حانhas come الفراقُparting أياO رفاقcompanions قفواpause, all of you
حان الفراقُ أيا رفاق قفوا
لوداعto bid farewell to شِعرverse متيَّمone enamored of الشعرِpoetry
لوداع شِعر متيَّم الشعرِ
The time of parting has come; O companions, pause
To bid farewell to the verse of one enamored of poetry.
فالنظمُfor verse خانfailed لبُعدكمbecause of your distance وفىand kept faith
فالنظمُ خان لبُعدكم وفى
دمعٌa tear يجودis generous عليَّto me بالنثرِwith prose
دمعٌ يجود عليَّ بالنثرِ
For verse has failed me in your absence; yet faithful remains
A tear that lavishes prose upon me.
لولاwere it not for الرجاءُthe hope بعودof the return of اُلفتناour fellowship
لولا الرجاءُ بعود اُلفتنا
لغدوتُI would have become ابكمَmute منتهىuntil the end of الدهرِtime
لغدوتُ ابكمَ منتهى الدهرِ
Were it not for the hope of our fellowship’s return,
I would have become mute until the end of time.
لاno بدعَwonder انthat جادexcelled القريضُpoetry هناhere
لا بدعَ ان جاد القريضُ هنا
أفليسis it not, then مصرٌEgypt مهبطplace of descent السِحرٍِmagic
أفليس مصرٌ مهبط السِحرٍِ
It is no wonder that poetry has excelled here;
Is Egypt not, then, the place where magic descends?
Translation model: Sol 6.1