بعدafter عامينtwo years منof صدودٍrejection وحيفٍand injustice
بعد عامين من صدودٍ وحيفٍ
يسألask الظالمونthe wrongdoers أينwhere مكانيmy place
يسأل الظالمون أين مكاني
After two years of rejection and injustice,
After two years of rejection and injustice
the wrongdoers ask where I am.
The oppressors ask where is my place
لمdid not أمتI die بالجوىof heartache كماas قدhad ظننتمyou thought
لم أمت بالجوى كما قد ظننتم
إنماonly ماتdied بالجوىof heartache منthe one who جفانيshunned me
إنما مات بالجوى من جفاني
I did not die of heartache, as you had thought;
I did not die of passion as you thought
only the one who shunned me died of heartache.
Rather, my passion died from those who abandoned me
أناI لوif شئتI wished توبةrepentance الروجunclear; likely 'the soul' منكمfrom you
أنا لو شئت توبة الروج منكم
هامwas enraptured عقلىmy mind بكمwith you وهامand was enraptured بيانيmy eloquence
هام عقلى بكم وهام بياني
Even if I wished my soul to turn away from you,
If I wanted the soul's repentance from you
my mind would be enraptured by you, and so would my eloquence.
My mind wandered to you and my expression wandered
كلevery صحوٍsobriety منfrom الهوىlove سوفwill يمسىcome to be
كل صحوٍ من الهوى سوف يمسى
فيin رحيقnectar الأشواقlongings بعدafter زمانa time
في رحيق الأشواق بعد زمان
Every spell of sobriety from love will end up
Every sober moment from passion will become
in the nectar of longing, after a time.
In the nectar of longing after a while
ياO يتامىorphans مشرّدينhomeless أغيثواgive aid
يا يتامى مشرّدين أغيثوا
خائفاًa frightened man يحتمىtakes refuge بطيفin a phantom الأمانsafety
خائفاً يحتمى بطيف الأمان
O homeless orphans, come to the aid of
O orphaned ones lost, give me relief
a frightened man who seeks refuge in a phantom of safety.
Fearfully seeking refuge in the ghost of safety
يتمكمyour orphanhood فيin الجمالbeauty والحسنand loveliness يتمٌorphanhood
يتمكم في الجمال والحسن يتمٌ
هوit is يتمىmy orphanhood فيin الروضthe garden روضgarden المعانيmeanings
هو يتمى في الروض روض المعاني
Your orphanhood in beauty and loveliness is an orphanhood
He yearns for beauty and goodness, he yearns
that is my own in the garden—the garden of meanings.
He yearns in the garden, the garden of meanings
جمعbrought together اليتيمthe orphan بينناbetween us واليتامىand the orphans
جمع اليتيم بيننا واليتامى
يتلاقونthey meet فيin ظلالshades الأمانيhopes
يتلاقون في ظلال الأماني
The orphan brought us together, and the orphans
Bring together the orphan among us and the orphans
meet in the shade of hopes.
They meet in the shadows of wishes
يتمكمyour orphanhood لنwill not يطولlast long فالدهرfor time يرمىcasts forth
يتمكم لن يطول فالدهر يرمى
كلevery يومday بالرائعاتwith the wondrous ones الحسانthe beautiful ones
كل يوم بالرائعات الحسان
Your orphanhood will not last long, for time casts forth
He will not yearn for long, for time throws
wondrous beauties every day.
Every day the most wondrous of the beautiful
إنماonly اليتمorphanhood يتمorphanhood روحa soul صدوحsinging
إنما اليتم يتم روح صدوح
ماnot لهfor it فيamong بدائعmarvels الشعرpoetry ثانيan equal
ما له في بدائع الشعر ثاني
Orphanhood is only the orphanhood of a singing soul
But the orphan's yearning is the yearning of a pure soul
that has no equal among the marvels of poetry.
He has no equal in the wonders of poetry