للهfor God (an admiring exclamation) آنسةa charming maiden فجعتI was bereaved بهاof her
لله آنسة فجعت بها
ماhow كانwas أبعدهاfar removed she was منfrom الدنسdefilement
ما كان أبعدها من الدنس
By God, a charming maiden whose loss bereaved me!
A solace of Allah she was bereaved
How far she was from defilement!
Far removed from blemish as she lived
أتتcame البشارةthe glad tidings والنعيand the news of death معاًtogether
أتت البشارة والنعي معاً
ياoh قربnearness مأتمهاher funeral منto العرسthe wedding
يا قرب مأتمها من العرس
Glad tidings and news of death came together.
Glad tidings and mourning came together
Oh, how close her funeral was to the wedding!
Oh how near her misfortune is to her wedding
ياO ملكMulk نالseized الدهرTime فرصتهits chance
يا ملك نال الدهر فرصته
فرمىand so struck فؤاداًa heart غيرnot محترسon its guard
فرمى فؤاداً غير محترس
O Mulk, Time seized its chance,
Oh king time found its chance
and struck a heart that was not on its guard.
Hurling an unwary heart
كمhow many منof دموعtears لاnot تجفdry ومنand of
كم من دموع لا تجف ومن
نفسa soul عليكfor you طويلةlong النفسof breath
نفس عليك طويلة النفس
How many tears never dry, and how many
How many tears unstaunched and how
souls draw long sighs for you!
Many a spirit yearns long for you
أبكيكI weep for you ماas long as ناحتlamented مطوقةa collared dove
أبكيك ما ناحت مطوقة
تحتunder الظلامthe darkness تنوحwails فيin الغلسthe predawn gloom
تحت الظلام تنوح في الغلس
I shall weep for you as long as a collared dove laments,
I'll lament you as long as a veiled one wails
under the darkness, wailing in the predawn gloom.
Crying in the dark gloom
ياO ملكMulk فيin me وفيكand in you معتبرa lesson
يا ملك في وفيك معتبر
ومواعظand admonitions يوحشنthey make desolate ذاone possessing الأنسcomfort
ومواعظ يوحشن ذا الأنس
O Mulk, in me and in you there is a lesson,
Oh king in your faithfulness is a lesson
and admonitions that make one at ease feel desolate.
And precepts that sadden the companion
ماnot بعدafter فرقةa parting بينناbetween us أبداًever
ما بعد فرقة بيننا أبداً
فيin لذةpleasure دركattainment لملتمسfor a seeker
في لذة درك لملتمس
After our parting, never again
Beyond parting between us forever
can a seeker attain pleasure.
In the bliss of your embrace sought
Sol 6.1