أَلاLo! إِنَّindeed مَنthe one whom أَهواهُI love him ضَنَّwas miserly بِوُدِّهِwith his affection
أَلا إِنَّ مَن أَهواهُ ضَنَّ بِوُدِّهِ
وَأَعقَبَنيand gave me in turn مِنfrom بَعدِafter ذاكَthat بِصَدِّهِwith his rejection
وَأَعقَبَني مِن بَعدِ ذاكَ بِصَدِّهِ
Lo, the one I love has indeed withheld his affection,
Alas! He whom I loved was stingy with his affection,
Alas, the one I love has withheld his affection,
and afterward repaid me with his rejection.
And after that estranged me with his coldness.
And followed that fondness with cold rejection.
فَواحَزَناso, alas for sorrow! بَعدَafter المَوَدَّةِthe affection إِنَّهُindeed he
فَواحَزَنا بَعدَ المَوَدَّةِ إِنَّهُ
لَيَبخَلُhe indeed is miserly عَنّيtoward me بِالسَلامِwith a greeting وَرَدِّهِand its return
لَيَبخَلُ عَنّي بِالسَلامِ وَرَدِّهِ
Alas for sorrow after affection! He
So after love there was sorrow, for he
Oh, the grief after love! For he has come to be
indeed withholds from me a greeting and its return.
Is miserly with me, withholding even a greeting.
Stingy with the greeting and with its reply.
دَعانيcalled me إِلَيهِto him حُسنُهُhis loveliness وَجَمالُهُand his beauty
دَعاني إِلَيهِ حُسنُهُ وَجَمالُهُ
وَسِحرٌand magic بِعَينَيهِin his eyes وَخالٌand a mole بِخَدِّهِon his cheek
وَسِحرٌ بِعَينَيهِ وَخالٌ بِخَدِّهِ
His loveliness and beauty drew me to him,
His beauty and grace invited me,
His grace and his beauty summoned me to him,
and magic in his eyes, and a mole upon his cheek.
The magic in his eyes, the mole on his cheek,
With magic in his eyes and a mole upon his cheek.
كَأَنَّas though فِرِندَwatered pattern المُرهَفاتِthe keen-edged blades بِخَدِّهِon his cheek
كَأَنَّ فِرِندَ المُرهَفاتِ بِخَدِّهِ
وَيَختالُand struts ماءُwater الوَردِthe rose تَحتَbeneath فِرِندِهِits watered pattern
وَيَختالُ ماءُ الوَردِ تَحتَ فِرِندِهِ
As though the watered pattern of keen-edged blades were on his cheek,
Like the mole on the cheek of a graceful gazelle,
As though the glint of a fine sword lies on his cheek,
and rose-water struts beneath its watered pattern.
With rosewater flowing beneath that mole.
And rosewater struts beneath that shining steel.
فَلَمso not أَرَI saw مِثليone like me صارَbecame عَبداًa slave لِمِثلِهِto one like him
فَلَم أَرَ مِثلي صارَ عَبداً لِمِثلِهِ
وَلاnor مِثلَهُone like him يَوماًever أَضَرَّdid harm بِعَبدِهِto his slave
وَلا مِثلَهُ يَوماً أَضَرَّ بِعَبدِهِ
So I have never seen one like me become a slave to one like him,
Yet never did I see one like me become slave to one like him,
I have never seen my like become a slave to his like,
nor one like him ever do harm to his slave.
Nor one like him harm his slave in such a way.
Nor his like ever inflict such harm upon his slave.
Sol 6.1