نظامَNizam (order) الدّينِal-Din (of the faith) كمhow many فارقتُI parted from خِلاًّa dear friend
نظامَ الدّينِ كم فارقتُ خِلاًّ
وكمand how often صَلِيَتْburned حشَايmy entrails لَظَىthe blaze of اشتياقِlonging
وكم صَلِيَتْ حشَاي لَظَى اشتياقِ
Nizam al-Din, how many a dear friend I have parted from,
How much did I miss gathering with friends,
and how often my entrails have burned in longing’s blaze!
And how my longing boiled for the ecstasy of our reunions.
فلمyet did not أجزَعْI lose heart لِفَجْئَاتِat the sudden shocks of التّنائِيseparation
فلم أجزَعْ لِفَجْئَاتِ التّنائِي
ولمand did not أفْرَقَI fear لروْعاتِat the terrors of الفِراقِparting
ولم أفْرَقَ لروْعاتِ الفِراقِ
Yet I did not lose heart at the sudden shocks of separation,
Yet I did not despair at the blows of fate,
nor did I fear the terrors of parting.
Nor did I complain at the pain of separation.
وهأَنذَاand here I am لِبُعدكَbecause of your distance إلفُa companion to هَمٍّgrief
وهأَنذَا لِبُعدكَ إلفُ هَمٍّ
تَفِيضُpour forth لهbecause of it النّفوسُsouls منfrom المآقيthe corners of the eyes
تَفِيضُ له النّفوسُ من المآقي
And here I am, because you are far away, a companion to grief,
And here I am, accustomed to your absence,
for which souls pour forth from the corners of the eyes.
With grief overflowing from my soul.
أُمَنّيI give hope to قَلبِيَmy heart الخفَّاقَthrobbing شوقاًwith longing
أُمَنّي قَلبِيَ الخفَّاقَ شوقاً
إليكَfor you بِقُرْبِwith the nearness of أيّامِthe days of التّلاقيreunion
إليكَ بِقُرْبِ أيّامِ التّلاقي
I soothe my heart, throbbing with longing
My fluttering heart longs
for you, with hopes that the days of reunion are near.
For the day we will meet again.
أباO Abu (father of) الحارِثِal-Harith اُسلَمstay safe منfrom حوادِثthe calamities of دهرِنَاour time
أبا الحارِثِ اُسلَم من حوادِث دهرِنَا
ومنand from حَرِّthe heat of أنفاسِthe breaths of المشُوقِthe yearning one المُفارِقِthe separated one
ومن حَرِّ أنفاسِ المشُوقِ المُفارِقِ
Abu al-Harith, stay safe from the calamities of our time,
Abu Al-Harith, be safe from the events of our time
and from the heat of the breaths of one who yearns in separation.
And from the heat of the breath of the longing lover.
أَذُمُّI condemn إليكَto you البينَseparation إنَّindeed وشِيكَهits swift coming
أَذُمُّ إليكَ البينَ إنَّ وشِيكَه
رَمَىstruck كلَّevery عظمٍbone منof عِظَاميmy bones بعَارِقَwith a gnawing affliction
رَمَى كلَّ عظمٍ من عِظَامي بعَارِقَ
I complain to you of parting: its swift coming
I endure the distance to you, as soon its
has struck every bone of mine with a gnawing affliction.
Arrows will pierce every bone in my body.
وأضللتُand I lost شَمسِيmy sun ثمthen أصبحتُI became نَاشداًa seeker
وأضللتُ شَمسِي ثم أصبحتُ نَاشداً
لهاfor it وهيwhile it فيin غرْبٍsunset بأرضِin the land of المشَارقِthe East
لها وهي في غرْبٍ بأرضِ المشَارقِ
And I lost my sun, then began searching
I lost my sun, and now I call out to it
for it, though it is setting in the land of the East.
As it sets in the west over the lands of sunrise.
أروحُI go forth in the evening وأغدُوand I go forth in the morning فيamid هُمومٍcares تَعودُنيthat revisit me
أروحُ وأغدُو في هُمومٍ تَعودُني
فياso, alas ليَfor me منof همّيْنِtwo cares غادٍone coming in the morning وطَارقِand one coming at night
فيا ليَ من همّيْنِ غادٍ وطَارقِ
I go forth at evening and morning amid cares that revisit me;
I wander lost in worries that make me accustomed
so alas for me, with two cares: one comes by morning, the other by night!
To them - oh what worries departing and returning!
Sol 6.1