قدindeed اجتَمعتhave gathered فيكِin you المحاسنُthe beauties ياO جملُJuml
قد اجتَمعت فيكِ المحاسنُ يا جملُ
فهانَso became easy عليناfor us فيin محَبَّتِكِlove of you القَتلُbeing slain
فهانَ علينا في محَبَّتِكِ القَتلُ
All beauties have gathered in you, O Juml;
You have brought together all beauty, O camel
So being slain for love of you is easy for us.
So for your love, death seems easy to us
فماfor ... not أنتِyou إِلاexcept صورةُthe image الوطنthe homeland الذيwhich
فما أنتِ إِلا صورةُ الوطن الذي
إذاwhen طلبَasks for الأرواحَsouls طابbecame pleasing لناto us البَذلgiving
إذا طلبَ الأرواحَ طاب لنا البَذل
For you are but the image of the homeland—
You are but the image of the homeland which
When it asks for souls, we gladly give them.
When souls are sought, sacrifice becomes dear to us
علىupon وجهكِyour face الباهيradiant ربيعُspringtime بلادِناour land
على وجهكِ الباهي ربيعُ بلادِنا
وحسنُكِand your beauty عمرٌa lifetime ياO مليحةُlovely one لاnot فصلa season
وحسنُكِ عمرٌ يا مليحةُ لا فصل
Upon your radiant face is the springtime of our land;
Upon your radiant face is the spring of our country
And your beauty is a lifetime, O lovely one, not a season.
And your beauty, O graceful one, is eternal seasons
أرىI see فيكِin you منfrom لبنانَLebanon عزّاًglory وبهجَةًand splendor
أرى فيكِ من لبنانَ عزّاً وبهجَةً
وأنتِand you لهُof it بعضٌa part وفيand in وجهكِyour face الكلُّthe whole
وأنتِ لهُ بعضٌ وفي وجهكِ الكلُّ
I see in you Lebanon's glory and splendor;
In you I see Lebanon’s pride and joy
And you are part of it, while in your face is the whole.
You are part of it, and in your face is the whole
فمنso for أجلِهِits sake أنتِyou العزيزةُdear عِندناto us
فمن أجلِهِ أنتِ العزيزةُ عِندنا
ولولاand were it not for الهوىlove ماnot شاقَstirred longing لبنانُLebanon والأهلُand kin
ولولا الهوى ما شاقَ لبنانُ والأهلُ
So for its sake you are dear to us;
For its sake you are dear to us
And but for love, Lebanon and kin would not stir longing.
And were it not for passion, Lebanon and its people would not have suffered
فعينُكِfor your eye فيهاin it شَمسُهُits sun وسماؤُهُand its sky
فعينُكِ فيها شَمسُهُ وسماؤُهُ
وخدُّكِand your cheek فيهِin it الماءُthe water والزهرُand the flowers والظلُّand the shade
وخدُّكِ فيهِ الماءُ والزهرُ والظلُّ
For your eye holds its sun and sky;
For in your eyes are its sun and its sky
And your cheek holds the water, the flowers, and the shade.
And your cheek holds its water, its flowers and its shade
فياso oh حبَّذاhow lovely لهوُthe play الصبُوَّةِyouth فيin الحِمىthe protected land
فيا حبَّذا لهوُ الصبُوَّةِ في الحِمى
وياand oh حبَّذاhow lovely الواديthe valley وياand oh حبَّذاhow lovely الحقلthe field
ويا حبَّذا الوادي ويا حبَّذا الحقل
So how lovely the play of youth in the homeland!
Oh, the passion of youth in the preserve is good
And how lovely the valley, and how lovely the field!
And oh, the valley is good and oh, the field is good
وياand oh حبّذاhow lovely منfrom ثغرِكِyour mouth العَذبِsweet بسمةٌa smile
ويا حبّذا من ثغرِكِ العَذبِ بسمةٌ
إذاwhen قلتِyou say ياO مجنونُmadman مالكَwhat ails you لاnot تسلوcease pining
إذا قلتِ يا مجنونُ مالكَ لا تسلو
And how lovely a smile from your sweet mouth,
And oh, your sweet smile from your soft lips is good
When you say, 'O madman, why do you not cease pining?'
When you say, "O crazy one, what is wrong with you, do not question?"
فماfor ... not قطراتُdrops الطلِّdew فيin كاسِthe cup وردةٍa rose
فما قطراتُ الطلِّ في كاسِ وردةٍ
يقبِّلُهاkisses it طيفُthe phantom النسيمِthe breeze ويَنسَلُّand slips away
يقبِّلُها طيفُ النسيمِ ويَنسَلُّ
For the drops of dew in a rose's cup,
For drops of dew in the cup of a rose
Which the breeze's phantom kisses before slipping away,
That the breeze kisses and trickles down
بأجملany lovelier منthan أسنانِكِyour teeth البيضِwhite فيin فمٍa mouth
بأجمل من أسنانِكِ البيضِ في فمٍ
يكادُalmost إذاwhen ماemphatic particle افترَّparts in a smile يمتصُّهُsips from it النَّحلthe bees
يكادُ إذا ما افترَّ يمتصُّهُ النَّحل
Are no lovelier than your white teeth in a mouth
Are not more beautiful than your white teeth in a mouth
From which the bees almost sip when it parts in a smile.
That, when it opens, the bees would suck dry
وماnor الحوَرُthe poplar الريّانُwell-watered إنif هبَّتِblows الصَّباthe east wind
وما الحوَرُ الريّانُ إن هبَّتِ الصَّبا
فلذَّso became delightful لهُto it ذاكَthat الترنُّحُswaying والدلُّand coy grace
فلذَّ لهُ ذاكَ الترنُّحُ والدلُّ
Nor is the lush poplar, when the east wind blows
The nymphs, if the morning breeze stirs,
And it delights in that swaying and coy grace,
Sway with such allure and grace
بأرشقmore graceful ياO هيفاءslender-waisted one منthan قدِّكِyour figure الذيwhich
بأرشق يا هيفاء من قدِّكِ الذي
إذاwhen مالَsways مالَsways القلبُthe heart والدينُand faith والعقلand reason
إذا مالَ مالَ القلبُ والدينُ والعقل
More graceful, O slender-waisted one, than your figure:
More brilliant, O gazelle, than your neck which
When it sways, the heart, faith, and reason sway.
If it sways, sways the heart, religion and mind
Sol 6.1