حملbrought البريدُthe post إليَّto me منfrom
حمل البريدُ إليَّ من
خلفِbeyond البحارthe seas كتابهاher letter
خلفِ البحار كتابها
The post brought me, from
The mail brought me from
beyond the seas, her letter.
Beyond the seas her letter,
ومنand part of البليةِthe misfortune أنهاthat she
ومن البليةِ أنها
حظرتshe forbade عليَّfor me جوابهاa reply to her
حظرت عليَّ جوابها
And the misfortune is that she
And worse, that she
forbade me to reply to her.
Forbade me answering her-
تخشىshe fears الفضيحةdisgrace منfrom جواreply (first part)
تخشى الفضيحة من جوا
بيmy reply (completion) إذwhen يؤمُّit heads toward جنابهاher abode
بي إذ يؤمُّ جنابها
She fears disgrace from my reply
Fearing scandal should her hus-
when it makes its way to her abode,
Band learn of my reply
حذراًout of fear منof الرجلthe man الملاthe ever-present (first part)
حذراً من الرجل الملا
زمِever-present (completion) كلَّevery حينmoment بابهاher door
زمِ كلَّ حين بابها
for fear of the man who is always
To her, him always hovering
at her door, at every hour.
Nearby her side.
ويليwoe to me أيحملdoes it carry? ذاthis النسيthe breeze (first part)
ويلي أيحمل ذا النسي
مُbreeze (completion) بوارحيmy torments ولهابهاand their blaze
مُ بوارحي ولهابها
Alas! Can this breeze carry
Woe that this torment
my torments and their blaze,
Racks my senses, flames my fever!
ويجوزand it crosses سبعةseven ابحرٍseas
ويجوز سبعة ابحرٍ
جازcrossed الحبيبthe beloved عبابهاtheir billows
جاز الحبيب عبابها
and cross seven seas
That I've crossed seven seas
whose billows the beloved has crossed,
To reach my lover's coast
ويسرand it whispers عنيon my behalf للثرياto Thurayya
ويسر عني للثريا
انthat تطيلshe prolongs غيابهاher absence
ان تطيل غيابها
and whisper to Thurayya on my behalf
And that the Pleiades prolong
that she should prolong her absence?
Their absence in the sky-
فاناfor I علىin الحالينboth conditions ميتdead
فانا على الحالين ميت
لاnot يريدwishes عذابهاher suffering
لا يريد عذابها
For in either case I am a dead man
Dead, in either case, with no
who does not wish her to suffer.
Desire to punish her.
Sol 6.1