منwho مُبْلغٌone to convey عنيon my behalf فلاFula— (begins Fulan, ‘so-and-so’)
من مُبْلغٌ عني فلا
نَ—n (completes Fulan) الدّينthe faith (al-Din) والأنباءُand the tidings تَنْميspread
نَ الدّين والأنباءُ تَنْمي
Who will tell, on my behalf, Fula—
—n al-Din, as tidings spread,
أنّيthat I هجرتُكI forsook you لاnot كظنْas the supposition—
أنّي هجرتُك لا كظنْ
نِكَ—of yours (completes ‘your supposition’) طائعاًwillingly لكنْbut برَغمِيagainst my will
نِكَ طائعاً لكنْ برَغمِي
that I forsook you—not, as you sup—
—pose, willingly, but against my will?
أوهَتْweakened خطوبُcalamities الدهرِof time منof
أوهَتْ خطوبُ الدهرِ من
هِمَمِيmy aspirations وفلَّتْand blunted حدَّthe edge of عَزميmy resolve
هِمَمِي وفلَّتْ حدَّ عَزمي
Time’s calamities have weakened
my aspirations and blunted the edge of my resolve.
ورَمَتْنِيَand shot me الأيَّامُthe days عنfrom
ورَمَتْنِيَ الأيَّامُ عن
قوسيmy bow فأردتنيand so felled me بسَهمِيwith my arrow
قوسي فأردتني بسَهمِي
And the days have shot me from
my own bow, and felled me with my own arrow.
وغدَاand have become الذينthose who بهمthrough whom أُسَلْI dispel (verb begins)
وغدَا الذين بهم أُسَلْ
لِي(completes ‘I dispel’) الهمَّgrief حينwhen يُلِمُّit strikes هَمِّيmy grief
لِي الهمَّ حين يُلِمُّ هَمِّي
And those through whom I would dis—
—pel grief when it struck have become my grief.
Sol 6.1