طالَتْreached far يَدُthe hand البَينِof separation فيin تَفريقِsundering أُلفَتِنَاour fellowship
طالَتْ يَدُ البَينِ في تَفريقِ أُلفَتِنَا
فَماso why لَهاwith it قَصُرَتْit fell short عنof جَمعِreuniting ماwhat افْتَرقَاhad parted
فَما لَها قَصُرَتْ عن جَمعِ ما افْتَرقَا
The hand of separation reached far in sundering our fellowship;
The hand of separation has grown long in parting our friendship
why, then, did it fall short of reuniting what had parted?
Why then has it fallen short of gathering what was scattered?
كأنّناas though we were الماءُwater سهلٌeasy حِينَwhen تُهرِقُهyou spill it
كأنّنا الماءُ سهلٌ حِينَ تُهرِقُه
وجَمعُهand gathering it مُعْجِزٌbeyond one's power منfrom بَعدafter ماthat انْهَرَقَاit spilled out
وجَمعُه مُعْجِزٌ من بَعد ما انْهَرَقَا
We are like water, easy to spill,
We are like spilled water on the plain when it is poured forth
and gathering it again is beyond one's power once spilled.
To regather it later is a miracle, after it has flowed far apart
لكنّbut قُدرةَthe power منof Him who يَطويfolds away الظّلامَthe darkness عنfrom الدْthe (first fragment of 'the world')
لكنّ قُدرةَ من يَطوي الظّلامَ عن الدْ
دنياworld (completing the preceding fragment) وينشُرُand spreads فيin آفاقِهاits horizons الفَلقَاthe dawn
دنيا وينشُرُ في آفاقِها الفَلقَا
Yet the power of Him who folds darkness away from the
But the power of Him who folds up the darkness from the earth
world and spreads dawn across its horizons
And spreads out the dawn in its horizons
يَردّrestores شَمِليَmy company مَجموعاًgathered together وقَلبيَand my heart مَسfirst fragment of 'joyful'
يَردّ شَمِليَ مَجموعاً وقَلبيَ مَس
روراًremaining fragment of 'joyful' ويَابِسَand the dry part of عُوديmy bough كَاسياًclothed in وَرَقَاleaves
روراً ويَابِسَ عُودي كَاسياً وَرَقَا
will reunite my scattered company and restore my heart
Will restore my condition, gathered up and my heart joyful
to joy, and clothe my dry bough in leaves.
And make my withered branch thrive, green once more with leaves
Sol 6.1