ياO عَمرُوʿAmr قُلsay لِلقَمَرِto the moon الطالِعِrising
يا عَمرُو قُل لِلقَمَرِ الطالِعِ
إِتَّسَعَhas widened الخَرقُthe tear عَلىbeyond الراقِعِthe mender
إِتَّسَعَ الخَرقُ عَلى الراقِعِ
O ʿAmr, tell the rising moon:
O Amro, tell the rising moon,
The tear has grown too wide for the mender.
The tear has widened on the patch.
ياO فِتنَةَtemptation of الناظِرِthe beholder قَدindeed صِرتَyou have become فيin
يا فِتنَةَ الناظِرِ قَد صِرتَ في
فِعلِكَyour deed هَذاthis فِتنَةَtemptation of السامِعِthe listener
فِعلِكَ هَذا فِتنَةَ السامِعِ
O temptation to the beholder, you have now become, through
O temptation of the onlooker, you have become with this deed,
this deed of yours, a temptation to the listener.
Temptation of the listener.
هَلare أَنتَyou إِلّاanything but رَشَأٌa young gazelle خاذِلٌstraying from its herd
هَل أَنتَ إِلّا رَشَأٌ خاذِلٌ
حَلَّsettled بِمَغنىin the dwelling of أَسَدٍa lion جائِعِhungry
حَلَّ بِمَغنى أَسَدٍ جائِعِ
Are you anything but a young gazelle straying from its herd,
Are you anything but a deficient coward,
that has settled in a hungry lion’s lair?
Who took refuge in the den of a hungry lion?
ماwhat كانَwas فيin المَخدَعِthe bedchamber مِنof أَمرِكُمyour affair
ما كانَ في المَخدَعِ مِن أَمرِكُم
فَإِنَّهُfor indeed it فيin المَسجِدِthe mosque الجامِعِcongregational
فَإِنَّهُ في المَسجِدِ الجامِعِ
What happened in the bedchamber concerning you
What was hidden in your affairs,
is now in the congregational mosque.
Is now in the great mosque.
ياO طولَthe length of فِكريmy pondering فيكَabout you مِنas حامِلٍone carrying
يا طولَ فِكري فيكَ مِن حامِلٍ
صَحيفَةًa letter مَكسورَةَbroken الطابِعِthe seal
صَحيفَةً مَكسورَةَ الطابِعِ
Ah, how long I ponder you as one bearing
O long my thoughts of you, carrier,
a letter with its seal broken!
Of a scroll with broken seal.
Sol 6.1