قلبيmy heart عَليهاover her حائمٌhovering خفّاقُfluttering
قلبي عَليها حائمٌ خفّاقُ
كوشاحِهاlike her sash وسوارِهاand her bracelet مِقلاقُrestless
كوشاحِها وسوارِها مِقلاقُ
My heart hovers over her, fluttering,
My heart hovers over her, fluttering,
restless as her sash and bracelet.
Her necklace and bracelets jingling.
ماnot عقدُهاher tying زنّارَهاher girdle فيin خَصرهاher waist
ما عقدُها زنّارَها في خَصرها
إلاexcept لكيin order that تَشقَىsuffer بهِthrough it العشّاقthe lovers
إلا لكي تَشقَى بهِ العشّاق
She ties her girdle about her waist
Her belt around her waist ties no gems,
only to make her lovers suffer through it.
Save to torment all lovers.
لمعتgleamed جواهرُهُits jewels فكانand it was كليلةٍlike a night
لمعت جواهرُهُ فكان كليلةٍ
للنَّجمِfor the star فيin آفاقِهاits horizons إشراقradiance
للنَّجمِ في آفاقِها إشراق
Its jewels gleamed, and it was like a night
Its jewels shone like a new moon
with a star shining in its horizons.
Rising radiant on the horizon.
تِلكthose الجواهرُthe jewels أدمعٌtears قطَرتdripped جَوىًburning anguish
تِلك الجواهرُ أدمعٌ قطَرت جَوىً
فيin حبِّهاlove of her لاno بَلrather هيthey الأحداقthe eyes
في حبِّها لا بَل هي الأحداق
Those jewels are tears that dripped in anguish
Those jewels are tears that fell in passion
for love of her—no, rather, they are eyes.
For her - no, but they are eyes.
ياO خَصرَهاher waist إنif كنتَyou were ذبتُI melted (as vocalized) فطالماthen how often
يا خَصرَها إن كنتَ ذبتُ فطالما
ذابتmelted قلوبٌhearts كلُّهاall of them أشواقlongings
ذابت قلوبٌ كلُّها أشواق
O her waist, if you have melted, how often
O her waist, if you claim I melted,
have hearts, wholly made of longing, melted!
Then hearts melting in longing are many.
لماwhen رَأتsaw عينيmy eye نحولَكِyour slenderness لذَّwas sweet ليto me
لما رَأت عيني نحولَكِ لذَّ لي
ذاكَthat النحولُslenderness ومَدمَعيand my tears المهراقpoured forth
ذاكَ النحولُ ومَدمَعي المهراق
When my eye saw your slenderness, I delighted in
When my eyes saw your slenderness, that slenderness brought me delight,
that slenderness and my streaming tears.
As did my falling tears.
لاdo not تخشينَّfear at all منfrom العيونِthe eyes تهجُّماًan onslaught
لا تخشينَّ من العيونِ تهجُّماً
فعليكِfor upon you منof فلذِfragments القلوبِthe hearts نِطاقa girdle
فعليكِ من فلذِ القلوبِ نِطاق
Do not fear an onslaught from eyes,
Fear no throng of eyes,
for around you is a girdle of fragments of hearts.
For loyal hearts protect you.
كمhow many مرَّةٍa time مرَّتshe passed بعشاقٍby lovers لهاof hers
كم مرَّةٍ مرَّت بعشاقٍ لها
وقلوبُهمand their hearts يَهفوflutters بهاwith them الإشفاقanxious concern
وقلوبُهم يَهفو بها الإشفاق
How often she has passed by lovers of hers,
How often those who love her have passed,
while anxious concern sets their hearts aflutter.
Their hearts crying for her in sympathy.
والقدُّand the figure غصنٌa branch مورقٌleafy متميِّلٌswaying
والقدُّ غصنٌ مورقٌ متميِّلٌ
منfrom وسطِهِits middle تتناثرُscatter الأوراقthe leaves
من وسطِهِ تتناثرُ الأوراق
And her figure is a leafy, swaying branch;
Her stature is a leafy branch, bending gently,
from its middle the leaves scatter.
Its leaves scattering from its midst.
Sol 6.1