حزنيmy sorrow منكِfrom you ياO ابنةdaughter of الأملاكِthe kings
حزني منكِ يا ابنة الأملاكِ
أيُّwhat ذلٍّhumiliation لقيتُهI suffered it فيin هواكِlove for you
أيُّ ذلٍّ لقيتُه في هواكِ
My sorrow comes from you, O daughter of kings.
My sadness for you, O daughter of angels
What humiliation I have suffered for love of you!
What humiliation have I faced in your love?
لمdid not أزلْI cease ناسكاًan ascetic فأصبحتُso I became فيin الحبlove (continued)
لم أزلْ ناسكاً فأصبحتُ في الحب
بِcompletion of 'love' خليعاًa libertine فيin حلبةِthe arena of الفُتَّاكِthe ruthless men
بِ خليعاً في حلبةِ الفُتَّاكِ
I had always been an ascetic, but in love I became
I was devout, but for love I became
a libertine in the arena of ruthless men.
Immoral in the arena of separations
أينwhere تلكthose العهودُpledges لماwhen التقيناwe met
أين تلك العهودُ لما التقينا
يومon the day of شعبthe ravine of الغضاal-Ghada; saxaul trees وواديand the valley of الأراكal-Arak; toothbrush trees
يوم شعب الغضا ووادي الأراك
Where are those pledges made when we met
Where are those promises when we met?
that day at Shiʿb al-Ghada and Wadi al-Arak,
The day of lush meadows and valley of pebbles
ومواثيقُناand our covenants بأنْthat لستِyou are not تهْوِيْyou love (continued)
ومواثيقُنا بأنْ لستِ تهْوِيْ
نَcompletion of 'you love' سواناanyone but us ولاand not نحبُّwe love سواكanyone but you
نَ سوانا ولا نحبُّ سواك
and our covenants that you would not love
And our covenants that you do not
anyone but us, nor would we love anyone but you?
Mislead our equals or love others
أخلبتِyou beguiled القلوبَthe hearts حتىuntil إذاwhen مكyou gained mastery (continued)
أخلبتِ القلوبَ حتى إذا مك
كَنتِcompletion of 'you gained mastery' مناover us أبعدتِهاyou distanced them منfrom رضاكyour favor
كَنتِ منا أبعدتِها من رضاك
You beguiled hearts until, once you had gained
You have enthralled hearts until when they
power over us, you drove them far from your favor.
Inclined to you, you distanced them from your approval
لاdo not تسيئيmistreat ملكmastery over المماليكthe slaves والممand the slave (continued)
لا تسيئي ملك المماليك والمم
لوكُcompletion of 'slave' ذوpossessing واجبٍa rightful claim علىupon الملاكthe owners
لوكُ ذو واجبٍ على الملاك
Do not abuse your mastery over slaves; a slave
Do not mistreat the king of slaves and kings
has a rightful claim upon his masters.
Who has an obligation to the angels
وارأفيand have compassion بالأسيرon the captive أوor لاif not فَمُنّيthen graciously grant
وارأفي بالأسير أو لا فَمُنّي
بسراحٍwith release وأنعميand bestow a favor بفكاكwith liberation
بسراحٍ وأنعمي بفكاك
And pity the captive—or, if not, graciously grant
And have mercy on the prisoner or emancipate me
release, and bestow freedom.
And favor with my freedom
واجعليand make حظناour share لديكِwith you منof الودْaffection (continued)
واجعلي حظنا لديكِ من الودْ
دِcompletion of 'affection' استماعاًa hearing منfrom النفوسِthe souls الشواكيthe lamenting
دِ استماعاً من النفوسِ الشواكي
And let our share of your affection be
And make our share with you of affection
a hearing for souls that lament.
Listening from aggrieved souls
كيفhow للعينfor the eye بالرُّقادِwith sleep وللقلand for the heart (continued)
كيف للعين بالرُّقادِ وللقل
بِcompletion of 'heart' بصبرwith patience وللقُوىand for the faculties بحراكwith movement
بِ بصبر وللقُوى بحراك
How can the eye find sleep, and the heart
How can the eye sleep and the heart
patience, and my strength any movement,
Have patience and strength in motion
وبأحشائيand in my innermost parts منكfrom you وعدٌa promise قديمold
وبأحشائي منك وعدٌ قديم
وهوىًand a love زرعُهits crop علىthroughout الدهرthe ages زاكflourishing
وهوىً زرعُه على الدهر زاك
while deep within me lies an old promise from you,
And in my core is from you an old promise
and a love whose crop flourishes through the ages,
And passion he planted for eternity flourished
وسقامٌand a sickness أغصَّmade choke مُحتَسَيَthe sipper of المغthe forced-down draught (continued)
وسقامٌ أغصَّ مُحتَسَيَ المغ
تصِّcompletion of 'forced-down draught' منin place of مُسمعاتهhis songstresses بالبواكيwith weeping women
تصِّ من مُسمعاته بالبواكي
and a sickness that chokes the sipper of a draught forced down,
And malady that deafened those who
with weepers in place of his songstresses?
Wail to it in the mornings
برزتْshe emerged فيamong مهاoryxes تغصُّcrowds her mouth بسِمْطيwith two strands of
برزتْ في مها تغصُّ بسِمْطي
بردٍhailstones بُكرةًat dawn علىupon المسواكthe tooth-cleaning twig
بردٍ بُكرةً على المسواك
She emerged among oryxes, clenching two strands
It emerged in her confusion babbling
of hailstones upon a toothstick at dawn.
Nonsense in the early dawn
واستشاطتْand she blazed with anger منat شكوِناour complaint ثمthen قالتshe said
واستشاطتْ من شكوِنا ثم قالت
شغليmy preoccupation عنaway from مقالةthe discourse of الأفلاكthe celestial spheres
شغلي عن مقالة الأفلاك
She blazed with anger at our complaint, then said:
And she was outraged by our complaint then said
"My concerns keep me from the discourse of the celestial spheres.
My business is greater than the planets'
لوif بهafflicting him ماwhat شكاهُhe lamented it مناfrom us لماhe would not have عرْhe exposed us (continued)
لو به ما شكاهُ منا لما عرْ
رَضناcompletion of 'he exposed us' فيin نسيبهhis love poetry للهلاكto ruin
رَضنا في نسيبه للهلاك
If he felt what he complains of from us, he would not have
If what he complained of was true, we'd not
exposed us to ruin in his love poetry."
Exposed our match to doom
ثمthen ولَّتْshe turned away كالشمسِlike the sun أعلىatop قضيبٍa slender bough
ثم ولَّتْ كالشمسِ أعلى قضيبٍ
فوقabove دعصٍa sand mound رابٍswelling علىupon الأوراكِthe hips
فوق دعصٍ رابٍ على الأوراكِ
Then she turned away, like the sun atop a slender bough,
Then she turned away like the sun on the highest
above a swelling sand mound upon her hips.
Hill above the abandoned ruins
بأبيmy father as ransom تلكthat woman حينwhen لجَّpersisted obstinately بهاin her الإعaversion (continued)
بأبي تلك حين لجَّ بها الإع
راضُcompletion of 'aversion' منfrom واصلٍone maintaining union ومنand from ترّاكa habitual forsaker
راضُ من واصلٍ ومن ترّاك
My father be that woman's ransom, when she stubbornly turned
By Heavens! When it defied her, the
away from both a devoted lover and a habitual forsaker.
Reprimand from a devoted and loyal one
نالbefell قلبيmy heart منfrom حبهاlove for her مثلَthe like of ماwhat ناbefell (continued)
نال قلبي من حبها مثلَ ما نا
لcompletion of 'befell' بنيthe sons of هاشمٍHashim منfrom الأتراكthe Turks
ل بني هاشمٍ من الأتراك
My heart met, through love of her, the same fate that
My heart gained from her love like the
befell the sons of Hashim at the hands of the Turks.
Hashimites gained from the Turks
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