أَرىI see وِصالَكَunion with you لاnot يَصفُوis unclouded لآملِهِfor one who hopes for it
أَرى وِصالَكَ لا يَصفُو لآملِهِ
وِالهَجرُand parting يَتبَعُهُfollows it رَكضاًrunning عَلىon الأَثَرِthe trail
وِالهَجرُ يَتبَعُهُ رَكضاً عَلى الأَثَرِ
I see that union with you is never unclouded for one who hopes for it;
I see our union brings no peace to my hopes
And parting follows it, racing on its heels.
And separation pursues it swiftly thereafter
كَالقَوسِlike a bow أَقرَبُthe nearer سَهميهاits two arrows إِذاwhen عَطَفتit bends
كَالقَوسِ أَقرَبُ سَهميها إِذا عَطَفت
عَلَيهِaround it أَبعَدُهاits farther arrow عَنfrom مَنزَعِthe drawing point الوَترِthe bowstring
عَلَيهِ أَبعَدُها عَن مَنزَعِ الوَترِ
Like a bow: the nearer of its two arrows, when it bends
Like the bow - the nearer it is bent
Around it, is the farther from the bowstring’s drawing point.
The further from the bowstring flies the arrow
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