وغانيةand a beautiful woman يوافقنيagree with me إذاwhenever ماemphatic particle reinforcing 'whenever'
وغانية يوافقني إذا ما
صبوتُI yearned لهاfor her ذوواpossessors of العقلthe intellect السليمsound
صبوتُ لها ذووا العقل السليم
And a beauty—those who agree with me whenever
When I lament, the wise approve my tears
I yearn for her are men of sound mind.
Over gardens fled as Bishr's pleasure-field;
وأعذرand I am excused أنfor the fact that بكيتI wept علىfor; over رياضٍRiyad (literally, gardens)
وأعذر أن بكيت على رياضٍ
بكاءthe weeping of البحتريّal-Buhturi علىfor; over نسيمNasim (literally, breeze)
بكاء البحتريّ على نسيم
And I am excused for weeping for Riyad,
My plaint is justified in prudent ears,
as al-Buhturi wept for Nasim.
Who pardon grief for joys that once we held.
Sol 6.1