ياO ثرياThurayya إذاif رجعتyou return إلىto الروthe garden (first fragment)
يا ثريا إذا رجعت إلى الرو
ض(completes 'garden') فلاthen do not تسأليask البلابلthe nightingales عناabout us
ض فلا تسألي البلابل عنا
O Thurayya, if you return to the mea—
O Thurayya, if you return to the garden,
—dow, do not ask the nightingales about us.
do not ask the nightingales about us.
هيthey غيرُdifferent from التيthose that عرفناwe knew وكانتand they used to
هي غيرُ التي عرفنا وكانت
تتغنىthey sing لناfor us كماas نتغنىwe sing
تتغنى لنا كما نتغنى
They are not those we knew—the ones who once
They are not the ones we knew, who used to
sang for us as we ourselves sang.
sing for us as we sang.
انكرتناthey disowned us هذيthese البلابلُthe nightingales لماwhen
انكرتنا هذي البلابلُ لما
وجدتناthey found us لشدوهاin their song ماnot طربناwe felt delight
وجدتنا لشدوها ما طربنا
These nightingales failed to recognize us when
These nightingales disowned us when
they found us unmoved by their song,
they found we took no delight in their song.
صادحاتٌsinging out لناto us بكلِّwith every غريبٍstrange thing
صادحاتٌ لنا بكلِّ غريبٍ
اعجميٍّnon-Arabic لفظاًin wording ومعنىًand in meaning ولحناand in melody
اعجميٍّ لفظاً ومعنىً ولحنا
trilling to us in every alien strain,
They sing to us all that is strange,
foreign in wording, meaning, and melody.
non-Arabic in word, meaning, and melody.
ياO ثرياThurayya تغيرhas changed الروضthe garden فالساso the songbird (first fragment)
يا ثريا تغير الروض فالسا
جع(completes 'songbird') فيهin it غيرdifferent from الذيthe one that قدalready عرفناwe knew
جع فيه غير الذي قد عرفنا
O Thurayya, the meadow has changed; the warb—
O Thurayya, the garden has changed, so the songbird
—ler in it is not the one we knew.
within it is not the one we once knew.
ماthere is no عليupon الايكthe grove بلبلٌa nightingale عربيٌّArab
ما علي الايك بلبلٌ عربيٌّ
بعدناafter us يؤنسُsoothes الفؤادَthe heart المعنىanguished
بعدنا يؤنسُ الفؤادَ المعنى
No Arab nightingale remains within the grove
There is no Arab nightingale in the grove
after us to comfort the afflicted heart.
after us to soothe the anguished heart.
ذاكthat عهدٌan era مضىhas passed فلاso do not تذكريهremember it
ذاك عهدٌ مضى فلا تذكريه
رحمmay have mercy on اللَهGod عهدناour time يومwhen كناwe were
رحم اللَه عهدنا يوم كنا
That was an age now gone, so do not recall it.
That is a time now past, so do not recall it.
God have mercy on our time, when we had
May God have mercy on our time, the days when we were.
قدalready قطعناwe cut off رجاءناour hope وكفاناand it suffices us
قد قطعنا رجاءنا وكفانا
منكfrom you انthat تقبليyou accept التحيةthe greeting مناfrom us
منك ان تقبلي التحية منا
given up all hope—and it was enough for us
We have given up hope; we ask nothing more
if you would only accept our greeting.
of you than to accept our greeting.
Sol 6.1