ياO وَردَةًrose رتلاتُهاits petals تَتَنَثَّرُscatter
يا وَردَةً رتلاتُها تَتَنَثَّرُ
لِمَwhy تَذبُلينyou wither وصاحباتُكand your companions تَنضُرُflourish
لِمَ تَذبُلين وصاحباتُك تَنضُرُ
O rose, whose petals scatter,
O rose whose petals are scattered
Why do you wither while your companions flourish?
Why do you wither while your companions bloom?
أناI بينamong أصحابيmy companions كمثلكlike you بَينهاamong them
أنا بين أصحابي كمثلك بَينها
ولأنتِand indeed you أزهىmore radiant فيin الصباحthe morning وأعطرُand more fragrant
ولأنتِ أزهى في الصباح وأعطرُ
Among my companions, I am like you among yours,
I am among my friends like you among them
And you are indeed more radiant in the morning, and more fragrant.
Yet you are the most radiant in the morning and most fragrant
قلبيmy heart ذَوىwithered قبلbefore الفتوَّةyouth عاطراًfragrant
قلبي ذَوى قبل الفتوَّة عاطراً
وذويتِand you withered عاطرةfragrant وغصنكِand your stem أخضرُgreen
وذويتِ عاطرة وغصنكِ أخضرُ
My heart withered before youth, still fragrant,
My heart withered before my youth, fragrant
And you withered, fragrant, while your stem was green.
You withered fragrant, your branch still green
أشبهتِنيyou resembled me حيثُin that الذبولُwithering نصيبُناour lot
أشبهتِني حيثُ الذبولُ نصيبُنا
لكنَّbut لونَكyour color فيin ذبولِكِyour withering أحمرُred
لكنَّ لونَك في ذبولِكِ أحمرُ
You resemble me in that withering is our lot,
You resembled me where withering is our fate
But your color is red as you wither.
Yet your color in your withering is redder
ذابتmelted حشايَmy innermost being بنارِin the fire of حبٍّlove نورُهاits light
ذابت حشايَ بنارِ حبٍّ نورُها
وجهٌa face جميلٌbeautiful منهbecause of it وجهيmy face أصفرُyellow
وجهٌ جميلٌ منه وجهي أصفرُ
My innermost being melted in love's fire, whose light
My sorrows melted by the fire of love, its light
Is a beautiful face that makes my face yellow.
A beautiful face from it, and my face more sallow
إنindeed العواطفَthe emotions منfrom قلوبِhearts أحبِّةٍlovers
إن العواطفَ من قلوبِ أحبِّةٍ
مثلlike الروائحthe fragrances منfrom أزاهرَblossoms تُنشَرُare spread
مثل الروائح من أزاهرَ تُنشَرُ
Indeed, emotions from lovers' hearts
Verily, the emotions from the hearts of lovers
Are spread like fragrances from blossoms.
Are like fragrances from flowers scattered
هذيthese لهاthey have قطراتُهاtheir droplets ونسيمُهاand their breeze
هذي لها قطراتُها ونسيمُها
وبتلكَand in those ماwhat تهوىyou love وماand what تتذكَّرُyou remember
وبتلكَ ما تهوى وما تتذكَّرُ
These have their droplets and their breeze,
This one has its drops and its breeze
And in those lie what you love and what you remember.
And by that what it loves and what it remembers
Sol 6.1