فيin الحُبِّlove رَوعاتٌterrors وَتَعذيبُand torment
في الحُبِّ رَوعاتٌ وَتَعذيبُ
وَفيهِand in it ياO قَومُpeople الأَعاجيبُwonders
وَفيهِ يا قَومُ الأَعاجيبُ
In love are terrors and torment,
In love there is rapture and torment,
In love lie terrors and a torment profound,
And in it, O people, are wonders.
And in it, O people, wonders abound.
And within it, O people, are wonders unbound.
مَنwhoever لَمhas not يَذُقtasted حُبّاًlove فَإِنّيfor indeed I امرُؤa man
مَن لَم يَذُق حُبّاً فَإِنّي امرُؤ
عِنديI have مِنَof الحُبِّlove تَجاريبُexperiences
عِندي مِنَ الحُبِّ تَجاريبُ
For anyone who has not tasted love: I am a man
He who has not tasted love, I say
He who has not tasted love knows naught, for I am a man
With experience of love.
I have of love experiences profound.
Who holds, regarding love, trials that span.
عَلامَةُthe mark العاشِقِof the lover فيon وَجهِهِhis face
عَلامَةُ العاشِقِ في وَجهِهِ
هَذاthis أَسيرُa captive الحُبِّof love مَكتوبُwritten
هَذا أَسيرُ الحُبِّ مَكتوبُ
The lover's mark is on his face:
The lover's mark is on his face,
The sign of the lover is etched on his face,
“This is love's captive” is written there.
"This is love's captive" it spells out.
Where 'This is Love’s captive' is writ in its place.
وَلِلهَوىand for passion فِيَّin me صَيودٌa snare عَلىon
وَلِلهَوى فِيَّ صَيودٌ عَلى
مَدرَجَةِthe path العُشّاقِof lovers مَنصوبُset up
مَدرَجَةِ العُشّاقِ مَنصوبُ
And passion has a snare within me, on
And desire has snares upon the staircase
And Passion has snares laid in wait for me,
The lovers' path, set in place.
Of lovers spread about.
Set upon the path where the lovers flee.
حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen مَرَّpassed مُحِبٌّa lover بِهِby it
حَتّى إِذا مَرَّ مُحِبٌّ بِهِ
وَالحَينُand doom لِلإِنسانِfor man مَجلوبُbrought
وَالحَينُ لِلإِنسانِ مَجلوبُ
Until, when a lover passes by it—
Until when a lover passes by him
Until, when a lover passes by that snare,
And doom is brought upon man—
And now to man is desire allowed,
And doom is the fate that man must bear,
قالَhe said لَهُto him وَالعَينُand the eye طَمّاحَةٌroving
قالَ لَهُ وَالعَينُ طَمّاحَةٌ
يَلهوhe toys بِهِwith him وَالصَبرُand patience مَغلوبُoverpowered
يَلهو بِهِ وَالصَبرُ مَغلوبُ
He says to him, his eye roving,
He says to him, with a yearning eye:
He spoke to him with a roving, longing eye,
Toying with him, while patience is overcome:
It toys with him, and patience is subdued.
Toying with him, while patience runs dry.
لَيسَthere is not لَهُfor him عَيبٌa fault سِوىexcept طيبِهِhis sweetness
لَيسَ لَهُ عَيبٌ سِوى طيبِهِ
وَبِأَبيand may my father be ransom مَنthe one who عَيبُهُhis fault الطيبُsweetness
وَبِأَبي مَن عَيبُهُ الطيبُ
He has no fault except his sweetness;
He has no flaw but his kindness,
He has no fault but his nature’s sweet grace,
And may my father be ransom for one whose fault is sweetness!
By my father, his flaw is kindness itself!
May my father ransom him, whose only fault is grace.
يَسُبُّhe reviles عِرضيmy honor وَأَقيand I protect عِرضَهُhis honor
يَسُبُّ عِرضي وَأَقي عِرضَهُ
كَذالِكَthus المَحبوبُthe beloved مَسبوبُreviled
كَذالِكَ المَحبوبُ مَسبوبُ
He reviles my honor, while I guard his honor;
He berates my honor, but I guard his,
He reviles my honor, while I guard his name;
Thus is the beloved reviled.
Thus is the beloved berated himself.
Thus is the beloved the target of blame.
Sol 6.1