Sol 6.1

  1. وداعاً أيها الطهر النبي

    فكم بالبين قد فيد الأبي

    Farewell, O pure Prophet!

    For how many a proud man has parting laid low!

  2. أودعك الغداة ودمع عيني

    يكاد لجريه يجري الصبي

    I bid you farewell this morning, and my eye's tears

    could almost sweep a child along with their flow.

  3. كأن دموع عيني يوم بيني عن

    رؤياك نوء عقربي

    As though my eye's tears, on the day I am parted from

    the sight of you, were Scorpio's downpour.

  4. كأن مجالها في الخد جارٌ

    بها يحدد مستربي

    As though their course upon my cheek were a neighbor,

    sharpening my razor with them [reading uncertain].

  5. وعند وداع من تهوى لعمري

    ووشك البين ينكشف الغبي

    And when bidding farewell to one you love—by my life—

    with parting near, the dull-witted one stands revealed.

  6. كأن زناد نار في فؤادي

    له لهبٌ وبالأحشا وري

    As though fire's flint were in my heart,

    with a flame, and burning within my entrails.

  7. كأن بمهجتي شفراً حداداً

    لها من مهجتي شبع وري

    As though sharp blades were in my heart,

    sated and slaked upon my lifeblood.

  8. على أني من الأحزان كاس

    بتوديعيك من صبري عري

    Though I am clothed in sorrows,

    in bidding you farewell, I am stripped of patience.

  9. سلوت بزورتي لك أهل ودي

    ولكن بالوداع أنا الشجي

    My visit to you made me forget my loved ones,

    but at farewell I am grief-stricken.

  10. ولولا عيلة وعلي عول

    لهم عندي بهم هم نجي

    And were it not for poverty and dependants in my care,

    concern for whom is my secret confidant,

  11. لما فارقت قبرك طرف عين

    فما أنا في حقيقك أسمحي

    I would not have left your grave for the blink of an eye;

    for I am not lax about what is your due [wording uncertain].

  12. وما أنا عنك سال إن نأت بي

    نوى قذف بها بلد قصي

    Nor shall I forget you, though I am carried far away

    by far-flung separation in a distant land.

  13. وأحلى ما لقيت من الليالي

    عشية بي لكم لقي العصي

    And the sweetest of the nights I ever knew

    was the evening I laid down my staves before you [reading uncertain].

  14. وأنكد ما لقيت وما ألاقي

    فراقك مذ جرى الدمع العصي

    And the most wretched thing I have known or shall know

    is parting from you, when stubborn tears began to flow.

  15. لعلك في الوداع علي راضٍ

    وقابل زورتي وأنا الهني

    Perhaps, at farewell, you are pleased with me

    and accept my visit—then I am happy.

  16. فإن تك قابل الحالتين مني

    ولو كنت الفقير أنا الغني

    For if you accept both my states,

    though I be poor, I am the rich one.

  17. وآمالي إلبيك أنت سراعاً

    وعنك فسيرها سير وني

    And my hopes hasten toward you yourself,

    but away from you, their pace is weary.

  18. وقبل لقاك قد كانت هزالاً

    ومذ رجعت لها نحض وني

    And before meeting you, they had been emaciated,

    and since I returned, they have flesh and fat.