إِنَّindeed الَّتيthe woman whom أَبصَرتَهاyou saw her
إِنَّ الَّتي أَبصَرتَها
سَحَراًbefore dawn تُكَلِّمُنيshe speaks to me رَسولُa messenger
سَحَراً تُكَلِّمُني رَسولُ
Indeed, the woman whom you saw
She whom you saw
Indeed, the one whom you beheld,
speaking to me before dawn is a messenger.
At dawn speaking to me is a messenger
Speaking to me at dawn, is but a messenger;
لَيسَتshe is not هِيَshe القَصدُthe intended object الَّذيthat
لَيسَت هِيَ القَصدُ الَّذي
يومىis pointed to إِلَيهِtoward it وَلاand not السَبيلُthe path
يومى إِلَيهِ وَلا السَبيلُ
She is not the object that
Not the one I yearn for
She is not the aim towards which
one points toward, nor the path.
Nor the way
I gesture, nor is she the path.
أَدَّتshe conveyed إِلَيَّto me رِسالَةًa message
أَدَّت إِلَيَّ رِسالَةً
كادَتnearly لَهاbecause of it نَفسيmy soul تَسيلُflows
كادَت لَها نَفسي تَسيلُ
She brought me a message
She brought me a message
She delivered unto me a message,
that nearly made my soul melt away,
That almost made my soul pour out
For which my soul nearly flowed out,
مِنfrom ساحِرِbewitching العَينَينِthe two eyes يَجfirst part of يَجذِبُ: pulls
مِن ساحِرِ العَينَينِ يَج
ذِبُremainder of يَجذِبُ: pulls خَصرَهُhis waist رِدفٌa rump ثَقيلُheavy
ذِبُ خَصرَهُ رِدفٌ ثَقيلُ
from one with bewitching eyes, whose
From the sorcerer of eyes, his waist
From a charmer of eyes, whose heavy
heavy rump tugs at his waist.
Girded with a heavy quiver
Hips tug at her slender waist;
مُتَقَلِّدٌwearing قَوسَthe bow of الصِباyouth
مُتَقَلِّدٌ قَوسَ الصِبا
يَرميhe shoots وَلَيسَand there is not لَهُfor him رَسيلُan equal
يَرمي وَلَيسَ لَهُ رَسيلُ
Wearing the bow of youth,
Wearing the bow of youth
Armed with the bow of youth, she shoots,
he shoots, and has no equal.
Shooting, though without arrows
And strikes her mark without a peer.
فَلَوَso if اِنَّthat أُذنَكَyour ear بَينَناbetween us
فَلَوَ اِنَّ أُذنَكَ بَينَنا
حَتّىso that تَسَمَّعُyou listen closely ماwhat نَقولُwe say
حَتّى تَسَمَّعُ ما نَقولُ
So if your ear were between us,
If only your ear were between us
And were your ear but shared between us,
to listen to what we say,
To hear what we say
To listen to the words we spoke,
لَرَأَيتَyou would see ماwhat اِستَقبَحتَهُyou deemed it ugly
لَرَأَيتَ ما اِستَقبَحتَهُ
مِنin أَمرِناour affair وَهُوَand it is الجَميلُbeautiful
مِن أَمرِنا وَهُوَ الجَميلُ
you would see that what you deemed ugly
You'd see what you disapproved of
You would have seen that what you scorned
in our affair is beautiful,
In our affair is beautiful
In our affair, is truly beautiful,
وَعَلِمتَand you would know أَنّيthat I فيin نَعيfirst part of نَعيمٍ: bliss
وَعَلِمتَ أَنّي في نَعي
مٍremainder of نَعيمٍ: bliss لاdoes not يَحولُchange وَلاand does not يَزولُfade away
مٍ لا يَحولُ وَلا يَزولُ
and you would know that I am in bliss
And know that I lament
And known that I abide in bliss
that neither changes nor fades away.
A death that does not change or pass
That neither changes nor departs.
Sol 6.1