إذاif أحرقتshe burns فيin القلبthe heart موضعthe place of سكناهاher dwelling
إذا أحرقت في القلب موضع سكناها
فمنthen who ذاthat one الذيwho منfrom بعدafterward يكرمwill honor مثواهاher abode
فمن ذا الذي من بعد يكرم مثواها
If she burns her dwelling-place within the heart,
If you burn her dwelling place in the heart
then who will honor her abode afterward?
Then who after would honor her abode?
وماand not الدمعthe tears يومthe day of البينparting آلاexcept لآليءpearls
وما الدمع يوم البين آلا لآليء
علىaccording to الرسمcustom فيamong رسمthe traces of الديارthe dwellings نثرناهاwe scattered them
على الرسم في رسم الديار نثرناها
And tears on the day of parting are nothing but pearls;
And tears on the day of parting are but
we scattered them, as is customary, among the traces of the dwellings.
Rains on the ruin of the home we strowed.
وماand not اطلعbrought forth الزهرthe blossoms الربيعspring وانماbut rather
وما اطلع الزهر الربيع وانما
رأىsaw الدمعthe tears أجيادthe necks of الغصونthe boughs فحلاهاand so adorned them
رأى الدمع أجياد الغصون فحلاها
It was not spring that brought forth the blossoms; rather,
The flowers of Spring saw not the morrow
tears saw the necks of the boughs and adorned them.
Only tears saw the boughs' sprouting in woe
ولماand when ابانrevealed البينparting سرthe secret of صدورناour breasts
ولما ابان البين سر صدورنا
ومكنand firmly fixed فيهاwithin them الأعينthe eyes النجلwide مرماهاtheir target
ومكن فيها الأعين النجل مرماها
And when parting revealed the secret of our breasts,
And when the severance revealed our sorrow
and the wide eyes firmly fixed their target within them,
Eyes enabled tears' arrows their bow.
عددناwe reckoned دموعthe tears of العينthe eye لماwhen تحدرتthey streamed down
عددنا دموع العين لما تحدرت
دروعاًcoats of armor منof الصبرpatience الجميلbeautiful ترعاهاguarding them
دروعاً من الصبر الجميل ترعاها
we reckoned the eye's tears, as they streamed down,
We counted the tears that from our eyes streamed
as armor of beautiful patience, guarding them.
Armor of patience most fair, guarding our pride,
ولماand when وقفناwe stood للموداعto bid farewell وترجمتand interpreted
ولما وقفنا للموداع وترجمت
لعينيfor my eyes عماof what فيin الضمائرthe inner selves عيناهاher two eyes
لعيني عما في الضمائر عيناها
And when we stood to bid farewell, and her eyes interpreted
And when we stood to bid farewell, it seemed
for my eyes what lay within the hearts,
My eyes to my heart spoke of the sorrow inside.
بدتshe appeared صورةan image فيin هيكلa temple فلوthen if آنناthat we
بدت صورة في هيكل فلو آننا
ندينwe adhere بأديانto the creeds of المجوسthe Magians عبدناهاwe would have worshipped her
ندين بأديان المجوس عبدناها
she appeared as an image in a temple; had we
An image appeared in a temple and if
professed the creeds of the Magians, we would have worshipped her.
We prayed to idols, we would kneel and pray
وماand not طرباًout of rapture صغناwe fashioned القريضverse وانماbut rather
وما طرباً صغنا القريض وانما
جلاpolished النورthe light مرآةthe mirror of القرائحpoetic gifts مرآهاher appearance
جلا النور مرآة القرائح مرآها
And not from rapture did we fashion verse; rather,
No mirth made us recite these verses but
the light of her appearance polished the mirror of poetic inspiration.
The lights of instincts mirrored what they say.
Sol 6.1