مِنfrom مُقلتَيكِyour two eyes الغرامُpassion يَنبعِثُsprings forth
مِن مُقلتَيكِ الغرامُ يَنبعِثُ
فلاso do not تقوليsay إنَّthat الهوىlove عَبَثُfolly
فلا تقولي إنَّ الهوى عَبَثُ
From your eyes, love springs forth;
From your eyes, passion springs.
so do not say that I am mere idle play.
So do not say that love is folly.
قساوةُharshness اللّحظِthe glance دَمَّثتsoftened خُلُقيmy nature
قساوةُ اللّحظِ دَمَّثت خُلُقي
فإننيfor indeed I منهُfrom it عاشقٌa lover دَمِثgentle
فإنني منهُ عاشقٌ دَمِث
The harshness of your glance has gentled my nature,
The harshness of your glance has softened my nature,
for through it I am a gentle lover.
For through it I am a gentle lover.
لمdid not أنسَforget قوليmy words فيabout بسمةِa smile عذبتwas sweet
لم أنسَ قولي في بسمةِ عذبت
منfrom شفَتيكِyour two lips العبيرُfragrance مُنبعثemanating
من شفَتيكِ العبيرُ مُنبعث
I have not forgotten my words about a sweet smile:
I have not forgotten what I said of a sweet smile:
“From your lips, perfume rises.”
From your lips, fragrance emanates.
فقلتِthen you said واللّثغُand the lisp منكِfrom you يَلسَعُنيstings me
فقلتِ واللّثغُ منكِ يَلسَعُني
الوردُthe rose ثغريmy mouth ودُونَهُand beneath it حَرَثtilled ground
الوردُ ثغري ودُونَهُ حَرَث
Then you said—your sting stinging me—
Then you said, your lisp stinging me:
“The rose is my mouth, and beneath it lies a field.
My mouth is the rose, and beneath it lies tilled ground.
نشأتُI grew up بينَamong الأزهارِthe flowers منfrom صِغريmy childhood
نشأتُ بينَ الأزهارِ من صِغري
حتىuntil تساوىbecame equal الأريجُfragrance والنفثand breath
حتى تساوى الأريجُ والنفث
I grew up among flowers from childhood,
I grew up among flowers from childhood,
until fragrance and breath became one.
Until fragrance and breath became alike.
أبيmy father وأُمّيand my mother ورَثتُI inherited حُسنهماtheir beauty
أبي وأُمّي ورَثتُ حُسنهما
وكلُّand every فرعٍbranch منfrom أصلهits root يَرِثinherits
وكلُّ فرعٍ من أصله يَرِث
From my father and mother I inherited their beauty;
My father and mother—I inherited their beauty,
and every branch inherits from its root.”
And every branch inherits from its root.
Sol 6.1