وبتنيسand in Tinnis فيin كنيسةthe church of ديريDayri- (name continued)
وبتنيس في كنيسة ديري
ن-n (completes Dayrin) لحينيto my undoing أبصرتI saw ظبياa gazelle أغناsweetly nasal-voiced
ن لحيني أبصرت ظبيا أغنا
And in Tinnis, in the church of Dayrin,
to my undoing, I saw a gazelle with a sweet, nasal voice,
واقفاًstanding يلثمhe kisses الصليبthe cross وطوراand at times
واقفاً يلثم الصليب وطورا
بأناجيلهwith his Gospels يرجعhe chants melodiously لحناa melody
بأناجيله يرجع لحنا
standing, kissing the cross, and at times
chanting a melody from his Gospels.
فتمنيتso I wished أنthat أكونI might be صليباًa cross
فتمنيت أن أكون صليباً
يومon the day of قربانهhis Communion فأقرعso I might strike سناa tooth
يوم قربانه فأقرع سنا
So I wished that I could be a cross
on his Communion day, to strike against a tooth of his.
وأخيand a fellow in لوعةٍanguish لقيتI met فماand did not زاceased (word continued)
وأخي لوعةٍ لقيت فما زا
لcompletes زال: ceased بماءwith the water of الجفونthe eyelids يبكيmakes weep الجفناthe eyelid
ل بماء الجفون يبكي الجفنا
And I met a brother in anguish, who never ceased
making my eyelid weep with the water of his eyelids.
يشتكيhe laments وجدهhis passion إليto me وأشكوand I lament
يشتكي وجده إلي وأشكو
ماwhat يلاقيendures قلبيmy heart الكئيبsorrowful المضنىexhausted by suffering
ما يلاقي قلبي الكئيب المضنى
He lamented his passion to me, and I lamented
what my sorrowful, exhausted heart endured.
ثمthen لماwhen كفتceased دموعthe tears of مآقيthe inner eye-corners
ثم لما كفت دموع مآقي
هhis (completes مآقيه) وملand grew weary المكانthe place مماof how long وقفناwe stood
ه ومل المكان مما وقفنا
Then, when the tears from his eye-corners ceased,
and the place grew weary of our lingering,
قالhe said ليto me والعذالwhile the reproachers قدalready يئسواhad despaired منof
قال لي والعذال قد يئسوا من
هhim (completes منه) ومنيand of me وحنand he yearned شوقاًwith longing وأناand I
ه ومني وحن شوقاً وأنا
he said to me—the reproachers had given up on
him and me, and he sighed with longing, as did I—
قدalready أفاقawoke; sobered up العشاقthe lovers منfrom سكرةthe drunkenness of الحlove (word continued)
قد أفاق العشاق من سكرة الح
بcompletes الحب: love جميعاًall of them فماso what لناis with us منfrom (possibly ما, 'not,' intended) أفقناwe awoke
ب جميعاً فما لنا من أفقنا
“The lovers have awakened from love's drunkenness,
all of them—why have we not awakened?”
قلتI said جارwas unjust الهوىpassionate love عليناto us فلوso if only أنbeginning of أنّا: that we
قلت جار الهوى علينا فلو أن
اcompletion of أنّا: that we غداةon the morning of الفراقparting متناwe had died استرحناwe would have rested
ا غداة الفراق متنا استرحنا
I said, “Love has wronged us; if only
we had died on the morning of parting, we would have found rest.”