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Mashrabaمشربة

Ḥizb al-Shakwā

حزب الشكوى

Clause 35 of 99 · Far from home

نَاءٍ غَرِيبٌ مُصَابٌ قَدْ بَعُدَ عَنِ الْأَهْلِ وَالْأَوْطَانِ فَعَسَى أَنْ يَذْهَبَ عَنْهُ صَدَأُ الْقَلْبِ وَالشَّقَا وَيَعُودَ لَهُ الْقُرْبُ وَاللِّقَا وَيَبْدُوَ لَهُ سَلْعٌ وَالنَّقَا وَيَلُوحَ لَهُ الْأَثْلُ وَالْبَانُ وَيَنَالَهُ اللُّطْفُ وَتَحِلَّ عَلَيْهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَالرِّضْوَانُ

Far away, a stranger, stricken, distant from family and homeland: perhaps the rust of the heart and wretchedness will leave him, nearness and meeting come back to him, Salʿ and the sand-hill appear to him, the tamarisk and the willow come into his sight, gentleness reach him, and mercy and good pleasure come down on him.

Nāʾin gharībun muṣābun qad baʿuda ʿani l-ahli wa-l-awṭāni fa-ʿasā an yadhhaba ʿanhu ṣadaʾu l-qalbi wa-sh-shaqā wa-yaʿūda lahu l-qurbu wa-l-liqā wa-yabduwa lahu salʿun wa-n-naqā wa-yalūḥa lahu l-athlu wa-l-bānu wa-yanālahu l-luṭfu wa-taḥilla ʿalayhi r-raḥmatu wa-r-riḍwān

Latin reading

  • Printed unvowelled

    ناء غريب مصاب قد بعد عن الأهل والأوطان فعسى أن يذهب عنه صدأ القلب والشقا ويعود له القرب واللقا ويبدو له سلع والنقا ويلوح له الأثل والبان ويناله اللطف وتحل عليه الرحمة والرضوان

    The base text (see This edition)

  • Page

    Gümüşhanevī, Majmūʿat al-aḥzāb (the Shādhilī aḥzāb), Istanbul, dated 1311 (1890s), p. 82–83 (pdf 44).

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  • Note

    Salʿ (a hill by Madina), the sand-hill, the tamarisk and the willow are the landmarks of the beloved's country in Arabic love poetry, used here for the longed-for nearness.