وقالand he said أيضاًalso:
وقال أيضاً:
الطويلthe Ṭawīl meter
الطويل
And he also said:
And he also said:
Al-Ṭawīl meter
The Ṭawīl meter.
فَقالthen said غُرابٌa raven لاno اغتِرابٌexile مِنَfrom النَّوىseparation
فَقال غُرابٌ لا اغتِرابٌ مِنَ النَّوى
وبِالبانِand in the bān tree بَينٌparting مِنfrom حَبيبٍa beloved تُعاشِرُهyou keep company with him
وبِالبانِ بَينٌ مِن حَبيبٍ تُعاشِرُه
A raven said, “No estrangement comes from far-off departure,”
Then a raven said: no exile comes from separation,
and amid the bān trees comes parting from a beloved whose company you share.
and in the bān tree is parting from a beloved whose company you keep.