عَشيَّةَthat evening لاno خَلْفيbehind me مَكَرٌّa retreat ولاnor الهوىlove
عَشيَّةَ لا خَلْفي مَكَرٌّ ولا الهوى
أَماميbefore me ولاnor يَهْوىloves هوايَmy love غريبُa stranger
أَمامي ولا يَهْوى هوايَ غريبُ
That evening, no retreat lay behind me, nor love
Before me, nor did any stranger share my love.
فَوَاللهِso, by God لاnot أَنْساكِforget you ماas long as هَبَّتِblew الصَّباthe east wind
فَوَاللهِ لا أَنْساكِ ما هَبَّتِ الصَّبا
وماand as long as عَقَبَتْهاfollowed it فيamong الرّياحِthe winds جَنوبُa south wind
وما عَقَبَتْها في الرّياحِ جَنوبُ
So, by God, I shall not forget you as long as the east wind blows,
And as long as the south wind follows it among the winds.
فَوَاso, alas for كَبِداًa liver أَمْسَتْhas become رُفاتاًcrumbled remains كَأَنَّماas though
فَوَا كَبِداً أَمْسَتْ رُفاتاً كَأَنَّما
يُلَذِّعُهاsears it بالمَوْقِداتwith the heated implements طبيبُa physician
يُلَذِّعُها بالمَوْقِدات طبيبُ
So, alas for a liver now reduced to dust, as though
A physician were searing it with heated implements.
بِناwithin us منfrom جَوىanguish الأَحْزانِsorrows فيin الصّدرthe breast لَوْعةٌa burning pang
بِنا من جَوى الأَحْزانِ في الصّدر لَوْعةٌ
تَكادُalmost لهاbecause of it نَفْسُthe soul الشَّفيقِthe compassionate one تَذوبُmelts
تَكادُ لها نَفْسُ الشَّفيقِ تَذوبُ
Within our breast is a burning pang from sorrow's anguish,
From which the compassionate one's soul almost melts.
ولكنَّماbut أَبْقىhas preserved حُشاشةَa remnant of life مُقْوِلٍa speaker
ولكنَّما أَبْقى حُشاشةَ مُقْوِلٍ
علىdespite ماwhat بِهِis in him عُودٌa bodily frame هناكthere صليبُsturdy
على ما بِهِ عُودٌ هناك صليبُ
But what has preserved a speaker's last remnant of life,
Despite his affliction, is a sturdy frame within.
وماand not عَجَبيmy astonishment مَوْتُthe death المُحِبِّينَthe lovers فيin الهوىlove
وما عَجَبي مَوْتُ المُحِبِّينَ في الهوى
ولكنْbut بقاءُsurvival العاشقينَpassionate lovers عجيبُastonishing
ولكنْ بقاءُ العاشقينَ عجيبُ
And I do not marvel at lovers dying of love,
But the survival of passionate lovers is astonishing.
Sol 6.1