إلىto شاطئa shore فيهin it إغراقكمdrowning you
إلى شاطئ فيه إغراقكم
رميناكمwe hurled you الرميةthe throw القاضيهfatal
رميناكم الرمية القاضيه
To a shore where you would be drowned,
To a shore where you drowned us
we hurled you with the fatal throw.
We threw you the decisive throw
وياand O بدرBadr أهلوكyour family ماwhat خطبهمtheir trouble
ويا بدر أهلوك ما خطبهم
فماfor no أعينeyes منهموamong them باكيهweeping
فما أعين منهمو باكيه
And, O Badr, your family—what is the matter with them?
Oh Badr, what happened to his people?
For no eyes among them are weeping.
No weeping eyes among them
فقدتكI lost you حياalive وبئسand wretched is الحياةlife
فقدتك حيا وبئس الحياة
لنفسfor a soul علىin غدرهاits treachery باقيهpersisting
لنفس على غدرها باقيه
I lost you, though you live—and wretched is life
I lost you alive and miserable is this life
for a soul persisting in its treachery.
To a soul that remains deceitful
صحاsobered القلبthe heart منfrom حبlove مفتونةa bewitched woman
صحا القلب من حب مفتونة
منfrom الغدرtreachery لمnot تكshe was بالصاحيهsober
من الغدر لم تك بالصاحيه
The heart sobered from loving a bewitched woman,
The heart sobered from the love of an infatuated one
who had not sobered from treachery.
Who was not awake from the deceit
سلامpeace عليهاupon her إذاif سرهاpleases her
سلام عليها إذا سرها
سلامpeace علىupon روحيmy soul الفانيهperishing
سلام على روحي الفانيه
Peace upon her, if she is pleased by
Peace be upon her if she was happy
peace upon my perishing soul.
Peace be upon my fleeting soul
مضيناwe went إلىto البحرthe sea نلهوwe play بهwith it
مضينا إلى البحر نلهو به
ونصرعand we wrestle down أمواجهits waves الطاغيهraging
ونصرع أمواجه الطاغيه
We went to the sea to play with it
We went to the sea to frolic in it
and wrestle down its raging waves.
And topple its tyrannical waves
فلمbut did not نرwe see منfrom فوقabove أثباجهits swells
فلم نر من فوق أثباجه
سوىexcept الغدرtreachery منfrom رممremains باليهdecaying
سوى الغدر من رمم باليه
But from above its swells we saw
But from above its disturbance
nothing but treachery from decaying remains.
We saw nothing but deceit from crumbling ruins
وبالغدرand in treachery يرقدslumber أهلthe people of الجمالbeauty
وبالغدر يرقد أهل الجمال
كماas ترقدslumbers البلدةthe town النائيهdistant
كما ترقد البلدة النائيه
And in treachery the beautiful slumber,
And with deceit lie the people of beauty
as the distant town slumbers.
As the distant village lies
غرامa passion قضيناهwe lived it out فيin غفوةa doze
غرام قضيناه في غفوة
ولمand not تكwere أيامناour days غافيهasleep
ولم تك أيامنا غافيه
A passion we lived out in a doze,
A love we spent in slumber
yet our days were not asleep.
And our days were not napping
وأيامناand our days فيin النهارthe daylight المضىءglowing
وأيامنا في النهار المضىء
بنوركموwith your light ليلةa night داجيهpitch-dark
بنوركمو ليلة داجيه
And our days, in the daylight glowing
And our days in the past glowing light
with your light, were a pitch-dark night.
With your light a dark night
سقىgave drink to الغدرtreachery أنفسكمyour souls فارتوتso they drank their fill
سقى الغدر أنفسكم فارتوت
وللغدرand for treachery نافورةa fountain ساقيهgiving drink
وللغدر نافورة ساقيه
Treachery gave your souls drink, and they drank their fill.
Deceit quenched your souls so they were saturated
And treachery has a fountain that gives drink.
And for deceit a water-pourer
أبحتمyou permitted منof الهجوinvective ماwhat لاnot يباحis permitted
أبحتم من الهجو ما لا يباح
ففيso in هجوكمsatirizing you جادتexcelled القافيهthe rhyme
ففي هجوكم جادت القافيه
You permitted in invective what must not be permitted;
You revealed from calumny what must not be revealed
so in satirizing you, the rhyme excelled.
So in your calumny the rhyme flowed