رَمتْناstruck us اللَّياليthe nights بافتراقٍwith a separation مُشَتِّتٍscattering
رَمتْنا اللَّيالي بافتراقٍ مُشَتِّتٍ
أَشَتَّmore scattering وأَنْأَىand farther منthan فِراقِthe parting المُحَصَّبِal-Muḥaṣṣab
أَشَتَّ وأَنْأَى من فِراقِ المُحَصَّبِ
The nights struck us with a separation that scattered us,
More widely and farther than the parting at al-Muḥaṣṣab.
تَخَالَفَتِdiverged الأَهواءُthe desires وانْشقَتِand split العَصَاthe staff (of unity)
تَخَالَفَتِ الأَهواءُ وانْشقَتِ العَصَا
وشَعَّبَهُمْand scattered them وشَكُthe imminence of النَّوَىseparation كلَّevery مَشْعَبِbranching path
وشَعَّبَهُمْ وشَكُ النَّوَى كلَّ مَشْعَبِ
Desires diverged, and the staff of unity split;
And impending separation scattered them down every branching path.
وقدand already نَثَرscattered التوديعُfarewell منfrom كلّevery مُقلةٍeye
وقد نَثَر التوديعُ من كلّ مُقلةٍ
علىonto كلِّevery خدٍّcheek لؤْلُؤاًpearls لمnot يُثَقَّبِbeen pierced
على كلِّ خدٍّ لؤْلُؤاً لم يُثَقَّبِ
And farewell had strewn from every eye
Onto every cheek pearls never pierced.