أَغَزالُO gazelle قوليsay لِلغَزالِto the gazelle الأَحوَرِthe dark-eyed one
أَغَزالُ قولي لِلغَزالِ الأَحوَرِ
أَضمَرتَyou harbored غَدراًtreachery لَيسَis not عَنكَfrom you بِمُضمَرِat all concealed
أَضمَرتَ غَدراً لَيسَ عَنكَ بِمُضمَرِ
O gazelle, tell the dark-eyed gazelle:
My gazelle words to the graceful gazelle
You have harbored treachery that is not hidden from you.
You harbored betrayal though you feigned otherwise
إِذهَبgo فَلَمfor … did not أَجزَعI grieve عَلَيكَover you وَرُبَّماand many a time
إِذهَب فَلَم أَجزَع عَلَيكَ وَرُبَّما
صَبَّرتُI made endure عَنكَapart from you حَشاشَةًa remnant of life لَمdid not تَصبِرِendure
صَبَّرتُ عَنكَ حَشاشَةً لَم تَصبِرِ
Go, for I did not grieve over you; and many a time
Go away, I won't grieve for you, perhaps
I made a remnant of life bear your absence, though it could not endure.
I endured your fickleness with patience you could not endure
ياO وارِداًwater-seeker لَجَّتpersisted relentlessly بِهِwith him هَفَواتُهُhis missteps
يا وارِداً لَجَّت بِهِ هَفَواتُهُ
ماnot كُنتَyou were أَوَّلَthe first وارِدٍwater-seeker لَمdid not يَصدُرِreturn from water
ما كُنتَ أَوَّلَ وارِدٍ لَم يَصدُرِ
O water-seeker whose missteps drove him relentlessly onward,
Oh frequent visitor led astray by his passions
You were not the first to seek water and never return.
You weren't the first to come who didn't stay
ظَفِرَتtriumphed بِكَover you الأَيّامُthe days بَعدَafter تَمَنُّعٍresistance
ظَفِرَت بِكَ الأَيّامُ بَعدَ تَمَنُّعٍ
ظَفَرَthe triumph of الهُمومِcares بِعاشِقٍover a lover لَمdid not يَظفَرِtriumph
ظَفَرَ الهُمومِ بِعاشِقٍ لَم يَظفَرِ
The days have triumphed over you after your resistance,
The days had their way with you after aloofness
As cares triumph over a lover who has not triumphed.
As worries had their way with a lover who didn't succeed
ياOh لَيتَif only شِعريmy knowledge ضَلَّwent astray عَقلُكَyour reason كُلُّهُall of it
يا لَيتَ شِعري ضَلَّ عَقلُكَ كُلُّهُ
أَمor هَذِهِthese أَيّامُdays ثَقبِpiercing الجَوهَرِthe jewel
أَم هَذِهِ أَيّامُ ثَقبِ الجَوهَرِ
Oh, if only I knew: has all your reason gone astray,
Oh would that I knew, did you lose all reason
Or are these the days of piercing the jewel?
Or are these the days of piercing jewels?
Sol 6.1