أيُّهاO الرَّبْعُthe dwelling المُحيلُdesolate
أيُّها الرَّبْعُ المُحيلُ
جَدَّbecame urgent بيfor me عنكَfrom you الرَّحيلُdeparture
جَدَّ بي عنكَ الرَّحيلُ
O desolate dwelling,
O fleeting springtime,
departure from you has become urgent for me.
you've hastened my departure from you.
لستَyou are not بالدّارِa dwelling ولاnor فيin
لستَ بالدّارِ ولا في
كَyou (suffix) لِمَنْfor whoever يَضْحىspends the day مَقيلُa midday resting place
كَ لِمَنْ يَضْحى مَقيلُ
You are no home, nor within
You're not in this abode,
you is there a midday resting place for one who spends the day.
nor are you like one who settles down at nightfall.
غابَwas absent عنِّيfrom me الرُّشدُprudence فيin
غابَ عنِّي الرُّشدُ في
قَصديْكَmy seeking you والرأيُand judgment الأصيلُsound
قَصديْكَ والرأيُ الأصيلُ
Prudence deserted me in
Prudence has evaded me
my seeking you, and sound judgment too.
in seeking you out, though prudence is exemplary.
غَلطةًa mistake كانتwas ولُطفُand the kindness اللَّGod (first part of split word)
غَلطةً كانت ولُطفُ اللَّ
هِGod (final part of split word) ماnot زالَceased يُقيلُpardons
هِ ما زالَ يُقيلُ
It was a mistake, and the kindness of
My misstep was an error, yet God's
God still grants pardon.
kindness continues to forgive.
ماwhat مُقامُstaying الحرّthe free man فيin أرland (first part of split word)
ما مُقامُ الحرّ في أر
ضٍland (final part of split word) بهاin it النَّاسُthe people قَليلُfew
ضٍ بها النَّاسُ قَليلُ
What place is there for a free man in a
How can the free man stay
land where the people are few—
in a land whose people are few?
بلدa land فيهin it عزيزُhonored الthe
بلد فيه عزيزُ ال
قومِpeople مَقهُورٌoppressed ذليلُabased
قومِ مَقهُورٌ ذليلُ
a land where the honored man among the
A land where the dear ones of its people
people is oppressed and abased?
are subjugated and humiliated.
لستُI am not أرجوكَI hope in you وقدand already لاappeared (first part of split word)
لستُ أرجوكَ وقد لا
حَتْappeared (final part of split word) لعينيَّto my eyes المَحُولُbarrenness
حَتْ لعينيَّ المَحُولُ
I place no hope in you, now that
I do not implore you, now that
barrenness has appeared before my eyes.
the vanishing has appeared to my eyes.
إنماonly يرتادُseeks out أرضَland الthe
إنما يرتادُ أرضَ ال
مَحْلِdrought مغرورٌdeluded جَهولُutterly ignorant
مَحْلِ مغرورٌ جَهولُ
None seeks a land of
Only a deluded fool
drought but a deluded ignoramus.
frequents the land of transience.
Sol 6.1