ياO دهرُTime كمhow long هَذاthis التَّفَرْthe separation (continued)
يا دهرُ كم هَذا التَّفَرْ
رُقُend of 'separation' والتَّغَرُّبُand exile والشَّتاتُand scattering
رُقُ والتَّغَرُّبُ والشَّتاتُ
O Time, how long this separation—
O Time, how long must this separation,
bondage, exile, and scattering?
exile, and scattering last?
أبداًalways علىon سيرٍa journey كأنْas though
أبداً على سيرٍ كأنْ
نِيI (completing 'as though I') الشّمسُthe sun لَيسthere is not لهاfor it ثَباتُstillness
نِي الشّمسُ لَيس لها ثَباتُ
Forever journeying onward, as though
Always on the move, as though
I were the sun, never staying still.
I were the sun, which never stands still.
متقلقلُunsettled العَزَماتِresolves كالlike the
متقلقلُ العَزَماتِ كال
مطلوبِpursued man أفرقَهُfrightened him البَياتُthe night raid
مطلوبِ أفرقَهُ البَياتُ
Wavering in my resolves, like a
Unsettled in my resolves, like a
hunted man whom a night raid has terrified.
hunted man whom a night raid has terrified.
ناءٍfar away عنfrom الأهلينَkinsfolk والand the
ناءٍ عن الأهلينَ وال
أَوطانِhomelands والأترابُand the peers ماتُواhave died
أَوطانِ والأترابُ ماتُوا
Far from family and home—
Far from my kin and
lands; and my peers have died.
homelands, while my peers have died.
ولَبِئْسَand truly wretched is عيشُthe life المرءِof a man فاstart of 'left him'
ولَبِئْسَ عيشُ المرءِ فا
رقَهُend of 'left him' الأحِبّةُthe loved ones واللِّدَاتُand the age-mates
رقَهُ الأحِبّةُ واللِّدَاتُ
Wretched indeed is the life of one whose
And wretched is a man's life when
loved ones and pleasures have left him.
his loved ones and age-mates have left him.
فإِلامَso until when أَشقىI suffer بالبَقاby staying alive (continued)
فإِلامَ أَشقى بالبَقا
ءِend of 'staying alive' وكَمْand how greatly تُعذّبُنيit torments me الحياةُlife
ءِ وكَمْ تُعذّبُني الحياةُ
How long, then, must I suffer by remaining
So how long must I suffer by staying
alive? And how life torments me!
alive, and how greatly life torments me!
Sol 6.1