إنْif تَقْطَعِsever الأيّامُthe days منكfrom you عَلائِقِيmy ties
إنْ تَقْطَعِ الأيّامُ منك عَلائِقِي
فأنَاthen I المُواصِلُone who maintains ties بالودَادِwith affection الصّادِقِsincere
فأنَا المُواصِلُ بالودَادِ الصّادِقِ
If the days sever my ties with you,
If days sever my bonds with you
I still maintain our bond with sincere affection.
I will stay true with affection sincere
أرضَىI am content منof العهدِthe covenant القديمِold بِرَعْيِهِwith honoring it
أرضَى من العهدِ القديمِ بِرَعْيِهِ
ومنَand of الزّيَارَةِthe visit بالخَيالِwith the phantom الطّارِقِcoming at night
ومنَ الزّيَارَةِ بالخَيالِ الطّارِقِ
I am content with honoring the old covenant,
Content with his tending of old vows
and, for a visit, with the phantom that comes at night.
And with imagination's visits fleeting clear
هَذاthis وعِنديand I have للفِراقِfor separation مآتِمٌmourning gatherings
هَذا وعِندي للفِراقِ مآتِمٌ
فيهَاin them التّجمّلُcomposure والعَزَاءُand consolation مُفارِقِيleaving me
فيهَا التّجمّلُ والعَزَاءُ مُفارِقِي
This, while I hold mourning rites for separation,
Ready for parting, my griefs accrue
where composure and consolation desert me.
With condolence and composure seeping
وأُلاَمُand I am reproached فيfor شَكْوَىlamenting جَوَايَmy burning grief وقَلّمَاand rarely
وأُلاَمُ في شَكْوَى جَوَايَ وقَلّمَا
يَحظىis blessed المُفارِقُthe separated one بالرّفِيقِwith a companion الرّافِقِcompassionate
يَحظى المُفارِقُ بالرّفِيقِ الرّافِقِ
And I am reproached for lamenting my burning grief; rarely
And plaining the woes of my dear one's absence
does one parted find a compassionate companion.
Rarely does the parted gain friend forthcoming
هَلcan ...? يُغْنِيَنْsuffice صَمتيmy silence عنin place of الشّكْوىcomplaint إذاwhen
هَل يُغْنِيَنْ صَمتي عن الشّكْوى إذا
شَكَتlament الجَوَىburning grief زَفَراتُthe sighs قَلبيof my heart الخَافِقِbeating
شَكَت الجَوَى زَفَراتُ قَلبي الخَافِقِ
Can my silence do away with complaint, when
Can my silence about longing avail
the sighs of my beating heart lament burning grief?
If my heart complains to empty air
هَبْنيsuppose that I أكَفكِفُI hold back زَفْرَتيmy sigh وَمَدامِعيand my tears
هَبْني أكَفكِفُ زَفْرَتي وَمَدامِعي
مَاwhat حيْلَتيmy recourse وَشَجَاwhile the throat-lodged lump التّجمّلِof composure خَانِقِيchoking me
مَا حيْلَتي وَشَجَا التّجمّلِ خَانِقِي
Suppose I hold back my sigh and my tears—
Give me strength to restrain my sighs and tears
what recourse have I, when the lump of composure chokes me?
No use in composure, if grief I cannot forbear
أناI كالحمامِlike doves تَبُوحُgive voice حينَwhen تَنُوحُthey moan بالشكْto complaint (first part)
أنا كالحمامِ تَبُوحُ حينَ تَنُوحُ بالشكْ
وَىcompletion of 'complaint' ولَمand have not تَفْغَرopened wide لَهاfor it فَمَa mouth نَاطِقِof a speaker
وَى ولَم تَفْغَر لَها فَمَ نَاطِقِ
I am like doves: when they moan, they give voice to their com-
I am as a dove that moans when it mourns
plaint, though they have opened no speaker’s mouth to voice it.
But no mouth can open to speak its care
Sol 6.1