سَلِّنيconsole me قدalready مللْتُI have grown weary طولَthe duration of الغرامِpassion
سَلِّني قد مللْتُ طولَ الغرامِ
واحتمالِand bearing الأحزانِsorrows والأسقامِand illnesses
واحتمالِ الأحزانِ والأسقامِ
Console me; I have grown weary of prolonged passion
Ask me, for I have wearied of endless love
and of bearing sorrows and illnesses.
And bearing sorrows and afflictions untold
اسقنِيgive me to drink سلوةًsolace فإنfor if أنتyou لمnot تقbe able (first part)
اسقنِي سلوةً فإن أنت لم تق
دِرbe able (remaining part) عليهاto achieve it فداونيthen cure me بالمُدامwith wine
دِر عليها فداوني بالمُدام
Give me solace to drink; for if you cannot
Give me solace, if you're able, otherwise
provide it, then cure me with wine.
Revive me with wine, as the wise have told
ربماperhaps كانis فيin المُدامِwine شِفاءٌhealing
ربما كان في المُدامِ شِفاءٌ
للُمحبِّينَfor lovers منfrom جَوىًheartache وغرامand passion
للُمحبِّينَ من جَوىً وغرام
Perhaps there is healing in wine
Perhaps in wine there lies a cure
for lovers suffering heartache and passion.
For lovers' burning heart and spirit bold
يعجزُis powerless العقلُthe intellect منamong ذويthose endowed with العقلintellect عمّاat what
يعجزُ العقلُ من ذوي العقل عمّا
يتأتَّىcan be accomplished لغيرهمْfor those other than them بالكلامthrough words
يتأتَّى لغيرهمْ بالكلام
The intellect of the intelligent is powerless to do what
Reason fails even the wise when faced
others can accomplish through words.
With what fools manage with words so bold
ليسَthere is not ليfor me فيin جوارِthe vicinity of صاحبةِthe lady with الصُّدْthe sidelock (first part)
ليسَ لي في جوارِ صاحبةِ الصُّدْ
غsidelock (remaining part) معamid الهجرestrangement والجفاand disdain منany مقامplace to stay
غ مع الهجر والجفا من مقام
For me, beside the lady with the sidelock,
In my lover's company I've no place
there is no place to stay amid estrangement and disdain.
With her estrangement and coldness untold
قدalready سقتنيshe gave me to drink منfrom عينهاher eye كأسa cup of وجدٍlonging
قد سقتني من عينها كأس وجدٍ
فعلتْit worked فيَّin me فعلَthe effect of كأسِa cup of المُدامwine
فعلتْ فيَّ فعلَ كأسِ المُدام
From her eye she has given me a cup of longing;
She gave me a cup that made my heart melt
it worked in me as a cup of wine would.
Doing to me what wine does, I was told
أسكرتنيit intoxicated me سكرthe intoxication of الشَّمولِwine منof الخمthe wine (first part)
أسكرتني سكر الشَّمولِ من الخم
رِwine (remaining part) ودبَّتand it crept دبيبهاits creeping فيthrough عِظاميmy bones
رِ ودبَّت دبيبها في عِظامي
It made me drunk as wine makes one drunk,
Her wine made me drunk with desire's joy
and crept through my bones as wine does.
Flowing through my bones, taking hold
إنَّindeed ماwhat لاnot يكونُcomes to be نقصانُthe waning of وجْديmy longing
إنَّ ما لا يكونُ نقصانُ وجْدي
كيفhow أرجوI hope for نقصانَthe waning of ماwhat هوit ناميgrowing
كيف أرجو نقصانَ ما هو نامي
Indeed, what cannot be is the waning of my longing;
My passion cannot decrease, I know
how can I hope for the waning of what is growing?
How can what's increasing start to fold?
كلَّevery يومٍday يزيدُincreases وجديmy longing وشوقيand my yearning
كلَّ يومٍ يزيدُ وجدي وشوقي
وغراميand my passion وصَبْوتيand my amorous longing وهُياميand my love-madness
وغرامي وصَبْوتي وهُيامي
Each day my longing and yearning grow,
Daily my love, yearning, passion grow
and my passion, my amorous longing, and my love-madness.
And my devotion and madness take hold
ليسthere is not منany حيلةmeans تُنْهنهُrestrains عنَّيfrom me الْthe
ليس من حيلة تُنْهنهُ عنَّي الْ
وَجدَlonging إلاexcept غروبُoutpourings دمعٍtears سجامfreely flowing
وَجدَ إلا غروبُ دمعٍ سجام
There is no means to quell my
No trick can diminish my fervent love
longing except floods of freely flowing tears.
Save tears of sadness coursing uncontrolled
فاستعنْso seek help بالدموعِthrough tears وافزعand seek refuge إليهاin them
فاستعنْ بالدموعِ وافزع إليها
فهْيَfor they are عونٌa help للعاشقِto the lover المُسْتهامmaddened by love
فهْيَ عونٌ للعاشقِ المُسْتهام
So seek help in tears, and turn to them for refuge;
Seek relief in weeping, let it flow
for they are a help to the lover maddened by love.
Tears help lovers bewildered, I was told
إنif يكنْis دائيَmy ailment الهوىlove فتيقَّنْthen be certain
إن يكنْ دائيَ الهوى فتيقَّنْ
أنهُthat it منذsince كانcame to be داءُthe ailment of الكرامthe noble
أنهُ منذ كان داءُ الكرام
If love is my ailment, then be certain
If love's my ailment, know for sure
that, ever since it came to be, it has been the ailment of the noble.
It's a sickness that makes the noblest fold
Sol 6.1