ياO عماديmy support حينwhen لاno معتمدone to rely on
يا عمادي حين لا معتمد
وصدىand the echo صوتيmy voice فيamid الخطبthe calamity الملمthat befalls
وصدى صوتي في الخطب الملم
O my support when there is none to lean upon,
O my pillar when I have none to depend
and the echo of my voice when calamity strikes,
And my voice echoes in fluent speech
والذيand the one who بوأنيplaced me منthrough رأيهhis counsel
والذي بوأني من رأيه
فيon أعاليthe heights ذروةthe summit الطودthe mountain الأشمthe proud
في أعالي ذروة الطود الأشم
and you whose counsel placed me
He who endowed me with his wisdom
at the highest summit of the proud mountain.
At the peak of the towering mountain
منذsince فارقتكI parted from you أنيسa companion نافرaloof
منذ فارقتك أنيس نافر
وسناand the radiance صبحيmy dawn كليلdim مدلهمshrouded in gloom
وسنا صبحي كليل مدلهم
Since I parted from you, companions have grown aloof,
Since you left, my intimate companion
and my dawn’s radiance is dim and shrouded in gloom.
And the joy of my morn is now gloomy
فإلىso to منwhom أشتكيI complain شيئاanything إذاwhen
فإلى من أشتكي شيئا إذا
غابis absent عنيfrom me مشتكىone to whom complaints are made طارقthe visitation of غميmy grief
غاب عني مشتكى طارق غمي
To whom, then, can I complain of anything, when
To whom shall I complain of anything
the one to whom I lament my grief’s visitations is absent from me?
If the confidant of my sorrows is absent
وإذاand if كنتyou are معافىhealthy سالماsafe
وإذا كنت معافى سالما
فيin اعتلاءascendancy وسعودand good fortune هانbecomes light هميmy worry
في اعتلاء وسعود هان همي
And if you are healthy and safe,
And if I remain in health and safety
in ascendancy and good fortune, my worry grows light.
In ascendance and ease, negligible are my worries
Sol 6.1