هيّجتِyou stirred منof أبلغِmost intense اللذّاتthe pleasures أذكاراmemories
هيّجتِ من أبلغِ اللذّات أذكارا
لماwhen هَتَكتِyou tore away منfrom الأسرارِthe secrets أستاراveils
لما هَتَكتِ من الأسرارِ أستارا
You stirred memories of the most intense pleasures
You stirred the most eloquent pleasures in my remembrance
When you tore away veils from secrets.
When you unveiled the veils of secrets
ياO وردةًrose أزهرتbloomed مَيلاءَleaning ناضرةًfresh
يا وردةً أزهرت مَيلاءَ ناضرةً
تشتاقُyearns for طَلّاًdew وهبّاتٍand breezes وأنواراand lights
تشتاقُ طَلّاً وهبّاتٍ وأنوارا
O rose that bloomed, leaning and fresh,
O rose that blossomed, fresh and blooming
Yearning for dew, breezes, and light.
Yearning for dew, breeze, and light
هذاthis القوامُfigure كغصنٍlike a bough رفَّfluttered مُنتثراًoutspread
هذا القوامُ كغصنٍ رفَّ مُنتثراً
والحسنُand beauty أصبَحَhas become فيon خدَّيكِyour cheeks آثاراtraces
والحسنُ أصبَحَ في خدَّيكِ آثارا
This figure is like a bough, fluttering and outspread,
This figure is like a twig, bending and scattered
And beauty has become traces upon your cheeks.
And beauty has left its traces on your cheeks
لكنّbut عينكِyour eye لمhas not تفقدlost حلاوتهاits sweetness
لكنّ عينكِ لم تفقد حلاوتها
والقلبُand the heart تحتَbeneath رَمادٍashes لمhas not يزلceased to be ناراfire
والقلبُ تحتَ رَمادٍ لم يزل نارا
Yet your eye has not lost its sweetness,
But your eyes did not lose their sweetness
And the heart beneath the ashes is still fire.
And the heart beneath the ashes was still aflame
لهيبُهُits flame لاحَshone فيهاin it فالتَظَتso blazed كبديmy liver
لهيبُهُ لاحَ فيها فالتَظَت كبدي
لاno بِدعwonder إنif أشكُI complain إحراقاًburning وإحراراand searing heat
لا بِدع إن أشكُ إحراقاً وإحرارا
Its flame shone in your eye, and my liver blazed—
Its flames shone in them so my liver sank
No wonder if I complain of burning and searing heat.
No wonder if I suspect burning and inflammation
أذبَلتِyou withered حسنَكyour beauty بالإهمالthrough neglect غافلةًheedless
أذبَلتِ حسنَك بالإهمال غافلةً
فبتُّso I spent the night أُكسِبُهُI give it باللّمسِthrough touch إنضاراfreshness
فبتُّ أُكسِبُهُ باللّمسِ إنضارا
Heedless, you withered your beauty through neglect,
You let your beauty wither, heedlessly
So I spent the night bringing it freshness through touch.
So I make it bloom again by caressing
حرارتيmy warmth أرجَعَتrestored ماضيformer حرارتِهits warmth
حرارتي أرجَعَت ماضي حرارتِه
حتىuntil أرَيتُكِI showed you فيin أيلولَSeptember أياراMay
حتى أرَيتُكِ في أيلولَ أيارا
My warmth restored its former warmth,
My warmth brought back its former warmth
Until I showed you May in September.
Until I saw you blooming in September
الحبُّlove ماويةٌa mirror للقلبِfor the heart تُنضِرهُmakes it radiant
الحبُّ ماويةٌ للقلبِ تُنضِرهُ
فالقلبُso the heart كالغصنِlike a bough إيراقاًleafing وإزهاراand flowering
فالقلبُ كالغصنِ إيراقاً وإزهارا
Love is a mirror for the heart, making it radiant,
Love is life-giving to the heart, making it lush
So the heart, like a bough, puts forth leaves and flowers.
For the heart is like a twig, flourishing and blooming
إنيindeed I أُحبُّlove منamong الأزهارِthe flowers أجمَلهاthe loveliest of them
إني أُحبُّ من الأزهارِ أجمَلها
لأجلِfor the sake of وجهٍa face يُرينيshows me الحسنَbeauty أطواراin changing forms
لأجلِ وجهٍ يُريني الحسنَ أطوارا
Indeed, among flowers I love the loveliest,
Of all flowers, I love the loveliest
For the sake of a face that shows me beauty in changing forms.
For the sake of a face that shows me ever-changing beauty
أحببhow lovely بحمرتِهis its redness مِنfrom بعدafter صفرتِهِits pallor
أحبب بحمرتِه مِن بعد صفرتِهِ
إذاwhen التقيناwe meet فخفتِand you fear الأهلَthe family والجاراand the neighbor
إذا التقينا فخفتِ الأهلَ والجارا
How lovely its redness after its pallor,
I loved its redness after its yellowness
When we meet and you fear your family and the neighbor,
When we meet, you shy from kith and kin
أوor الرقيبَthe watcher الذيwho يمشيwalks علىat مهلٍleisure
أو الرقيبَ الذي يمشي على مهلٍ
كيso that لاnot يُنفّرَfrighten away فيin التَّنقيرprobing أطياراbirds
كي لا يُنفّرَ في التَّنقير أطيارا
Or the watcher who walks at a leisurely pace,
Or the chaperone walking at a leisurely pace
So as not to scare birds away while probing.
Lest he startle the birds with his grumbling
سميةَO namesake الجَوهرِthe jewel الأغلىmost precious التيwho انفردتwas peerless
سميةَ الجَوهرِ الأغلى التي انفردت
فقتِyou surpassed النساءَwomen وهذاand this فاقَsurpassed أحجاراstones
فقتِ النساءَ وهذا فاقَ أحجارا
O namesake of the most precious jewel, you who are peerless,
The unmatched essence of the most precious jewel
You surpassed women, and this jewel surpassed stones.
You surpassed all women, this exceeds gems
تباركَblessed be اللهُGod فيin وجهٍa face هُديتُI was guided بهِby it
تباركَ اللهُ في وجهٍ هُديتُ بهِ
كانwas الرضيَّal-Radi وقلبيand my heart كانwas مِهياراMihyar
كان الرضيَّ وقلبي كان مِهيارا
Blessed be God for a face through which I was guided:
Blessed is God for the face I was gifted
It was al-Radi, and my heart was Mihyar.
It pleased me and my heart was fascinated
الخدُّthe cheek مزهرةٌa flower vase والثغرُand the mouth معطرةٌa perfume vessel
الخدُّ مزهرةٌ والثغرُ معطرةٌ
هلwhether كانwas جدُّكyour grandfather عطّاراًa perfumer وزَهّاراand a florist
هل كان جدُّك عطّاراً وزَهّارا
The cheek is a flower vase, and the mouth a perfume vessel.
The cheek is blossoming and the mouth fragrant
Was your grandfather a perfumer and a florist?
Was your grandfather a perfumer and florist?
لماwhen تنفَّستِyou breathed عطّرتِyou perfumed الصَّباthe east breeze أُصُلاًat eventide
لما تنفَّستِ عطّرتِ الصَّبا أُصُلاً
ولمand not تكونيyou were بغيرِby anything but الثّغرِthe mouth معطاراfragrant
ولم تكوني بغيرِ الثّغرِ معطارا
When you breathed, you perfumed the east breeze at eventide,
When you breathed, you scented the morning breeze
And you were fragrant through your mouth alone.
And you were not perfumed save by your mouth
جوديbe generous بماwith what فيهِis in it منof درٍّpearls ومنand of عَسلٍhoney
جودي بما فيهِ من درٍّ ومن عَسلٍ
للجوهريِّto the jeweler الذيwho وافاكِcame to you مشتاراas a honey-gatherer
للجوهريِّ الذي وافاكِ مشتارا
Be generous with the pearls and honey it holds
Your generosity with its pearls and honey
To the jeweler who came to you as a honey-gatherer.
To the connoisseur who chose you
سعَّرتyou set ablaze بالنّبلِwith arrows قلباًa heart غيرَnot مدَّرعٍarmored
سعَّرت بالنّبلِ قلباً غيرَ مدَّرعٍ
ولمand not أكنI was لأظنَّto think الطَّرفَthe gaze أسواراan archer
ولم أكن لأظنَّ الطَّرفَ أسوارا
You set an unarmored heart ablaze with arrows,
You ignited an unarmored heart with glory
And I would not have thought your gaze an archer.
And I never thought the glance was so impregnable
أوتيتِyou were granted نصراًvictory وهذاand this الحبُّlove معركةٌa battle
أوتيتِ نصراً وهذا الحبُّ معركةٌ
لكِyours الهناءُjoy فقدfor indeed أخضعتِyou subdued جبّاراa tyrant
لكِ الهناءُ فقد أخضعتِ جبّارا
You were granted victory, and this love is a battle.
You were granted victory and this love is battle
Joy be yours, for you have subdued a tyrant.
Joy to you, for you vanquished the tyrant
Sol 6.1