جهلاًin ignorance نظرتُI gazed برامتينِat Ramatayn
جهلاً نظرتُ برامتينِ
فأخذتمso you took قلبيmy heart بعينيِthrough my eye
فأخذتم قلبي بعينيِ
In ignorance I gazed at Ramatayn,
so you took my heart through my eye.
فيat كلِّevery حينٍmoment موقفٌa stance
في كلِّ حينٍ موقفٌ
منكمfrom you أقادI am led بهthrough it لحينيto my doom
منكم أقاد به لحيني
At every moment comes a stance
of yours through which I am led to my doom.
ووحقِّand by the sanctity of حبكمloving you يميناًan oath
ووحقِّ حبكم يميناً
لمnot تشبbe tainted منيfrom me بمينِwith falsehood
لم تشب مني بمينِ
And by the sanctity of loving you—an oath
never tainted by a lie from me—
ماnot حلتُI changed مذsince حالتcame between صروvicissitudes (word continues)
ما حلتُ مذ حالت صرو
فcompletion of 'vicissitudes' الدهرtime بينكمbetween you وبينيand me
ف الدهر بينكم وبيني
I have not changed since the vicissitudes
of time came between you and me.
أغلقتمyou locked ذهنيmy mind مكماunclear in the supplied text
أغلقتم ذهني مكما
منعprevented القضاءfate قضاءpayment دينِof a debt
منع القضاء قضاء دينِ
You have locked my mind [unclear word];
fate has barred the payment of a debt.
أناI فيكمbecause of you مضنىworn out بساعةby an hour
أنا فيكم مضنى بساعة
جفوةcoldness أوor يومa day بينِseparation
جفوة أو يوم بينِ
Because of you I am worn out by an hour
of coldness, or a day of separation.
ماnot ليfor me يدانtwo hands بخطَّةٍfor one ordeal
ما لي يدان بخطَّةٍ
منهاof these فكيفso how بخطتينِwith two ordeals
منها فكيف بخطتينِ
My two hands cannot bear one ordeal
of these—so how could they bear two?
فتعجَّبيso marvel خنساءُKhansa منيat me
فتعجَّبي خنساءُ مني
كيفhow أبقىI survive بينbetween ذينِthese two
كيف أبقى بين ذينِ
So marvel, Khansa, at me:
how I survive between these two.
والحسنand beauty منfrom قلبيmy heart وقرand your earring (word continues)
والحسن من قلبي وقر
طكcompletion of 'your earring' حازwon ملكdominion الخافقينِthe two horizons
طك حاز ملك الخافقينِ
And beauty, from my heart and
your earring, has won dominion over the two horizons.
بغتshe sought الخلافcontradiction فأحرقتْso she burned
بغت الخلاف فأحرقتْ
قلبيmy heart بماءwith the water of الوجنتينِthe two cheeks
قلبي بماء الوجنتينِ
She sought contradiction, so she burned
my heart with the water of her two cheeks.
وبدتand appeared محاسنهاher charms فلثَّمـthen veiled
وبدت محاسنها فلثَّمـ
ـهاthem الحياءmodesty بوردتينِwith two roses
ـها الحياء بوردتينِ
And her charms appeared; then they were veiled
by modesty with two roses.
هيفاءa slender woman ثقَّفهاshaped her الصّباthe east wind
هيفاء ثقَّفها الصّبا
تثقيفthe straightening of سمهرَSamhar أوor ردينيRudayni
تثقيف سمهرَ أو رديني
A slender woman, whom the east wind shaped
with the straightening of Samhar or Rudayni.
طعنتْshe pierced حشايmy vitals بقامةٍwith a stature
طعنتْ حشاي بقامةٍ
كالرُّمحِlike a spear فيin لونcolor ولينِand suppleness
كالرُّمحِ في لون ولينِ
She pierced my vitals with a stature
like a spear in color and suppleness.
طرقتshe visited at night وقدwhile already حاطguarded الكرىslumber
طرقت وقد حاط الكرى
عنهاfrom her خصاصةَthe slit of كلَّevery عينِeye
عنها خصاصةَ كلَّ عينِ
She came by night, when slumber had shielded
her from the slit of every eye.
فأعجبso marvel لبدرٍat a full moon سارtraveled منfrom
فأعجب لبدرٍ سار من
جفنيَّmy two eyelids تحتbeneath سحابتينِtwo clouds
جفنيَّ تحت سحابتينِ
So marvel at a full moon that traveled from
my two eyelids beneath two clouds.
ياO هذهِyou there أنكرتyou denied منfrom
يا هذهِ أنكرت من
عينيَّmy two eyes أيَّwhich شهادتينِtwo testimonies
عينيَّ أيَّ شهادتينِ
O you there, which two testimonies have you denied
from my eyes?
عينايmy two eyes منbecause of عينيكyour two eyes غاleft them (word begins)
عيناي من عينيك غا
درهاcompletion of 'left them' البكاweeping فيin لجتينِtwo deep seas
درها البكا في لجتينِ
My eyes, because of yours, were left
by weeping in two deep seas.
ليساthey two are not بأوَّلthe first مقلتينtwo eyes
ليسا بأوَّل مقلتين
وعشتand may you live أنتِyou لمقلتينِfor two eyes
وعشت أنتِ لمقلتينِ
They are not the first two eyes;
and may you live for two eyes.
ياO بانتيthe two bān-trees of سلعSalʿ سقتكِmay it water you
يا بانتي سلع سقتكِ
مدامعيmy tears منfrom بانتينِtwo bān-trees
مدامعي من بانتينِ
O two bān-trees of Salʿ, may you be watered
by my tears from two bān-trees.
وأضافand may it host سفحكyour slope كلevery بسـsmiling (word begins)
وأضاف سفحك كل بسـ
ـامcompletion of 'smiling' سفوحstreaming الجفنthe eyelid جونِdark
ـام سفوح الجفن جونِ
And may your slope host every smiling
dark cloud with a streaming eyelid.
لاno لومblame فيin كلفيmy passion باهـfor a slender one (word begins)
لا لوم في كلفي باهـ
ـيفَcompletion of 'slender one' مخطفnarrow الأعطافthe flanks لينِsupple
ـيفَ مخطف الأعطاف لينِ
No blame lies in my passion for a slender one,
narrow-flanked and supple.
فكأنَّهso it is as though he قدwas cut منfrom الـthe
فكأنَّه قد من الـ
ـأوراقleaves تحتbeneath ذؤابتينِtwo tresses
ـأوراق تحت ذؤابتينِ
So he seems to have been cut from
leaves, beneath two tresses.
ياO عاذليَّmy two reproachers وكمand how often وكمand how often
يا عاذليَّ وكم وكم
أسخطتِyou angered (feminine) فيهاover her عاذلينِtwo reproachers
أسخطتِ فيها عاذلينِ
O my two reproachers—how often, how often
you have angered two reproachers over her!
كفَّاcease, both of you فإنَّfor indeed الدهرtime أصبحhas become
كفَّا فإنَّ الدهر أصبح
ناسخاًreplacing عوليmy distress بعونيwith help for me
ناسخاً عولي بعوني
Cease, you two, for time has begun
to replace my distress with help for me.
ففعالهso its deeds حسنٌgood غداةthe morning when
ففعاله حسنٌ غداة
وزعتهyou curbed it ياO ابنson of الحسينِal-Husayn
وزعته يا ابن الحسينِ
So its deeds were fair the morning
you curbed it, O son of al-Husayn.
Sol 6.1