بَكَت دارُهُم وَالصَبُّ يَبكي عَفاءَها

بَكَت دارُهُم وَالصَبُّ يَبكي عَفاءَها

وَعَزَّزَ إِرزامَ المُلِثِّ بِثالِثِ

وَعَزَّزَ إِرزامَ المُلِثِّ بِثالِثِ

Their dwelling wept, and the lovesick lover weeps over its obliteration.

Their abode wept, and dawn wept its desolation,

And he reinforced the persistent raincloud’s rumbling with a third lament.

And bolstered the rhymes of parting with a third,

وَلَم يَستَمِع فيها أَحاديثَ مُرسِلٍ

وَلَم يَستَمِع فيها أَحاديثَ مُرسِلٍ

وَلَكِن رَأى فيها حَديثَ الحَوادِثِ

وَلَكِن رَأى فيها حَديثَ الحَوادِثِ

And he heard no messenger’s tales within it,

No fabricated tales were listened to therein,

But saw within it the tale of calamities.

But the chronicles of events were seen instead.

وَقَد كانَ مَبعوثاً إِلَيها مِنَ الصَبا

وَقَد كانَ مَبعوثاً إِلَيها مِنَ الصَبا

فَأَقعَدَهُ عَنها قُعودُ البَواعِثِ

فَأَقعَدَهُ عَنها قُعودُ البَواعِثِ

And he had been sent to it by the east wind,

It had sent him forth, from the days of youth,

So the inactivity of the impelling forces held him back from it.

But the motives for departure made him stay.