ومَاand what بالُهhis condition يشكُوhe laments الفِراقَparting وأينَand where مِنfrom
ومَا بالُه يشكُو الفِراقَ وأينَ مِن
قَسَاوتِهhis hardness شَكوَىlament الهَوَىlove وعُتُوِّهِand his insolence
قَسَاوتِه شَكوَى الهَوَى وعُتُوِّهِ
And what ails him, lamenting parting—and how far from
He complains of separation, while where is the cruelty
His hardness and insolence is love's lament!
Of passion's plaint and its waywardness compared to his?
ومَاand not خِلْتُهI thought him مَهوَىalighting place الهَوىlove ومَقِيلَهُand its noonday resting place
ومَا خِلْتُه مَهوَى الهَوى ومَقِيلَهُ
ومَأوىand the refuge الأسىsorrow والبَثِّand anguish عندduring هُدوِّهِhis repose
ومَأوى الأسى والبَثِّ عند هُدوِّهِ
And I had not thought him love's alighting place and noonday resting place,
I left him not, the home of love and its refuge,
And the refuge of sorrow and anguish in his repose.
The abode of grief and outpouring in his neighbourhood.
تَثُوبreturn إليهto him فيin الصّباحِthe morning شُجونُهُhis sorrows
تَثُوب إليه في الصّباحِ شُجونُهُ
وَيأْوِيand takes refuge إليهwith him الهَمُّcare عندَduring هُدوِّهِhis repose
وَيأْوِي إليه الهَمُّ عندَ هُدوِّهِ
His sorrows return to him in the morning,
His longings return to him in the morning
And care takes refuge with him in his repose.
And care takes refuge with him at his withdrawal.
بِنَفْسِيَwith my life as ransom مَنthe one who أهْدَىsent as a gift إليَّto me تَحِيّةًa greeting
بِنَفْسِيَ مَن أهْدَى إليَّ تَحِيّةً
علىdespite بُعدِهhis distance وافَتْit arrived بِرَيّاwith the fragrance of دُنُوِّهِhis nearness
على بُعدِه وافَتْ بِرَيّا دُنُوِّهِ
My life be a ransom for him who sent me a greeting,
By my life, he who bade me farewell with a greeting
Which, despite his distance, came with the fragrance of his nearness.
From afar, his nearness drew nigh with its remoteness.
فأذكَرَthus he reminded مَنone whom لمdid not تُنْسِهِmake him forget عَهدَهُhis pledge النَّوىseparation
فأذكَرَ مَن لم تُنْسِهِ عَهدَهُ النَّوى
ولاَnor طَمِعَتْit hoped فيfor يأْسِهِhis despair ونُبُوِّهِand his turning away
ولاَ طَمِعَتْ في يأْسِهِ ونُبُوِّهِ
Thus he reminded one whom separation had not made forget his pledge,
So I remember one whose pact time has not made him forget
Nor had it hoped for his despair or his turning away.
Nor has his despair in its farness and retirement lost hope.
يَحِنُّhe yearns اشتياقاًwith longing بالأصائِلِin the late afternoons والضّحىand the forenoon
يَحِنُّ اشتياقاً بالأصائِلِ والضّحى
ويرتَاحُand is stirred فيduring روْحاتهِhis afternoon outings وغُدُوِّهِand his morning departures
ويرتَاحُ في روْحاتهِ وغُدُوِّهِ
He yearns with longing in the late afternoons and forenoons,
He yearns with longing for the late morn and forenoon
And is stirred on his afternoon outings and morning departures.
And finds repose in his soul's ease and his advance.
Sol 6.1