ووردand the rose بُسْتانِgarden of قحابيةQahabiyya
وورد بُسْتانِ قحابية
رَتَّبَهُarranged it الحسنbeauty بنوْعَيْنِin two kinds
رَتَّبَهُ الحسن بنوْعَيْنِ
And the rose of Qahabiyya's garden—
The rose of the fragrant garden
beauty arrayed it in two hues.
Arranged with utmost beauty
ظَاهِرُهاits outside مِنْof قَشْرِthe rind of يَاقوتَةٍa ruby
ظَاهِرُها مِنْ قَشْرِ يَاقوتَةٍ
بَاطِنُهاits inside مِنْof ذَهَبٍgold عَيْنِpure
بَاطِنُها مِنْ ذَهَبٍ عَيْنِ
Its outside is of a ruby's rind;
Its outer layer like ruby
its inside is of pure gold.
Its inner self like pure gold
قَبَّلْتُهاI kissed it حُبّاًout of love لهاfor it إِذsince بِهاwith it
قَبَّلْتُها حُبّاً لها إِذ بِها
حَيّانِيَgreeted me البَدْرُthe full moon علىbeside عَيْنِa spring
حَيّانِيَ البَدْرُ على عَيْنِ
I kissed it out of love for it, for with it
I kissed it, lovingly, when
the full moon greeted me beside a spring.
The full moon revived me
كأَنَّهاas though it were خَدّيmy cheek عَلىagainst خَدِّهِhis cheek
كأَنَّها خَدّي عَلى خَدِّهِ
يَوْمَthe day اجْتَمَعْناwe met غَدْوَةَthe morning of البَيْنِparting
يَوْمَ اجْتَمَعْنا غَدْوَةَ البَيْنِ
It was like my cheek against his cheek
As if it were my cheek next to its cheek
the day we met, on the morning of parting.
The day we met at dawn
وقَلْعَةٍand a fortress عَانَقَembraced العُيُّوقُCapella سَافِلَهاits lower reaches
وقَلْعَةٍ عَانَقَ العُيُّوقُ سَافِلَها
وجَازَand passed beyond مَنْطِقَةَthe belt of الجَوْزاOrion أَعالِيهاits heights
وجَازَ مَنْطِقَةَ الجَوْزا أَعالِيها
And a fortress whose lower reaches Capella embraced,
A fortress whose peaks the ibex scaled
while its heights rose beyond Orion's belt.
And crossed the almond groves below
لاnot تَعْرِفُknows القَطْرَrain إِذْsince كَانwas الغَمامُthe clouds لَهاfor it
لا تَعْرِفُ القَطْرَ إِذْ كَان الغَمامُ لَها
أَرْضاًground تَوَطّأُtread قطريهits two edges مَواشيهاits livestock
أَرْضاً تَوَطّأُ قطريه مَواشيها
It knows no rain, for the clouds serve it
It knows no rain when clouds veil it
as ground whose two edges its herds tread.
A land its showers saturate
إِذاwhenever الغَمامَةُa cloud لاحَتْappeared خاضَwaded through ساكِنُهاits inhabitant
إِذا الغَمامَةُ لاحَتْ خاضَ ساكِنُها
حِياضَهاits pools قَبْلَbefore أَنْthat تَهْمىpour forth عَزالِيهاits waterskin spouts
حِياضَها قَبْلَ أَنْ تَهْمى عَزالِيها
Whenever a cloud appears, the fortress's dweller wades
When the clouds appear its dweller
through its pools before its spouts pour forth.
Crosses its meadows before they disappear
يُعَدُّis counted مِنْamong أَنْجُمِthe stars of الأَفْلاكِthe celestial spheres مَرقَبُهاits watchtower
يُعَدُّ مِنْ أَنْجُمِ الأَفْلاكِ مَرقَبُها
لَوْif أَنَّهُit كانَwere يَجْريmoving فيin مَجاريهاtheir courses
لَوْ أَنَّهُ كانَ يَجْري في مَجاريها
Its watchtower would be counted among the stars of the spheres
Its watchtower is counted among the stars
if it moved along their courses.
If only it traversed their orbits
عَلىon ذُرىًthe peaks of شامِخٍlofty وعرٍrugged قَدalready امْتَلأَتْhas become full
عَلى ذُرىً شامِخٍ وعرٍ قَد امْتَلأَتْ
كِبْراًpride بِهِin it وهوwhile it مَمْلوءٌis filled بِهاin it تِيهاvainglory
كِبْراً بِهِ وهو مَمْلوءٌ بِها تِيها
On the peaks of a lofty, rugged mountain, it brims
On a lofty, honored lineage that was filled
with pride in the mountain, which brims with vainglory in it.
With pride through it while it was filled with wanderings
لَهُit has عقابٌsteep passes عقابeagles of الجَوّthe sky حَائِمةٌhovering
لَهُ عقابٌ عقاب الجَوّ حَائِمةٌ
مِنْfrom دونِهاbelow them فَهيَso they تَخْفَىare hidden فيin خَوافيهاtheir hidden folds
مِنْ دونِها فَهيَ تَخْفَى في خَوافيها
It has steep passes; the eagles of the sky hover
It has eagles, eagles of the hovering clouds
beneath them, concealed in their hidden folds.
That hide within its crags
ردتrepelled مَكايِدthe stratagems of أَمْلاكٍkings مَكايِدهاits stratagems
ردت مَكايِد أَمْلاكٍ مَكايِدها
وقَصَّرَتْand made fall short بِدَواهِيهِمْwith their formidable schemes دَواهيهاits formidable schemes
وقَصَّرَتْ بِدَواهِيهِمْ دَواهيها
Its stratagems repelled the stratagems of kings,
It deflected the schemes of kingdoms, their schemes
and its formidable schemes made theirs fall short.
And shortened their far reaching hopes
أَوْطَأَتْlet tread هِمَّتكَyour resolve العَلْياءَlofty هامَتَهاits crown
أَوْطَأَتْ هِمَّتكَ العَلْياءَ هامَتَها
لَماwhen جَعَلْتَyou made العَواليthe long spears مِنْamong مَراقيهاits ascending steps
لَما جَعَلْتَ العَوالي مِنْ مَراقيها
It let your lofty resolve tread its crown
It bent your lofty ambition its ambition
when you made long spears into steps for climbing it.
When you made the heights its pasture
ولمand did not تَقِسْcompare بِكَwith you خَلْقاًany creature فيin البَريَّةِcreation إِذْwhen
ولم تَقِسْ بِكَ خَلْقاً في البَريَّةِ إِذْ
رَأَتْit saw قُسِيَّthe bows of الرَّدىdeath فيin كَفِthe palm of باريهاtheir carver
رَأَتْ قُسِيَّ الرَّدى في كَفِ باريها
And it compared no creature in creation with you, when
You did not compare any creature in the wilderness to it
it saw death's bows in the palm of their carver.
When it saw the hardness of fate in the grasp of its Creator
Sol 6.1