ياO لَيلَةًa night نامَهاhe slept through it الخَلِيُّthe untroubled one مِنَfrom الthe
يا لَيلَةً نامَها الخَلِيُّ مِنَ ال
حُزنِsorrow وَنَوميand my sleep مُسَهَّدٌsleepless أَرِقُrestless
حُزنِ وَنَومي مُسَهَّدٌ أَرِقُ
O night, slept through by one free of
sorrow, while my sleep is sleepless and restless.
أَرقُبُI watch نَجماًstars (collectively) كَأَنَّas though آخِرَهُthe last of them
أَرقُبُ نَجماً كَأَنَّ آخِرَهُ
بَعدَbeyond السِماكَينِthe two Simāks لُؤلُؤٌpearls نَسَقُstrung in order
بَعدَ السِماكَينِ لُؤلُؤٌ نَسَقُ
I watch the stars, as though the last of them,
beyond the two Simāks, were pearls strung in a row.
ياO نُعمُNuʿm لاnot أُذلِفُI drive away الصَديقَthe friend وَلاnor
يا نُعمُ لا أُذلِفُ الصَديقَ وَلا
يَطمَعُhope فيَّin me الوُشاةُthe slanderers إِنif نَطَقواthey speak
يَطمَعُ فيَّ الوُشاةُ إِن نَطَقوا
O Nuʿm, I do not drive a friend away, nor
can slanderers hope to sway me if they speak.
لاNo وَالَّذيby Him who أَحرَمَentered pilgrim consecration العِبادُthe servants لَهُfor Him
لا وَالَّذي أَحرَمَ العِبادُ لَهُ
بِكُلِّthrough every فَجٍّmountain pass مِنfor حِجَّةٍa pilgrimage رُفَقُcompanies
بِكُلِّ فَجٍّ مِن حِجَّةٍ رُفَقُ
No, by Him for whom His servants enter pilgrim consecration,
in pilgrimage bands through every mountain pass,
وَالبُدنُand the sacrificial camels إِنwhen نُزِّعَتare stripped off أَجِلَّتُهاtheir coverings
وَالبُدنُ إِن نُزِّعَت أَجِلَّتُها
بِالخَيفِat al-Khayf يَغشىcovers نُحورَهاtheir throats العَلَقُclotted blood
بِالخَيفِ يَغشى نُحورَها العَلَقُ
while the sacrificial camels, when their coverings are removed
at al-Khayf, have their throats covered in clotted blood—
ماnot باتَstayed overnight عِنديwith me سِرٌّa secret أُضَمَّنُهُI am entrusted with it
ما باتَ عِندي سِرٌّ أُضَمَّنُهُ
إِلّاexcept وَفيand in الصَدرِthe breast دونَهُbarring access to it غَلَقُa lock
إِلّا وَفي الصَدرِ دونَهُ غَلَقُ
no secret entrusted to me has ever stayed with me
without a lock within my breast to guard it.
Sol 6.1