سقىmay water اللهGod بالمحلةat al-Maḥalla بارداًcool
سقى الله بالمحلة بارداً
رقيقtender حواشيfringes الوصلunion مجتمعgathered الشملٍthe company
رقيق حواشي الوصل مجتمع الشملٍ
May God water a cool [life] at al-Maḥalla,
God watered El Mahalla with coolness
Tender in union's fringes, with company gathered together.
The thin edges of unity gathered together
بنيناwe wed لديهاbeside it بالمدامwith wine فطالماfor how often
بنينا لديها بالمدام فطالما
زففناwe led in bridal procession عروساًa bride ذاتَhaving عقدٍa necklace إلىto بعلa husband
زففنا عروساً ذاتَ عقدٍ إلى بعل
There we wed the wine, for how often
For her we built with wine so long
We led a necklace-adorned bride to a husband.
As we sent off a bride with a necklace to her husband
عشيةَat evening كمhow many للروضfor the garden منof أوجهٍfaces بهاin it
عشيةَ كم للروض من أوجهٍ بها
حسانٍbeautiful وكمand how many للماءfor the water منof أعينٍeyes نجلwide
حسانٍ وكم للماء من أعينٍ نجل
That evening, how many faces the garden had there,
How many beautiful faces are in the garden
Beautiful—and how many wide eyes the water had!
And how many clear eyes in the water are apparent
وكمand how many أرسلتsent forth قوسُthe bow الغمامةthe cloud أسهماًarrows
وكم أرسلت قوسُ الغمامة أسهماً
وجرّدand bared فيin غمدsheath الجداولthe streams منof نصلa blade
وجرّد في غمد الجداول من نصل
And how many arrows the cloud's bow sent forth,
And how many arrows the rainbow sent
And bared many a blade in the streams' sheath!
And unsheathed in the scabbard of the streams a blade
لذاكfor that ابتسامsmiling الأقحوانthe chrysanthemums وقدand indeed علاrose
لذاك ابتسام الأقحوان وقد علا
حياءُa shy blush خدودcheeks الوردthe roses فيamid أدمعtears الطلّthe dew
حياءُ خدود الورد في أدمع الطلّ
Hence the chrysanthemums' smile, while there rose
Therefore the smiles of the cheeks and as shyness
A shy blush on the roses' cheeks amid tears of dew.
Rose on the blush of the roses in the tears of the dew
ولولاand were it not for رواةٌnarrators بلrather وشاةٌslanderers تخرَّصواthey fabricated
ولولا رواةٌ بل وشاةٌ تخرَّصوا
أحاديثtales ليستare not فيin سماعٍhearing ولاnor نقلtransmission
أحاديث ليست في سماعٍ ولا نقل
And were it not for narrators—rather, slanderers—who fabricated
And if not for the narrators, rather the gossips who prattled
Tales neither heard nor transmitted,
Conversations neither heard nor conveyed
لثمناwe would have kissed ثغورmouths النَّورthe blossoms فيin شنبcool freshness الندىthe dew
لثمنا ثغور النَّور في شنب الندى
خلالalong جبينbrow النهرthe river فيamid طررforelocks الظلّthe shade
خلال جبين النهر في طرر الظلّ
We would have kissed the blossoms' mouths in dew's cool freshness,
We would have bought the holes of light in the mustache of the dew
Along the river's brow, amid the shade's forelocks.
Through the forehead of the river in the sparks of shade
Sol 6.1