سَقىmay water اللهGod جيراناًneighbors بأكنافِin the environs of حاجرٍHajir
سَقى الله جيراناً بأكنافِ حاجرٍ
وَرُوّىand drench علىdespite بعدthe remoteness of المزارthe place visited رُبوعَهاtheir dwellings
وَرُوّى على بعد المزار رُبوعَها
May God send rain upon the neighbors around Hajir,
God has watered neighbors with the sides of a rock
and drench their dwellings, despite the distance.
And irrigated its distant tombs
فماfor ... not هيthey إلاَّexcept للأُسودِfor lions مصارعٌkilling grounds
فما هي إلاَّ للأُسودِ مصارعٌ
وإنِّيand indeed I لأهوىsurely I yearn أنْthat أكونَI may be صريعهاtheir slain victim
وإنِّي لأهوى أنْ أكونَ صريعها
For they are nothing but killing grounds for lions,
Yet they are but battlefields for lions
and I indeed long to be one of their slain.
And I love that I become their slain
وآنسةٍand a maiden كالشمسlike the sun حسناًin beauty وبهجةand splendor
وآنسةٍ كالشمس حسناً وبهجة
تَرَقَّبَتُI awaited منfrom بينbetween السجوفthe curtains طلوعهاher rising
تَرَقَّبَتُ من بين السجوف طلوعها
And a maiden, like the sun in beauty and splendor—
A maid like the sun in beauty and joy
I awaited her rising from between the curtains.
She watched from between chaste curtains its rise
تميطdraws aside خماراًa veil عنfrom سناthe radiance of قمرthe moon of الدجىnight's darkness
تميط خماراً عن سنا قمر الدجى
وترخيand lets fall علىover مثلthe likeness of الصباحdawn فروعهاher tresses
وترخي على مثل الصباح فروعها
She lifts a veil from the radiance of the night's moon,
Removing a veil from a moon-like brilliance
and lets her tresses fall over a face like dawn.
And letting like the dawn its branches hang
تَذَكْرتُهاI remembered her والدّمعwhile the tears يَنْحَلُّcomes undone عِقْدُهits necklace
تَذَكْرتُها والدّمع يَنْحَلُّ عِقْدُه
وقدand already أهرقَتْpoured out عينايmy two eyes منهاbecause of her نجيعهاtheir fresh blood
وقد أهرقَتْ عيناي منها نجيعها
I remembered her while the necklace of tears came undone,
I remembered her and the teardrop melts its string
and my eyes had already spilled their blood for her.
And my eyes had shed it all
وقُلتُand I said لسَعْدٍto Sa'd لاdo not تلُمنيblame me علىfor البكاweeping
وقُلتُ لسَعْدٍ لا تلُمني على البكا
وخَلِّand let be صَباباتardent passions الهوىlove ونزوعَهاand their yearning
وخَلِّ صَبابات الهوى ونزوعَها
And I said to Sa'd: Do not blame me for weeping,
And I said to Saad do not blame me for crying
and let love's passions and their yearnings be.
And leave the youth’s passions and their tendencies
فهَلْfor, have ...? أجّجَتْkindled أحشايmy inmost depths إلاَّexcept زفيرهاtheir sighing
فهَلْ أجّجَتْ أحشاي إلاَّ زفيرها
وأجْرَتْand let flow عيونُthe eyes of الصَّبِّthe lovesick lover إلاَّexcept دموعهاtheir tears
وأجْرَتْ عيونُ الصَّبِّ إلاَّ دموعها
For have my inmost depths kindled anything but their sighs,
Did my insides burn except with her sigh
and have the lover's eyes let flow anything but their tears?
And did the eyes of morning flow except with her tears
فماfor ... not ذكرَتْrecalled نفسيmy soul علىon سفحthe slope of رامةٍRama
فما ذكرَتْ نفسي على سفح رامةٍ
منof الجزعthe valley bend إلاَّexcept ماwhat يزيدincreases ولوعهاits ardent attachment
من الجزع إلاَّ ما يزيد ولوعها
For my soul recalled, on Rama's slope,
So my soul did not remember except to increase its torment
nothing of the valley bend but what deepens its longing.
At the slope of Rama what it wept
فاذْكرso recall منfrom عَهدthe time of الغُوَيرal-Ghuwayr ليالياًnights
فاذْكر من عَهد الغُوَير ليالياً
تمنَّيْتُI wished for لوif يجديcould avail التمنّيwishing رجوعهاtheir return
تمنَّيْتُ لو يجدي التمنّي رجوعها
So recall nights from the time at al-Ghuwayr,
Remember from the era of distance nights
whose return I wished for—if only wishing could avail—
I wished if wishing could make it return
لياليnights أعطيتُI gave الأزمةthe reins للهوىto love
ليالي أعطيتُ الأزمة للهوى
وأعْطَيتand I gave لذاتيmy pleasures التصابيyouthful dalliance جميعهاall of them
وأعْطَيت لذاتي التصابي جميعها
nights when I gave the reins to love,
Nights I gave hardship to love’s sake
and gave all my pleasures to youthful dalliance.
And I gave my soul entirely to imagining it
Sol 6.1