diluted wine
نَ فَضَحْن المُشَعْشَعا
and your front teeth—indeed, they
I will not forget you as I bid farewell
have put the gleaming wine to shame.
With an embrace, my eyes raining tears on your departure
لستُI am not أنساكforgetting you مُسعِفاًobliging me
لستُ أنساك مُسعِفاً
بعناقٍwith an embrace مودِّعاbidding farewell
بعناقٍ مودِّعا
I do not forget you, favoring me
May God not look after those
with an embrace as you bade farewell.
Who shattered what we cherished
فَجُفونيso my eyelids عَلىat فِراparting (continued)
فَجُفوني عَلى فِرا
قكَcompletion of 'your parting' يقطرنdrip أَدمُعاtears
قكَ يقطرن أَدمُعا
So my eyelids, at parting
They left our homes today
from you, drip tears.
Desolate and vacant
لاmay not رَعىprotect اللّهُGod مَعشراًa company of people
لا رَعى اللّهُ مَعشراً
صدّعواthey sundered ماnot تصدّعاhad come apart
صدّعوا ما تصدّعا
May God not protect a people
They kept us up all night and stayed
who sundered what had not come apart.
Awake throughout the dark night
تَركواthey left دارَthe abode of ودّناour love
تَركوا دارَ ودّنا
منهمwithout them اليومَtoday بَلْقعاa barren waste
منهم اليومَ بَلْقعا
They left the abode of our love
empty of them today, a barren waste.
أَسهَرواthey made sleepless لَيلَناour night وباand they spent the night (continued)
أَسهَروا لَيلَنا وبا
تواcompletion of 'they spent the night' مداthroughout اللّيلthe night هُجَّعاasleep
توا مدا اللّيل هُجَّعا
They made our night sleepless, while they
spent the whole night asleep.
Partial English translation: 10 of 14 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1