تَذكَرتُI recalled تَقبيلاًkissing لأَنمُلfor the fingertips of راحَةٍa palm
تَذكَرتُ تَقبيلاً لأَنمُل راحَةٍ
بِراحَتِهاthrough its comfort جُرحُthe wound of النَوائبِcalamities قَدmay يُوسىbe healed
بِراحَتِها جُرحُ النَوائبِ قَد يُوسى
I recalled kissing the fingertips of a hand
I recalled a kiss to a palm's fingertips,
Through whose comfort the wound of calamities may be healed.
With her palm the wounds of misfortunes may be consoled,
فَأَرسَلتُso I sent طُرسِيmy page نائِباًas a proxy عَنfor فَميmy mouth لَهاto it
فَأَرسَلتُ طُرسِي نائِباً عَن فَمي لَها
فَياand oh حُسنَهُits loveliness طُرساًas a page بِهاby it صارَbecame مَلموساtouched
فَيا حُسنَهُ طُرساً بِها صارَ مَلموسا
So I sent my page to it, a proxy for my mouth.
So I sent my lips in place of my mouth to her,
And how lovely a page it was, now touched by that hand!
How beautiful were my lips that touched her!
أَناملُfingertips لَمnot تُخلَقwere created لِغَيرِfor anything but مَكارِمٍnoble deeds
أَناملُ لَم تُخلَق لِغَيرِ مَكارِمٍ
فَكَمso how much جَلَبتthey brought نُعمىbliss وَكَمand how much أَذهَبتthey dispelled بُوساmisery
فَكَم جَلَبت نُعمى وَكَم أَذهَبت بُوسا
Fingertips created for nothing but noble deeds:
Fingertips were not created for anything but virtues,
How much bliss they have brought, and how much misery dispelled!
So how much bliss they brought and how many kisses they took away.
مَتىwhen تَسمحُwill permit الأَيامُthe days بِالرِحلةِfor the journey الَّتيthat
مَتى تَسمحُ الأَيامُ بِالرِحلةِ الَّتي
تُرينيَshows me رَبعاًa dwelling بِالمَكارمِwith noble deeds مَأنوساmade welcoming
تُرينيَ رَبعاً بِالمَكارمِ مَأنوسا
When will the days permit the journey that
When will days allow the journey,
Shows me a dwelling made welcoming by noble deeds,
That shows me an abode filled with virtues,
وَتَشهدُand beholds قُطباًa pole لِلسيادَةِof lordship دائراًrevolving
وَتَشهدُ قُطباً لِلسيادَةِ دائراً
بِهِaround him فلكُthe sphere العَلياءِof glory بالسَعدِby good fortune مَحروساguarded
بِهِ فلكُ العَلياءِ بالسَعدِ مَحروسا
And lets me behold a pole of lordship, around whom
And witness a pole of leadership revolving,
The sphere of glory turns, while good fortune guards him?
With it the orbit of the exalted with luck protected.
كَريمٌa generous man إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle طَوَّحتflings غُربةُthe exile النَوىof separation
كَريمٌ إِذا ما طَوَّحت غُربةُ النَوى
إِلَيهِto him بِعافٍwith a suppliant صارَbecame فيin الجودِgenerosity مَغموساimmersed
إِلَيهِ بِعافٍ صارَ في الجودِ مَغموسا
A generous man: when distant exile flings
A generous one if the estrangement of resolve,
A suppliant to him, the suppliant is steeped in bounty.
Inclined to him in wellbeing, immersed in generosity he became.
إِذاwhen اِسوَدَّتgrow black الأَيديthe hands لِبُخلٍthrough stinginess يُشينُهاthat shames them
إِذا اِسوَدَّت الأَيدي لِبُخلٍ يُشينُها
فَكمso how many مِنof يَدٍa hand بَيضاءَwhite جادَgave generously بِهاwith it مُوسىMusa
فَكم مِن يَدٍ بَيضاءَ جادَ بِها مُوسى
When hands grow black with a stinginess that shames them,
If hands are blackened with stinginess that disgraces them,
How many a white hand Musa has bestowed!
How many a white hand did Moses stretch out generously!
Sol 6.1