دَعَاcalled out صُرَدٌa shrike يَوماًone day عَلَىupon عُودِa branch شَوحَطٍof a shauhat tree
دَعَا صُرَدٌ يَوماً عَلَى عُودِ شَوحَطٍ
وصاحَand cried out بِذاتِat the very البَينِparting مِنهاfrom her غُرابُهاher raven
وصاحَ بِذاتِ البَينِ مِنها غُرابُها
One day a shrike called from a branch of a shauhat tree.
And her raven cried out at the very moment of parting from her.
فَقُلتُso I said أَتَصريدٌis it a shrike’s cry وشَحطٌand distance وغُربَةٌand exile
فَقُلتُ أَتَصريدٌ وشَحطٌ وغُربَةٌ
فَهَذاso this لَعَمريby my life نَأيُهاher remoteness واغترِابهاand her estrangement
فَهَذا لَعَمري نَأيُها واغترِابها
So I said: Is it a shrike’s cry, distance, and exile?
For this, by my life, is her remoteness and estrangement.