لَمْطَةٌLamta فِيهَاin it التِّينُfigs والعِنَبُand grapes
لَمْطَةٌ فِيهَا التِّينُ والعِنَبُ
مَاnot يَنْقَضِيcomes to an end لِيfor me مِنْهُمَاat both of them عَجَبُwonder
مَا يَنْقَضِي لِي مِنْهُمَا عَجَبُ
Lamta has figs and grapes;
A garden wherein are figs and grapes,
A Lamta platter holding figs and grapes,
my wonder at them both never ends.
Of which wonders never cease for me.
My wonder at them both never ceases.
أَحْمَرُهُits red variety الغَضُّfresh and tender وَأَبْيَضُهُand its white variety
أَحْمَرُهُ الغَضُّ وَأَبْيَضُهُ
إِنْif شُبِّهَاthe two are likened الْيَاقُوتُruby وَالذَّهَبُand gold
إِنْ شُبِّهَا الْيَاقُوتُ وَالذَّهَبُ
Its tender red grapes and its white grapes,
The unripe of it is red, the ripe is white,
The fresh red and the white among them,
if compared, are ruby and gold.
Are they perchance ruby and pure gold?
When compared, are but rubies and gold.
وَالأَسْوَدُand the black kind التِّينِيُّof figs يُشْبِهُهُresembles it
وَالأَسْوَدُ التِّينِيُّ يُشْبِهُهُ
وَلَيْسَand there is no فِيمَاin what أَدَّعِيI claim كَذِبُfalsehood
وَلَيْسَ فِيمَا أَدَّعِي كَذِبُ
And the black fig finds its likeness in—
The black fig resembles it,
And the black figs resemble—
and there is no lie in what I claim—
And in what I claim is no falsehood.
And there is no falsehood in what I claim—
مُدَاهِنٌointment jars مِنْfrom عَنْبَرٍambergris جُمِعَتْwere assembled
مُدَاهِنٌ مِنْ عَنْبَرٍ جُمِعَتْ
وَفِيand in حَشَاهَاtheir bellies الْمِسْكُmusk وَالضَّرَبُand thick white honey
وَفِي حَشَاهَا الْمِسْكُ وَالضَّرَبُ
ointment jars assembled from ambergris,
It whispers, from ambergris being composed,
Small caskets of ambergris, gathered together,
with musk and thick white honey in their bellies.
And in its thickets are musk and camphor.
Within whose cores are musk and white honey.
فَماso never تَبَدَّتْthey appeared فيin مَقَاطِفِهاtheir picking baskets
فَما تَبَدَّتْ في مَقَاطِفِها
إِلاَّexcept وَلِلشَّهْوَةِand for appetite مُلْتَهَبُa blaze
إِلاَّ وَلِلشَّهْوَةِ مُلْتَهَبُ
So they never appear in their picking baskets
So there appeared not in its branches
They never appear in their harvest baskets,
without a blaze of appetite,
Aught save what for passion is all aflame.
Without kindling a blazing flame of appetite,
يُوعِدُthreatens أَنْthat لَيْسَتْit is not بِقَانِعَةٍat all content
يُوعِدُ أَنْ لَيْسَتْ بِقَانِعَةٍ
إلاexcept بِأَكْلٍby eating فَوْقَbeyond مَاwhat يجِبُis fitting
إلا بِأَكْلٍ فَوْقَ مَا يجِبُ
threatening that appetite will not be content
It promises that it will not be satisfied
Threatening that it shall never be satisfied,
except by eating more than is fitting.
Save by eating more than duty decrees.
Except by eating far more than one should.
Sol 6.1