أرىI see الصبَّthe lovesick lover لاnot يرضىis content بنصحِwith the counsel of نُهاتهِhis admonishers
أرى الصبَّ لا يرضى بنصحِ نُهاتهِ
إذاif كانthere is غيرُother than اللّومِreproach عندكِwith you هاتهِbring it
إذا كان غيرُ اللّومِ عندكِ هاتهِ
I see the lovesick lover will not accept his admonishers’ counsel.
I see the youth dissatisfied with the advice of his guides
If you have anything other than reproach, bring it.
Though you have nothing but blame, present your excuses
هوit القلبُthe heart فيamid الآلامِpains يطلبُseeks لذَّةًpleasure
هو القلبُ في الآلامِ يطلبُ لذَّةً
ويُطمِعُهand makes it yearn الحرمانُdeprivation منof مُشتهاتهwhat it desires
ويُطمِعُه الحرمانُ من مُشتهاته
It is the heart: amid pain it seeks pleasure,
The heart in sorrows seeks pleasure
And deprivation of what it desires stirs its longing.
And deprivation makes it greedier in its desires
فمنso from أينَwhere ليfor me بعدafter التردُّدِwavering ردُّهُturning it back
فمن أينَ لي بعد التردُّدِ ردُّهُ
وللحبِّand for love فيضٌan overflow منfrom جميعِall جهاتهits sides
وللحبِّ فيضٌ من جميعِ جهاته
How, then, can I turn it back after wavering,
How can I, after hesitation, dissuade him
When love overflows from all its sides?
When love overflows from all his sides
لكلِّfor every فتىًyoung man يَهوىloves الجمالَbeauty فتاتُهhis maiden
لكلِّ فتىً يَهوى الجمالَ فتاتُه
وكلُّand every غزالٍgazelle هائمٌenamored بمهاتهof his oryx doe
وكلُّ غزالٍ هائمٌ بمهاته
Every youth who loves beauty has his maiden,
Every lad who admires beauty has some of it
And every gazelle is enamored of his oryx doe.
And every gazelle roams obsessed with its she-mates
هيshe الظبيةُthe doe الأدماءُdusky-white تصرعُfells خادِراًa lion in his lair
هي الظبيةُ الأدماءُ تصرعُ خادِراً
وتنزعُand snatches away ماwhat يصطادُهhe catches it منfrom لهاتهhis throat (uvula)
وتنزعُ ما يصطادُه من لهاته
She is the dusky-white doe who fells a lion in his lair,
She is the rosy doe who lays the dormant low
And snatches from his throat the prey he catches.
And takes away all he hunts with his madness
ضعيفٌweak أناI وهيand she القويةُthe strong one فيin الهوَىlove
ضعيفٌ أنا وهي القويةُ في الهوَى
سلواask العصرَthe age منهُbecause of it كيفَhow حالُthe condition of دهاتهits shrewd men
سلوا العصرَ منهُ كيفَ حالُ دهاته
I am weak, while she is the strong one in love.
I am weak and she is strong in love
Ask the age how its shrewd men fare in love.
Ask the times how it has ruined its victims
دَعونيlet me أشمْI watch برقاًlightning منfrom الثغرِthe mouth خُلَّباًdeceptive (rainless)
دَعوني أشمْ برقاً من الثغرِ خُلَّباً
فإنيfor I رأيتُI saw الحقَّthe truth فيin ترهاتهits idle chatter
فإني رأيتُ الحقَّ في ترهاته
Let me behold deceptive lightning from her mouth,
Let me smell a whiff of musk from his mouth
For I have seen truth in its idle chatter.
For I saw the truth in his gibberish
تمنَّيتُI wished منهُfrom it فيduring الحديثِconversation تنفُّساًa breath
تمنَّيتُ منهُ في الحديثِ تنفُّساً
لأشتمّso I may inhale ريّاthe fragrance of الوردِroses منfrom نكهاتهits breath’s scents
لأشتمّ ريّا الوردِ من نكهاته
I wished for a breath from it during conversation,
I wished in our talk to breathe in
To inhale the scent of roses from its breath.
The scent of roses from his breaths
Sol 6.1