أحبكI love you ياO جنانJinan وأنتand you منيto me
أحبك يا جنان وأنت مني
مكانthe place of الروحthe soul منجسدin the body of الجبانthe coward
مكان الروح منجسد الجبان
I love you, O Jinan, and you are to me
I love you, O soul, and you are mine
as the soul is to a coward’s body.
The place of the soul embodied in the coward
ولوand if أنيthat I أقولsay مكانthe place of روحيmy soul
ولو أني أقول مكان روحي
خشيتI would fear عليكfor you بادرةa sudden blow of الزمانfate
خشيت عليك بادرة الزمان
And were I to say, “As my own soul,”
And if I say where my soul is
I would fear for you a sudden blow of fate,
I feared for you the vicissitudes of time
لإقداميbecause of my bold advance إذاwhen ماemphatic particle الخيلthe horses كرتcharged
لإقدامي إذا ما الخيل كرت
وهابand feared كماتهاtheir warriors حرَّالطعانthe heat of spear-thrusts
وهاب كماتها حرَّالطعان
because of my bold advance when the horses charge
For my audacity if the horses attack
and their warriors dread the heat of spear-thrusts.
And dawn like its stabbing is hot
Sol 6.1