قدalready حالhave passed للموعدsince the promise المأمولِhoped-for حولانِtwo years
قد حال للموعد المأمولِ حولانِ
وقدand already تلاfollowed ذنيكthose two الحولَيْنthe two years شهرانِtwo months
وقد تلا ذنيك الحولَيْن شهرانِ
Two years have passed since the hoped-for promise,
The time for the hoped-for tryst has come around,
And two months have followed those two years.
And two months have passed since your two sins.
ولوand even if زرعتُI planted حصىpebbles المعزاءthe stony ground أثمرbore fruit ليfor me
ولو زرعتُ حصى المعزاء أثمر لي
مذsince ذاكthat time شيئاًsomething ولوand even if فيon متنthe surface of صفوانِsmooth rock
مذ ذاك شيئاً ولو في متن صفوانِ
And even if I had planted the pebbles of stony ground, they would have yielded me
If I had sowed Ma'zâ's pebbles, they would have produced
Something since then, even on the face of a smooth rock.
Something for me since then, even in the desert of Safwân.