ويومand the day وقفناwe stood للوداعِfor farewell وكلُّناand all of us
ويوم وقفنا للوداعِ وكلُّنا
يُطَفِّحُmakes overflow يومَon the day البينِof parting عينيهhis two eyes أدمعاtears
يُطَفِّحُ يومَ البينِ عينيه أدمعا
And on the day we stood to bid farewell, each of us
On the day we bid farewell, and everyone's eyes
made his eyes overflow with tears on the day of parting.
Were brimming with tears on the day of parting.
رأيناwe saw حُلوماًminds عارياتٍstripped bare ولمand did not نجدْwe find
رأينا حُلوماً عارياتٍ ولم نجدْ
منَof الصَّبرِpatience إِلّاexcept واهياًfrail متقطّعاfragmented
منَ الصَّبرِ إِلّا واهياً متقطّعا
We saw minds stripped bare, and found
We saw bare wrists, and could find
no patience save what was frail and broken.
No patience, fragmented and feeble.
وَلَمand did not تَسمعhear الآذانthe ears إِلّاexcept تشاهقاًgasping sobs
وَلَم تَسمع الآذان إِلّا تشاهقاً
وإِلّاand nothing but حنيناًplaintive wailing يومon the day ذاكthat مُرَجَّعاrepeated; echoed
وإِلّا حنيناً يوم ذاك مُرَجَّعا
And the ears heard nothing but gasping sobs,
Ears heard only sobbing
and plaintive wailing, echoed on that day.
And yearning on that day of turning back.
فياso, O لكfor you (exclamatory) يوماًa day فاضحاًexposing لمُتَيَّمٍone enslaved by love
فيا لك يوماً فاضحاً لمُتَيَّمٍ
وياand O لكfor you (exclamatory) مبكىًa place of weeping للعيونfor the eyes ومَجْزَعاand a place of anguish
ويا لك مبكىً للعيون ومَجْزَعا
So what a day, laying the love-stricken bare!
Oh what a day of exposure for the sufferer!
And what a scene of weeping for the eyes, and of anguish!
Oh what weeping of eyes and quaking of heart!
كأنّاas though we وقدand already سلَّstripped away الفراقُparting عقولَناour minds
كأنّا وقد سلَّ الفراقُ عقولَنا
سلكناwe took a path جنوناًmadness أوor كرعناwe drank deeply المُشَعشَعاwine mixed with water
سلكنا جنوناً أو كرعنا المُشَعشَعا
As though, with parting having stripped away our minds,
As if when parting addled our minds,
we had taken the path of madness, or drunk deep of wine mixed with water.
We embraced madness or drank turmoil.
كأنَّas though عيوناًeyes يُمطرrains down الدَّمعَtears هَدْبُهاtheir lashes
كأنَّ عيوناً يُمطر الدَّمعَ هَدْبُها
غصونٌbranches مَطيراتُrain-drenched الذَّوائبِthe tips هُمَّعاstreaming
غصونٌ مَطيراتُ الذَّوائبِ هُمَّعا
As though eyes whose lashes rained tears
As if eyes raining tears in torrents
were branches, rain-drenched at their tips, streaming.
Were branches, heavily laden and showering.