وناظرةٍand a woman gazing إليّat me منfrom النقابthe face veil
وناظرةٍ إليّ من النقاب
تلاحظُنيshe eyes me بلحظٍwith a glance مسترابsuspicious
تلاحظُني بلحظٍ مستراب
And a woman gazed at me from behind her veil,
And a woman peering at me from her veil
And one gazing at me from behind the veil,
Eyeing me with a suspicious glance.
Looks at me with a suspicious glance
Observing me with a glance of suspicion;
كشفتُI lifted قناعَهاher veil فإذاand behold عجوزٌan old woman
كشفتُ قناعَها فإذا عجوزٌ
مسودةُblackened المفارقِthe hair partings بالخضابِwith dye
مسودةُ المفارقِ بالخضابِ
I lifted her veil—and there was an old woman,
I removed her mask and there was an old woman
I lifted her mask, and lo, an old crone,
With her hair partings blackened by dye.
Her separation was evident from the dye
Her hair-partings blackened with dye.
فماso ... not زالتshe ceased تجمّشنيshe fondles me طويلاًfor a long time
فما زالت تجمّشني طويلاً
وتأخذنيand takes hold of me أحاديثُtalk التصابيyouthful dalliance
وتأخذني أحاديثُ التصابي
So she kept fondling me for a long time,
She kept staring at me for a long time
She continued to flirt with me at length,
And talk of youthful dalliance took hold of me.
And the conversations of passion distracted me
Enticing me with talk of youthful passion,
تحاولshe tries أنto يقومَrise أبوAbu (father of) نزارٍNizar
تحاول أن يقومَ أبو نزارٍ
ودونand before قيامهِhis rising شيبُgraying الغرابthe crow
ودون قيامهِ شيبُ الغراب
She tried to make Abu Nizar rise,
She was trying to resurrect Abu Nuwas
Striving to make 'Abu Nizar' stand erect,
But a crow would turn gray before he could rise.
Without his resurrection, the crowning of old age
But closer than his rising is the graying of the crow.
أتتshe came بجرابِهاwith her sack تكتالُshe takes a measured portion فيهِin it
أتت بجرابِها تكتالُ فيهِ
وراحتand she departed وهيwhile she was فارغةempty الجرابِthe sack
وراحت وهي فارغة الجرابِ
She came with her sack to collect a measured portion in it,
She came with her saddlebag to hoard in it
She came with her pouch to have it filled,
And left with her sack empty.
And left while her saddlebag was empty
And she departed with her pouch still empty.
متىwhen تشفىshe is satisfied العجوزُthe old woman إذاif استناكتshe sought to be fucked
متى تشفى العجوزُ إذا استناكت
بأيرٍwith a cock لاnot يقومُit rises علىfor الشبابِthe young
بأيرٍ لا يقومُ على الشبابِ
When will the old woman be satisfied if she seeks to be fucked
When will the old woman recover if she seeks help
How can the old woman be healed if she seeks to rut
With a cock that will not rise even for the young?
From a bed that cannot hold up to youth
With a member that does not rise even for the young?
تعوّجَit bent واستوىand became level الطرفانthe two ends منهُof it
تعوّجَ واستوى الطرفان منهُ
كمثالlike the shape of الدالِthe letter dal (د) منfrom خطthe script of الكتابthe book
كمثال الدالِ من خط الكتاب
It bent, and its two ends came level,
It twisted and both sides of it bent
It has bent until its two ends are level,
Like the shape of dal in a book's script.
Like the shape of the letter dal in script
Resembling the letter 'Dal' in written script.
Sol 6.1