ماwhat لَهُwith him دَوماًalways يَنوحُhe laments
ما لَهُ دَوماً يَنوحُ
صَبُّa lovesick man شَفَّتهُhave wasted him القُروحُthe wounds
صَبُّ شَفَّتهُ القُروحُ
What ails him, that he always laments?
A lovesick man whom wounds have wasted.
إِرحَماهُhave mercy on him, you two بِالتَلاقيthrough meeting
إِرحَماهُ بِالتَلاقي
إِرحَماhave mercy, you two ماas long as فيهِin him روحُlife
إِرحَما ما فيهِ روحُ
Have mercy on him, you two, through reunion;
have mercy, you two, while life remains in him.
لَيلُهُhis night مُرخٍletting fall عَلَيهِover him
لَيلُهُ مُرخٍ عَلَيهِ
مِنof سُدولٍcurtains لاnot تَلوحُthey gleam
مِن سُدولٍ لا تَلوحُ
His night lets fall upon him
curtains that never gleam.
ذوfull of حَنينٍyearning ذوfull of أَنينٍgroaning
ذو حَنينٍ ذو أَنينٍ
ذوfull of وَلَكِنand yet لاnot يَبوحُhe confides
ذو وَلَكِن لا يَبوحُ
Full of yearning, full of groaning;
full of these, and yet he does not confide.
قيلَit was said أَنَّthat شِفاهُhis cure دَمعٌtears
قيلَ أَنَّ شِفاهُ دَمعٌ
قيلَit was said أَنَّهُthat he فيهِwithin him نوحُlament
قيلَ أَنَّهُ فيهِ نوحُ
It was said that his cure was tears;
it was said that lament lay within him.
ذاafflicted with جَوىًburning grief عَمرَيكَby your life يَغدوhe goes forth in the morning
ذا جَوىً عَمرَيكَ يَغدو
ذاafflicted with جَوىًburning grief أَيضاًalso يَروحُhe returns in the evening
ذا جَوىً أَيضاً يَروحُ
With burning grief, by your life, he goes forth at dawn;
with burning grief, too, he returns at dusk.
فيon غَداةِthe morning of البَينِparting ضاقَتfell short
في غَداةِ البَينِ ضاقَت
عَنof نَباthe news of هَذاthis الشُروحُthe accounts
عَن نَبا هَذا الشُروحُ
On the morning of parting, accounts fell short
of recounting the news of this.
إَذwhen بِهاin it شُدَّتwere saddled مَطاياriding-camels
إَذ بِها شُدَّت مَطايا
لِلنَوىfor departure وَالبَينِand parting نوحُlament
لِلنَوى وَالبَينِ نوحُ
When, that morning, riding-camels were saddled,
for departure and parting, there was lament.
ظُعنُwomen traveling in litters سارَتjourneyed on وَالحَواياand the camel-litters
ظُعنُ سارَت وَالحَوايا
حَسرَةًin anguish فيهwithin him جُروحُwounds
حَسرَةً فيه جُروحُ
The women’s caravan moved on, and the litters
were wounds of anguish within him.
خَلِّياهُleave him, you two فيin أَساهُhis sorrow
خَلِّياهُ في أَساهُ
وَاِمضِياand go on, you two فَالحُبُّfor love يوحُYūḥ, the sun
وَاِمضِيا فَالحُبُّ يوحُ
Leave him, you two, in his sorrow,
and go on, you two, for love is Yūḥ, the sun.