ياO رَبعُdwelling-place شُغلَكَyour business إِنّيindeed I عَنكَaway from you فيin شُغُلِoccupation
يا رَبعُ شُغلَكَ إِنّي عَنكَ في شُغُلِ
لاnot ناقَتيmy she-camel فيكَin you لَوif تَدريyou know وَلاnor جَمَليmy he-camel
لا ناقَتي فيكَ لَو تَدري وَلا جَمَلي
O dwelling-place, mind your business; I am too busy for you.
O my companion, I am preoccupied away from you
O campsite ruins, mind your own affairs, for I am too occupied for you;
Neither my she-camel nor my he-camel is in you, if you only knew.
Though if you knew, neither my she-camel nor my camel are with you
My she-camel is not within you—if you only knew—nor is my he-camel.
عَلَيَّupon me عَينٌan eye وَأُذنٌand an ear مِنfrom مُذَكَّرَةٍa masculine-looking woman
عَلَيَّ عَينٌ وَأُذنٌ مِن مُذَكَّرَةٍ
مَوصولَةٍlinked بِهَوىto the desire of اللوطِيِّthe sodomite وَالغَزِلِand the lover of women
مَوصولَةٍ بِهَوى اللوطِيِّ وَالغَزِلِ
A masculine-looking woman has her eye and ear on me,
I have an eye and ear from the reminders
My eye and ear are fixed upon a boyish woman,
desired alike by the sodomite and the lover of women.
Connected with the passion of Luṭī and amorousness
Who links the passion of the sodomite with that of the womanizer.
كِلاهُماboth of them نَحوَهاtoward her سامٍaspiring بِهِمَّتِهِwith his ardor
كِلاهُما نَحوَها سامٍ بِهِمَّتِهِ
عَلىdespite اِختِلافِهِماtheir differing فيin مَوضِعِthe place of العَمَلِthe act
عَلى اِختِلافِهِما في مَوضِعِ العَمَلِ
Each aspires toward her with his ardor,
Both towards it proceeding with their determination
Both of them aspire toward her with their intent,
though they differ in where they do the deed.
Despite their difference in place of action
Despite the difference between them regarding the site of the deed.
ياO فَضلُFadl غايَةُthe pinnacle خَلقِthe creatures of اللَهِGod كُلِّهِمِall of them
يا فَضلُ غايَةُ خَلقِ اللَهِ كُلِّهِمِ
إِذاwhen ضَرَبناwe cite بِجودٍin generosity غايَةَthe highest point of المَثَلِthe example
إِذا ضَرَبنا بِجودٍ غايَةَ المَثَلِ
O Fadl, pinnacle of all God's creatures,
O exceptional, pinnacle of all of God's creation
O Fadl, you are the pinnacle of all God’s creation,
when we cite the supreme example of generosity.
When we cite generosity, the pinnacle of example
Whenever we cite the ultimate example of generosity.
كَمhow many قائِلٍa man saying لَكَto you مِنof داعٍa supplicant وَقائِلَةٍand a woman saying
كَم قائِلٍ لَكَ مِن داعٍ وَقائِلَةٍ
نَفسيmy life فِداءُa ransom for أَبيAbu (father of) العَبّاسِal-Abbas مِنof (exclamatory) رَجُلِa man
نَفسي فِداءُ أَبي العَبّاسِ مِن رَجُلِ
How many praying men and women say to you:
How many a sayer to you and sayeress
How many a man and how many a woman call out to you,
"My life be a ransom for Abu al-Abbas—what a man!"
My soul is ransom for Abū al-ʿAbbās from a man
Saying, "May my soul be a ransom for Abu al-Abbas—what a man!"
يُفَدِّيانِكَthey both offer themselves as your ransom ماas much as اِسطاعاthey both were able بِجَهدِهِماwith their effort
يُفَدِّيانِكَ ما اِسطاعا بِجَهدِهِما
وَيَسأَلانِand they both ask لَكَfor you التَأخيرَdelay فيin الأَجَلِthe appointed end
وَيَسأَلانِ لَكَ التَأخيرَ في الأَجَلِ
Both offer themselves as your ransom, with whatever strength they can muster,
They ransom you as much as they can with their effort
They offer themselves for you with all the effort they possess,
and both ask that your appointed end be delayed.
And ask for you long life and delay of death
And they pray that your appointed time of death be long delayed.
Sol 6.1