لمdid not أنْسَI forget لمّاwhen أنْthat (linking particle) شخصتI set out إلىto الربىthe hills
لم أنْسَ لمّا أنْ شخصت إلى الربى
متقاضياًseeking fulfillment عهداًa pledge بهاin them مألوفاfamiliar
متقاضياً عهداً بها مألوفا
I have not forgotten when I set out for the hills,
I have not forgotten when I headed towards the wilderness
seeking fulfillment of a familiar pledge there,
Seeking a familiar promise from it
والشتوand winter قدalready وافىarrived بسطوةwith the might of رعدهits thunder
والشتو قد وافى بسطوة رعده
يَسْتَلُّunsheathes فيin الشرقِthe east البروقَthe lightning bolts سُيوفَاas swords
يَسْتَلُّ في الشرقِ البروقَ سُيوفَا
while winter had arrived with the might of its thunder,
And winter has arrived with its thunderous power
unsheathing lightning bolts in the east as swords.
Unleashing lightning swords in the east
وارْفَضِّand scattered منfrom دمعِthe tears of السحائِبِthe clouds لُؤلؤٌpearls
وارْفَضِّ من دمعِ السحائِبِ لُؤلؤٌ
أضحىbecame لآذانِfor the ears of الغصونthe boughs شُنوفَاearrings
أضحى لآذانِ الغصون شُنوفَا
And pearls scattered from the tears of the clouds,
And the clouds' tears reject pearls
becoming earrings for the ears of the boughs.
That have become earrings for the branches' ears