أَمَطلَعُO rising-place زُهرbright نُجومstars الكَلامspeech
أَمَطلَعُ زُهر نُجوم الكَلام
وَمشرِقَهُand its dawning-place مِنfrom خِلالthe midst of الحلَكْthe darkness
وَمشرِقَهُ مِن خِلال الحلَكْ
O rising-place of the bright stars of speech,
The blossoming flower of the stars of speech
and its dawning-place amid the darkness:
And its sunrise through the crescent
أَتاناcame to us قَريضُكyour verse وَالهَمُّand sorrow حَيٌّalive
أَتانا قَريضُك وَالهَمُّ حَيٌّ
لِدُنياover worldly affairs فَأَمسىso it became بِهِthrough it قَدalready هلكْperished
لِدُنيا فَأَمسى بِهِ قَد هلكْ
your verse came to us while sorrow still lived
Your ode came to us and the sorrow alive
over worldly affairs; then, through it, sorrow had perished.
To the world and so with it he perished
فَهاكَso take مواردَwatering places وِدٍّlove صَفَتbecame clear
فَهاكَ مواردَ وِدٍّ صَفَت
يَعُلّكgives you a second draught فيهاin them الَّذيthe one who أَنهلَكْgave you your first draught
يَعُلّك فيها الَّذي أَنهلَكْ
So take these clear springs of love:
May it help you attain what has consumed you
there, he who gave you your first draught gives you another.
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.