ألاAh! مَنwho لِصَادٍfor a thirsty man وَالمواردُwhile the watering places جَمّةٌplentiful
ألا مَن لِصَادٍ وَالمواردُ جَمّةٌ
لهhe has عَلَلٌrepeated draughts منfrom بَردِهاtheir coolness لمdid not يُرَوِّهِquench him
له عَلَلٌ من بَردِها لم يُرَوِّهِ
Ah, who will aid a thirsty man, though the watering places are plentiful?
Alas for him whose quiver's full, the water-holes are choked with sand,
He has taken repeated draughts of their cool waters, yet they have not quenched him.
Whose thirst the showers will not quench that from the clouds expended land,
يُغَانُis overcome عَليهِupon him حِينwhen يسمعُhe hears نَبْأةًa faint sound
يُغَانُ عَليهِ حِين يسمعُ نَبْأةً
بِذكْرِهمُwith mention of them أوor دعوةًa call منfrom مُنَوِّهِsomeone calling aloud
بِذكْرِهمُ أو دعوةً من مُنَوِّهِ
He is overcome when he hears a faint sound
Who, when he hears the locusts chirp announcing those they love to greet,
Mentioning them, or a call from someone calling aloud.
Is stirred to yearning memories of talks in friendship's circle sweet,
إذَاwhen ماemphatic particle دَعاهُcalls him الشوقُlonging خَرَّhe falls كأنّماas though
إذَا ما دَعاهُ الشوقُ خَرَّ كأنّما
بهupon him الموتُdeath لولاَwere it not for أنّهُthat he is المتَأوّهِthe one who groans
به الموتُ لولاَ أنّهُ المتَأوّهِ
When longing calls him, he falls as though
Whose nostalgia moves him forth whene'er the longing thought returns
Death were upon him, but for his groaning.
As though 'twas mortal sickness — but that this is he who moans and yearns.
Sol 6.1