لهفَalas for سارىtraveler through الدُجىthe night's darkness لقدindeed أَفلَhas set البَدthe full moon (word continued)
لهفَ سارى الدُجى لقد أَفلَ البَد
رُcompletion of البدر: the full moon وطالَand has grown long السُرىthe night journey وغابand has vanished الهاديthe guide
رُ وطالَ السُرى وغاب الهادي
Alas for the traveler through darkness! The full moon has set;
the night journey has grown long, and the guide has vanished.
لهفَalas for راجيone hoping for القِرىhospitality وحاتِمُwhile Hatim طيٍّof Tayy
لهفَ راجي القِرى وحاتِمُ طيٍّ
قدalready خَبَتhas died out نارُهhis fire بهذاin this الواديthe valley
قد خَبَت نارُه بهذا الوادي
Alas for the seeker of hospitality! Hatim of Tayy—
his fire has died out in this valley.
لَهفalas for شاكيone lamenting الصَدىthirst أخوthe brother of النيلِthe Nile قدalready باhas become (word continued)
لَهف شاكي الصَدى أخو النيلِ قد با
تَcompletion of بات: has become بعيدَdistant المَزارِto visit عنfrom كلِّevery صاديthirsty one
تَ بعيدَ المَزارِ عن كلِّ صادي
Alas for the one lamenting thirst! The Nile's brother has become
far beyond the reach of every thirsty soul.
مَنwho يُغيثُwill aid المظلومَthe oppressed إنif باتspends the night يَشكوlamenting
مَن يُغيثُ المظلومَ إن بات يَشكو
وَحُسَينٌwhile Hussein عَدَتhave assailed عليهupon him العواديcalamities
وَحُسَينٌ عَدَت عليه العوادي
Who will aid the oppressed if he spends the night lamenting,
when calamities have assailed Hussein?
حَبَّذاhow lovely طَيفُa vision نَهضَةٍof renewal قدalready أَراناhe showed us
حَبَّذا طَيفُ نَهضَةٍ قد أَرانا
هُit عياناbefore our eyes لمdid not يَتَّفِقhappen فيin رُقادِsleep
هُ عيانا لم يَتَّفِق في رُقادِ
How lovely the vision of renewal he had shown us,
before our very eyes, not something that came in sleep!
فكَأَنّاso, as though we منfrom عابدينَAbdeen خُروجاًdeparting
فكَأَنّا من عابدينَ خُروجاً
نَتَهادىwe walked gently منهاfrom it علىat ميعادan appointed time
نَتَهادى منها على ميعاد
So it was as though, on leaving Abdeen,
we walked gently away from it at an appointed time.
لمdid not يَرَsee الموتُDeath رَأيَهhis view وَتقَضّىand ended
لم يَرَ الموتُ رَأيَه وَتقَضّى
حُلُمٌa dream قدhad سَرىspread بِأَقصىthrough the farthest reaches of البِلادthe land
حُلُمٌ قد سَرى بِأَقصى البِلاد
Death did not share his view, and there ended
a dream that had spread through the farthest reaches of the land.