غِناءٌa song يَسخُنُheats (with sorrow) العَينَthe eye
غِناءٌ يَسخُنُ العَينَ
وَيَنفيand banishes فَرَحَthe joy of القَلبِthe heart
وَيَنفي فَرَحَ القَلبِ
A song that heats the eye with sorrow,
A song that warms the eye
And banishes the heart's joy.
And dispels the heart's joy
وَلاand does not يَأتيcome عَلىwith الزَمرِflute-playing
وَلا يَأتي عَلى الزَمرِ
وَلاand does not يَجريflow مَعَwith الضَربِthe drumbeat
وَلا يَجري مَعَ الضَربِ
Nor does it come with piping,
It comes not with beating of drums
Nor does it flow with the drumbeat.
Nor does it flow with rhythms
غِناءُthe song of البَقِّthe mosquitoes بِاللَيلِat night
غِناءُ البَقِّ بِاللَيلِ
يُنافيconflicts with طَرَبَthe merriment of الشَربِthe drinkers
يُنافي طَرَبَ الشَربِ
The mosquitoes' song at night
The nightingale's song in the night
Conflicts with the drinkers' merriment.
Counters the rapture of drink
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle طَرَقَvisits at night المَرءَthe man
إِذا ما طَرَقَ المَرءَ
جَرىhe runs فيin طَلَقِthe course of الكَربِanguish
جَرى في طَلَقِ الكَربِ
When it visits a man at night,
When sorrow befalls a man
He races along the course of anguish.
It flows in the course of distress
نَحيفٌlean راحَsets out at dusk كَالشَنِّlike the worn-out waterskin
نَحيفٌ راحَ كَالشَنِّ
وَلَكِنbut باتَspends the night كَالوَطبِlike the leather milk-bag
وَلَكِن باتَ كَالوَطبِ
Lean, it sets out at dusk like a worn-out waterskin,
Slim, he went like chaff
But spends the night like a leather milk-bag.
But slept like dried fruits
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle نَقَبَpierces الجُلدَthe skin (continued)
إِذا ما نَقَبَ الجُلدَ
ةَnoun ending completing 'skin' أَخفىconceals مَوضِعُthe site of النَقبِthe puncture
ةَ أَخفى مَوضِعُ النَقبِ
Whenever it pierces the skin,
If it pierces the skin
It conceals the puncture's site,
It hides the place of piercing
سِوىexcept for حُمرٌred marks خَفِيّاتٍfaint
سِوى حُمرٌ خَفِيّاتٍ
تُحاكيresembling نُقَطَthe dots of الكُتبِthe books
تُحاكي نُقَطَ الكُتبِ
Save for faint red marks
Except for red hidden moles
Resembling the dots in books.
That mimic the dots of script
Sol 6.1