سلوتُI found release عنfrom صَبَواتٍyouthful passions كنتُI was ذاpossessed of شَغَفٍardent love
سلوتُ عن صَبَواتٍ كنتُ ذا شَغَفٍ
بهاof them ومِلْتُand I turned للإخباتِtoward humble submission والنُّسُكِand worship
بها ومِلْتُ للإخباتِ والنُّسُكِ
I have ceased yearning for infatuations with which I once was deeply enamored,
I found release from youthful passions, once deeply enamored
and have inclined toward humble devotion and ascetic worship.
of them, and turned to humble submission and worship.
لكنْyet لِقلبيَfor my heart مِنfrom تَذكارِهاtheir remembrance قَلَقٌdisquiet
لكنْ لِقلبيَ مِن تَذكارِها قَلَقٌ
ونزوَةٌand a sudden surge كاختباطِlike the thrashing الطّيرِof birds فيin الشَّرَكِthe snare
ونزوَةٌ كاختباطِ الطّيرِ في الشَّرَكِ
Yet remembering them still leaves my heart disquieted,
Yet their memory brings disquiet to my heart,
and with a sudden spasm, like a bird flailing in a snare.
and a sudden surge, like a bird thrashing in a snare.
هذيthese عقابيلُaftereffects داءٍof an ailment كانَwas يمطُلُنِيputting me off
هذي عقابيلُ داءٍ كانَ يمطُلُنِي
ولمand did not أزَلْI cease مُشْفِياًon the brink مِنهُbecause of it علىof الهُلُكِdeath
ولم أزَلْ مُشْفِياً مِنهُ على الهُلُكِ
These are the aftereffects of a sickness that kept me lingering on,
These are the aftereffects of an ailment that kept delaying my relief,
and because of it I remained ever on the brink of death,
and because of it I remained on the brink of death,
حتّىuntil إذاwhen الشَّيبُgray hair ردَّانيcloaked me تصرَّمَcame to an end ذاthat (continued as ذاك)
حتّى إذا الشَّيبُ ردَّاني تصرَّمَ ذا
كَaddress suffix completing 'that' الدّاءُailment عنfrom شائِبِone gray-haired الفَوْدَيْنِat both temples مُحتَنَكِseasoned by experience
كَ الدّاءُ عن شائِبِ الفَوْدَيْنِ مُحتَنَكِ
until, when gray hair clothed me, that—
until, when gray hair cloaked me, an end came to that
—disease at last left a seasoned man, gray at both temples.
ailment for one gray at both temples, seasoned by experience.
