قينةa singing girl عندat; with خالدKhalid
قينة عند خالد
تتركshe leaves الروحthe soul تارزَهْstiff and lifeless
تترك الروح تارزَهْ
A singing girl at Khalid's
The flask at Khaled's place
leaves the soul stiff and lifeless.
Leaves the soul exposed
قُبْحُهاher ugliness سُتْرةa covering; a veil لهاfor her
قُبْحُها سُتْرة لها
فهيso she للشَربbefore the drinkers بارزهunveiled; exposed
فهي للشَرب بارزه
Her ugliness is a veil for her,
Its ugliness a veil over it
so she stands unveiled before the drinkers,
As it overtly shows itself to be sipped
حينwhile; when لاnot يغمِزونهاthey wink at her
حين لا يغمِزونها
بلrather هيshe الدهرَforever غامِزهwinking
بل هي الدهرَ غامِزه
while they do not wink at her;
When none wink at it
rather, she is forever winking.
Rather it winks at time
ليسthere is no للقومfor the company نحوَهاtoward her
ليس للقوم نحوَها
نظرةٌa glance غيرُother than طانزهmocking
نظرةٌ غيرُ طانزه
The company has for her no
The people have no gaze towards it
glance but a mocking one.
Except a mocking stare
كفُّهاher palm طولَthroughout دهرهاher lifetime
كفُّها طولَ دهرها
قفلُa lock أيرٍa penis محاجِزهbarring; keeping apart
قفلُ أيرٍ محاجِزه
Her palm, throughout her life,
Its palm throughout its time
is a cock-lock, barring the way.
The lock of a barrier
فهيso she تحتالschemes; contrives للزناfor fornication (word continued)
فهي تحتال للزنا
ءِcompletion of 'fornication' واحتيالand the trickery of الجَرابزهthe crafty rogues
ءِ واحتيال الجَرابزه
So she schemes for illicit
So it schemes for adultery
sex—and with the cunning of crafty rogues.
And the tricks of crafty men
وتراهاand you see her منfrom; because of الوِداsexual heat (word continued)
وتراها من الوِدا
قcompletion of 'sexual heat' علىupon العودthe lute راهِزهthrusting as in intercourse
ق على العود راهِزه
And you see her, from sexual
You see it among companions
heat, thrusting upon the lute.
Leaning on the lute stationed
ذاتُhaving صوتa voice كأنهُas though it were
ذاتُ صوت كأنهُ
صوتthe voice of بعضsome of; one of الجلاوزهthe constables
صوت بعض الجلاوزه
She has a voice as though it were
With a voice like that
the voice of one of the constables.
Of some of the singing girls
إنsurely عيناًan eye تغيبstays away عنfrom
إن عيناً تغيب عن
هاher وعنهand from it لفَائزهsurely fortunate
ها وعنه لفَائزه
Surely an eye that stays away from
If an eye is absent from it
her and that voice is fortunate indeed.
And from him, it triumphs
قلتI said لماwhen ترنمتshe sang
قلت لما ترنمت
سكتةٌa moment's silence منكfrom you جائزهa gift; a prize
سكتةٌ منك جائزه
I said, when she broke into song:
I said, when you fell silent
"A moment's silence from you is a gift."
A silence from you is virtuous
قاتلmay ... smite اللَهGod بردهاher coldness; her dullness
قاتل اللَه بردها
والحتوفُand the deaths المناجزهswift-striking; giving no reprieve
والحتوفُ المناجزه
May God smite her coldness,
May God curse its coldness
and may swift-striking deaths do likewise!
And the blankets that cover
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