ياO خَليلَيَّmy two friends قَدindeed خَلَعتُI cast off عِذاريmy bridle of restraint
يا خَليلَيَّ قَد خَلَعتُ عِذاري
وَبَداand came to light ماwhat أُكِنُّI conceal مِنof أَسراريmy secrets
وَبَدا ما أُكِنُّ مِن أَسراري
O my two friends, I have cast off my bridle,
O my two friends, I have cast off all restraint,
And the secrets I conceal have come to light.
And the secrets I kept hidden have been revealed.
فَاِشرَباso drink, you two الخَمرَthe wine وَاِسقِيانيand give me a drink, you two سُلافاًchoice wine
فَاِشرَبا الخَمرَ وَاِسقِياني سُلافاً
عُتِّقَتshe was aged بَينَamong نَرجِسٍnarcissus وَبَهارِand yellow daisies
عُتِّقَت بَينَ نَرجِسٍ وَبَهارِ
So drink the wine, you two, and pour me the choicest wine,
So drink the wine and pour me the purest draft,
Aged among narcissus and yellow daisies.
Aged amidst the narcissus and the chamomile.
لَبَثَتshe remained فيin دِنانِهاher wine jars أَلفَa thousand شَهرٍmonth
لَبَثَت في دِنانِها أَلفَ شَهرٍ
لَمnot تُقَمَّصshe was clothed in a shirt وَلَمand not تُعَذَّبshe was tormented بِنارِby fire
لَم تُقَمَّص وَلَم تُعَذَّب بِنارِ
She remained in her wine jars a thousand months,
It lingered in its clay vessels for a thousand months,
Neither clothed in a shirt nor tormented by fire.
Neither encased in pitch nor tortured by fire.
نَسَجَwove العَنكَبوتُthe spider بَيتاًa dwelling عَلَيهاover her
نَسَجَ العَنكَبوتُ بَيتاً عَلَيها
فَعَلىso upon دَنِّهاher wine jar دِقاقُfine particles of الغُبارِthe dust
فَعَلى دَنِّها دِقاقُ الغُبارِ
A spider wove a dwelling over her,
The spider has woven a web over it,
And fine dust lay upon her jar.
And upon its jar lies a layer of fine dust.
فَأَتىthen came خاطِبٌa suitor مَليحٌhandsome إِلَيهاto her
فَأَتى خاطِبٌ مَليحٌ إِلَيها
ذوpossessing وِشاحٍa sash مُؤَزَّرٌgirded بِإِزارِwith a waistcloth
ذو وِشاحٍ مُؤَزَّرٌ بِإِزارِ
Then a handsome suitor came to her,
Then a handsome suitor came to it,
Wearing a sash, girded with a waistcloth.
Adorned with a sash, girded with a wrapper.
نَقَدَhe paid in cash المَهرَthe dowry ثُمَّthen زُفَّتshe was led as a bride إِلَيهِto him
نَقَدَ المَهرَ ثُمَّ زُفَّت إِلَيهِ
فيin سَراويلِهاher trousers وَفيand in الزُنّارِthe girdle
في سَراويلِها وَفي الزُنّارِ
He paid the dowry in cash; then she was led to him as a bride,
He paid the dowry, then she was wedded to him,
In her trousers and in her girdle.
Still clad in her trousers and her belt.
فَدَعاthen he called بِالبِزالِfor the tapping tool ثُمَّthen وَجاهاhe pierced her
فَدَعا بِالبِزالِ ثُمَّ وَجاها
فَجَرَتthen she flowed كَالعَقيقِlike carnelian وَالجُلَّنارِand pomegranate blossom
فَجَرَت كَالعَقيقِ وَالجُلَّنارِ
He called for the tapping tool, then pierced her,
He called for the auger, then pierced her seal,
And she flowed like carnelian and pomegranate blossom,
And she flowed out like carnelian and pomegranate blossoms,
فيinto أَباريقَewers مِنof لُجَينٍsilver حِسانٍbeautiful
في أَباريقَ مِن لُجَينٍ حِسانٍ
كَظِباءٍlike gazelles سَكَنَّthey dwelt عَرضَthe expanse of القِفارِthe wastes
كَظِباءٍ سَكَنَّ عَرضَ القِفارِ
Into lovely ewers of silver,
Into beautiful pitchers made of silver,
Like gazelles dwelling in the expanse of the wastes,
Like gazelles dwelling in the expanse of the wastelands,
أَوor كَراكٍcranes ذُعِرنَthey were startled مِنby صَوتِthe cry of صَقرٍa falcon
أَو كَراكٍ ذُعِرنَ مِن صَوتِ صَقرٍ
مُفزَعاتٍterrified شَواخِصَstaring الأَبصارِthe eyes
مُفزَعاتٍ شَواخِصَ الأَبصارِ
Or cranes startled by a falcon's cry,
Or like cranes terrified by the cry of a falcon,
Terrified, with staring eyes.
Panicked, with eyes fixed in a stare.
قَدindeed تَحَسَّيتُهاI sipped her عَلىupon وَجهِthe face of ساقٍa cupbearer
قَد تَحَسَّيتُها عَلى وَجهِ ساقٍ
خالِعٍcasting off فيin هَوايَlove of me كُلَّevery عِذارِbridle of restraint
خالِعٍ في هَوايَ كُلَّ عِذارِ
I have sipped her, gazing at a cupbearer's face,
I sipped it while gazing at the face of a cupbearer,
Who casts off every bridle for love of me.
Who, for my love, has cast off all restraint.
قَمَرٌa moon يَقمُرُoutshines الدَواجيthe dark nights بِوَجهٍwith a face
قَمَرٌ يَقمُرُ الدَواجي بِوَجهٍ
ضَوءُهُits light فيin الدُجىthe darkness صَباحُthe morning of النَهارِthe day
ضَوءُهُ في الدُجى صَباحُ النَهارِ
A moon that outshines the dark nights with a face
A moon that vanquishes the darkness with a face,
Whose light in the darkness is morning daylight.
Whose light makes the gloom of night like the morning day.
يَتَثَنّىhe sways كَأَنَّهُas though he were غُصنُa branch of بانٍa bān tree (moringa)
يَتَثَنّى كَأَنَّهُ غُصنُ بانٍ
مَيَّلَتهُbent it الرِياحُthe winds بِالأَسحارِin the predawn hours
مَيَّلَتهُ الرِياحُ بِالأَسحارِ
He sways as though he were a bān-tree branch,
He sways as if he were a willow branch,
Bent by the winds in the hours before dawn.
Inclined by the winds at the time of dawn.
بِأَبيwith my father as ransom ذاكَthat one مِنof غَزالٍa gazelle غَريرٍinnocent
بِأَبي ذاكَ مِن غَزالٍ غَريرٍ
فيin قَباءٍa tunic مُهَلَّلِloosened at الأَزرارِthe buttons
في قَباءٍ مُهَلَّلِ الأَزرارِ
May my father be ransom for that innocent gazelle,
I would ransom my father for that innocent gazelle,
In a tunic with its buttons loosened.
Dressed in a tunic with buttons undone.
كَمhow often شَمَمناwe smelled مِنfrom خَدِّهِhis cheek الوَردَthe rose غَضّاًfresh
كَم شَمَمنا مِن خَدِّهِ الوَردَ غَضّاً
وَمَزَجناand we mingled رُضابَهُhis saliva بِعُقارِwith wine
وَمَزَجنا رُضابَهُ بِعُقارِ
How often we have smelled the fresh rose of his cheek,
How often we inhaled the fresh rose from his cheek,
And mingled his saliva with wine.
And mixed the nectar of his lips with the wine.
Sol 6.1