أفديI would give my life for حبيباًa beloved ليسthere is not ليfor me
أفدي حبيباً ليس لي
فيconcerning حسنهhis beauty الفتانbewitching لائمone who reproaches
في حسنه الفتان لائم
I would give my life for a beloved; there is none
I ransom a beloved who is not mine
to reproach me for his bewitching beauty.
In his alluring beauty, he is blameless
متنبهاًawake وكأنهand as though he were
متنبهاً وكأنه
لفتورbecause of the languor of ذاكthat اللحظgaze نائمasleep
لفتور ذاك اللحظ نائم
Wide awake, yet he seems
Awakened as if
asleep, so languid is that gaze.
From the languor of that glance, asleep
أشكوI complain of ذوائبَthe locks of شعرهhis hair
أشكو ذوائبَ شعره
شكوىthe complaint of السليمthe snakebitten man إلىto الأراقمthe speckled serpents
شكوى السليم إلى الأراقم
I complain of the locks of his hair,
I complain of the tresses of his hair
as a snakebitten man complains to speckled serpents.
The complaint of the healthy to the sleepless
سبحانglory be to مالئthe one who fills خدّهhis cheek
سبحان مالئ خدّه
تبراًunworked gold وصائغand the one who fashions فيهhis mouth خاتمa ring
تبراً وصائغ فيه خاتم
Glory be to the One who fills his cheek
Glory to Him who filled his cheek
with gold and fashions his mouth into a ring.
With camphor and set a ring therein
Sol 6.1