لَوَتshe curled راحَتَيهاher two palms حَولَaround وَشيٍembroidery وَغالَطَتand she sought to mislead
لَوَت راحَتَيها حَولَ وَشيٍ وَغالَطَت
بِأَنby claiming that خَضَبَتshe dyed حِنّاءهاher henna بِسَوادِwith blackness
بِأَن خَضَبَت حِنّاءها بِسَوادِ
She curled her palms around embroidery and sought to mislead
Her arms encircled a willowy form, deceiving herself
by claiming she had dyed her henna black.
That she dyed her henna black from my dark complexion.
وَمَاand not لُوِيَتwere curled إِلاexcept عَلىaround حَشوِthe contents of أَضلُعِيmy ribs
وَمَا لُوِيَت إِلا عَلى حَشوِ أَضلُعِي
وَلاand not خُضِبَتwere dyed إِلاexcept بِكَفِّby the palm of سُهادِيmy sleeplessness
وَلا خُضِبَت إِلا بِكَفِّ سُهادِي
Yet they were curled only around what fills my ribs,
Yet she leaned only on my ribs’ enclosure,
and dyed only by the palm of my sleeplessness.
And dyed it only with my palm’s pigment.
وَإِلاand otherwise فَفيthen in وَشيِthe embroidery of البَنانِthe fingertips تَلَفَّتواlook around, all of you
وَإِلا فَفي وَشيِ البَنانِ تَلَفَّتوا
بَياضَthe whiteness of وِداديmy love أَوor سَوادَthe blackness of فُؤاديmy heart
بَياضَ وِدادي أَو سَوادَ فُؤادي
Otherwise, look in the embroidery of her fingertips
Else the willows of Bana would have twisted
for the whiteness of my love or the blackness of my heart.
The white of my love or the black of my heart.
Sol 6.1