وليلةٍand a night أطلعْتَyou made rise فيin جِنْحِهاits darkness
وليلةٍ أطلعْتَ في جِنْحِها
شمساًa sun منof الصهباءِthe tawny wine لمdid not تحتجِبْbecome veiled
شمساً من الصهباءِ لم تحتجِبْ
And one night, in its darkness, you raised
And one night you brought forth
a sun of tawny wine that did not veil itself.
A sun from the blondness that did not veil
أنشأتَyou began حرباًa battle بينamong فُرسانِهاits horsemen
أنشأتَ حرباً بين فُرسانِها
تجريgallop بناwith us فيهاin it خيولُthe steeds الطّرَبْof rapture
تجري بنا فيها خيولُ الطّرَبْ
You began a battle among its horsemen,
You started a war amongst its horsemen
in which the steeds of rapture gallop with us.
In which the steeds of passion run with us
أرماحُهاits lances الشمعُthe candles وأسيافهاand its swords
أرماحُها الشمعُ وأسيافها
نارُthe fire الغَضىof ghada wood والدمُand the blood ماءُjuice العِنَبْof grapes
نارُ الغَضى والدمُ ماءُ العِنَبْ
Its lances are candles, and its swords
Its spears are candlelight and its swords
the fire of ghada wood; and the blood is grape juice.
The fire of ardour and blood is the juice of grapes
نسمحُwe give freely للرّاحِto the wine بأرواحِناwith our souls
نسمحُ للرّاحِ بأرواحِنا
لكنناbut we نرجعُgo back فيماon what نهبْwe give
لكننا نرجعُ فيما نهبْ
We freely give our souls to wine,
We allow our souls to the wind
yet we take back what we give,
But we return to what it stole
تحتbeneath سماءٍa sky منof دُخانٍsmoke لهاit has
تحت سماءٍ من دُخانٍ لها
وثْبُthe leaping شَرارof sparks كانقِضاضِlike the plunging الشُهُبْof shooting stars
وثْبُ شَرار كانقِضاضِ الشُهُبْ
beneath a sky of smoke, whose
Under a sky of smoke that
sparks leap like plunging shooting stars.
Leaps with sparks like the flashing of embers
إذاwhen النّسيمُthe breeze اشتقّsplit أغصانَهاits branches
إذا النّسيمُ اشتقّ أغصانَها
حسبْتَهاyou thought them ألسنةًtongues تصطخِبْclamoring
حسبْتَها ألسنةً تصطخِبْ
When the breeze splits its branches,
When the breeze longed for its branches
you would think them clamoring tongues.
You'd think them tongues murmuring
وانتصبَand stood upright الشمْعُthe candles فكلّفتَهُso you charged them
وانتصبَ الشمْعُ فكلّفتَهُ
أنto يُطلعَbring forth الأترُجّthe citrons فوقَabove الذّهبْthe gold
أن يُطلعَ الأترُجّ فوقَ الذّهبْ
And the candles stood upright, so you charged them
And the candle stood tall so you tasked it
to bring forth citrons above the gold.
To make the firefly rise above the gold
Sol 6.1