ياO سالِبَstealer of الأَذهانِthe minds
يا سالِبَ الأَذهانِ
بِطَرفِهِwith his gaze الفَتّانِbewitching
بِطَرفِهِ الفَتّانِ
O stealer of minds,
O charmer of minds
O plunderer of minds,
with his bewitching gaze.
with your enchanting glance,
With that captivating glance,
ياO وَردَةًa blossom مِنof بَهارٍoxeye daisy
يا وَردَةً مِن بَهارٍ
ياO زَهرَةَflower of الزَعفَرانِthe saffron
يا زَهرَةَ الزَعفَرانِ
O blossom of oxeye daisy,
O rosebud amid the spring,
O rose of the spring,
O saffron flower,
O saffron blossom,
O flower of the saffron,
ياO نَرجِساًa narcissus وَخُزامىand lavender
يا نَرجِساً وَخُزامى
فيamong زُمرَةِa cluster of الرَيحانِthe sweet basil
في زُمرَةِ الرَيحانِ
O narcissus and lavender,
O narcissi and jasmine
O narcissus and lavender,
among a cluster of sweet basil.
among the sweet basil,
In the company of sweet basil,
ياO خَزُّsilken cloth ماthat يَتَثَنّىsways
يا خَزُّ ما يَتَثَنّى
فيin ساحَةِthe courtyard of البُستانِthe garden
في ساحَةِ البُستانِ
O silk that sways
O branches bending
O silk that sways,
in the garden's courtyard.
in the garden square,
In the courtyard of the garden,
ياO عَسجَداًgold فيin لُجَينٍsilver
يا عَسجَداً في لُجَينٍ
فيin نَشوَةِthe rapture of الصَمَدانِal-Ṣamadān (meaning uncertain)
في نَشوَةِ الصَمَدانِ
O gold in silver,
O willow in the thickets
O gold set in silver,
in the rapture of al-Ṣamadān,
inebriated with joy,
In the ecstasy of majesty,
ياO طَلعَةَface of الشَمسِthe sun قَبلَbefore الthe
يا طَلعَةَ الشَمسِ قَبلَ ال
زَوالِdecline وَالنُقصانِand waning
زَوالِ وَالنُقصانِ
O face of the sun, before the
O rising sun before
O rising of the sun before the
decline and waning.
descending and fading,
Setting and the waning,
ياO دُرَّةًa pearl فيin نِظامِa strand of الthe
يا دُرَّةً في نِظامِ ال
ياقوتِrubies وَالمَرجانِand coral
ياقوتِ وَالمَرجانِ
O pearl in a strand of the
O pearl in the order of
O pearl in a necklace of
rubies and coral.
rubies and coral,
Rubies and red coral,
ياO لُؤلُؤًa pearl يَتَلالاgleams
يا لُؤلُؤً يَتَلالا
فيin حُمرَةِthe redness of العِقيانِpure gold
في حُمرَةِ العِقيانِ
O pearl that gleams
O shining pearl
O pearl that shimmers
in the redness of pure gold.
in the redness of carnelian,
In the redness of pure gold,
لاdo not تَترُكَنّيleave me (emphatic) مُعَنّىًtormented
لا تَترُكَنّي مُعَنّىً
بِطَرفِكَby your gaze الفَتّانِbewitching
بِطَرفِكَ الفَتّانِ
Do not leave me tormented
Do not leave me infatuated
Do not leave me tormented
by your bewitching gaze.
with your enchanting glance.
By your captivating glance.
Sol 6.1