اِهاجَ هَواكَ المَنزل المُتَقادِم

اِهاجَ هَواكَ المَنزل المُتَقادِم

نِعم وَبِهِ مِمّا شَجاكَ مَعالِم

نِعم وَبِهِ مِمّا شَجاكَ مَعالِم

Did the timeworn dwelling stir your longing?

The winds of your love have stirred the ancient abode -

Yes, and in it are traces of what saddened you:

Yes, and thereby landmarks from what pained you.

مضارِب اوتاد وَاشعَث دائِر

مضارِب اوتاد وَاشعَث دائِر

مُقيم وَسُفع في المحل جَواثم

مُقيم وَسُفع في المحل جَواثم

Tent-peg holes, a ragged, circular remnant,

Tents of tent-pegs and a wandering retreat -

Still in place, and soot-dark stones crouching at the campsite.

Settled yet with disheveled interior.

لَقَد راعَني لِلبَينِ نَوح حمامَة

لَقَد راعَني لِلبَينِ نَوح حمامَة

عَلى غُصن بان جاوَبتُها حَمائِم

عَلى غُصن بان جاوَبتُها حَمائِم

Indeed, a dove’s lament for parting startled me,

The cooing of a dove mourning separation has startled me -

On a branch of a bān tree; doves answered her.

I answered it on a branch with sighs.

هَواتِف اما من بكين فَعهَدهُ

هَواتِف اما من بكين فَعهَدهُ

قَديم وَاما شجوهُن فَدائِم

قَديم وَاما شجوهُن فَدائِم

Calling out—as for the one they wept for, the memory of him

Whether the voices crying are from those who are leaving, their pact is old -

Is old; but their grief is everlasting.

Or whether it is their endless laments.