علامةُ سُلواني إذا قلتُ بعدكمْ

علامةُ سُلواني إذا قلتُ بعدكمْ

وقد بِنتمُأن المزارَ بعيدُ

وقد بِنتمُأن المزارَ بعيدُ

The sign of my forgetting you is if I say, after your departure—

When I say after you all, Solani is my mark,

now that you have gone—that the place of meeting is far.

And you have built the shrine far away,

وميعادُ اِحراقي بنارِ هواكُمُ

وميعادُ اِحراقي بنارِ هواكُمُ

اِذا حانَ مِن ذاكَ النسيمِ زكودُ

اِذا حانَ مِن ذاكَ النسيمِ زكودُ

And the appointed hour of my burning in the fire of love for you

And my time of burning with love for you

is when a lull in that breeze arrives.

Will come when the breeze from there blows gently,

أحِنُّ إلى أيامِ نجدٍِلعلِّها

أحِنُّ إلى أيامِ نجدٍِلعلِّها

بقربكمُ يوماً عليَّ تجودُ

بقربكمُ يوماً عليَّ تجودُ

I yearn for the days of Najd; perhaps they

I yearn for the days of Najd, may they

will one day lavish your nearness upon me.

With your nearness one day be generous to me,

مواسمُ لهوٍ أن رجعنَ حميدةً

مواسمُ لهوٍ أن رجعنَ حميدةً

بجيرانِ سَلْعٍ اِنَّني لسعيدُ

بجيرانِ سَلْعٍ اِنَّني لسعيدُ

Seasons of revelry—if they return in joy

Seasons of play if they would return good

with the neighbors of Salʿ, I shall be happy indeed.

With the neighbors of Sal' I would be happy.

مقالةُ مَحنيِّ الضلوعِ على هوًى

مقالةُ مَحنيِّ الضلوعِ على هوًى

يَرِثُّ جديدُ الدهرِ وهو جديدُ

يَرِثُّ جديدُ الدهرِ وهو جديدُ

These are the words of one whose ribs enfold a love:

The utterance of my broken ribs of passion

time's new things grow worn, while that love stays new.

Inherits the newness of time and is ever new,

محبُّ له دمعٌ وشوقٌ مُجَدَّدٌ

محبُّ له دمعٌ وشوقٌ مُجَدَّدٌ

على الدارِ يقوى سَحُّهُ ويزيدُ

على الدارِ يقوى سَحُّهُ ويزيدُ

A lover with tears and longing ever renewed,

A lover who has tears and longing renewed

whose tears, at the dwelling, pour more strongly and increase.

For the abode, his fervor intensifies and grows.

فليس لنارِ الشوقِ في الربعِ بعدَكمْ

فليس لنارِ الشوقِ في الربعِ بعدَكمْ

خمودٌولا للسافحاتِ جمودُ

خمودٌولا للسافحاتِ جمودُ

So, since you left, the fire of longing in the dwelling knows

So after you all, passion's fire in the land

no dying down, nor do tear-streaming eyes grow dry.

Has no waning, nor the slopes, stillness,

يؤرِّقها ذكراكمُ كلَّ ليلةٍ

يؤرِّقها ذكراكمُ كلَّ ليلةٍ

وأعينُ باقي العاشقينَ رقودُ

وأعينُ باقي العاشقينَ رقودُ

Your memory keeps them sleepless every night,

Your memory keeps it awake every night

while the eyes of the other lovers sleep.

While the eyes of the other lovers are sleeping.

مُعنَّى بتسآلِ الرسومِ وتارةً

مُعنَّى بتسآلِ الرسومِ وتارةً

يسائلُ حادي العيسِأين يُريدُ

يسائلُ حادي العيسِأين يُريدُ

Tormented by questioning the traces, and at times

Busy with questioning the ruins, and sometimes

he asks the driver of the white camels where he intends to go.

Asking the guide of the caravan where he will go,

واِنَّ امراً لم يَفْضَحِ البينُ سِرَّهُ

واِنَّ امراً لم يَفْضَحِ البينُ سِرَّهُ

على ما يعانيهِ بكم لجليدُ

على ما يعانيهِ بكم لجليدُ

And indeed, a man whose secret parting has not exposed,

And that a matter whose secret has not been exposed

despite what he suffers because of you, is steadfast indeed.

By separation from you is solid ice.