هَيَّجَstirred up الدَّاءthe sickness فيin فُؤادِكَyour heart حُورٌdark-eyed beauties
هَيَّجَ الدَّاء في فُؤادِكَ حُورٌ
ناعِماتٌdelicate بِجانِبِbeside الِملطَاطِal-Miltat
ناعِماتٌ بِجانِبِ الِملطَاطِ
Dark-eyed beauties stirred the sickness in your heart—
Graceful houris stirred longing in your heart
Delicate women beside al-Miltat,
Delicate beside cushions of silk
آنِسَاتُaffable الَحديثِconversation فيin غَيرِthe absence of فُحشٍobscenity
آنِسَاتُ الَحديثِ في غَيرِ فُحشٍ
رافِعاتٌraising جَوانِبَthe sides of الفِسطاطِthe pavilion
رافِعاتٌ جَوانِبَ الفِسطاطِ
Affable in conversation, free of obscenity,
Pleasant companions of chaste conversation
Raising the sides of the pavilion,
Lifting the curtains of brocade tents
ثِانيَاتٌfolding قَطائِفَplush coverlets الخَزِّsilk fabric والدِّيand brocade (first part)
ثِانيَاتٌ قَطائِفَ الخَزِّ والدِّي
باَجِbrocade (continuation) فَوقَover الخُدُورِthe curtained enclosures والأَنماطِand the patterned rugs
باَجِ فَوقَ الخُدُورِ والأَنماطِ
Folding plush coverlets of silk and
Doubled over in fits of giggling
Brocade over the curtained enclosures and patterned rugs;
Above carpets and embroideries
مُوقَراتٌladen منَwith اللُّحُومflesh وفيهَاand in them
مُوقَراتٌ منَ اللُّحُوم وفيهَا
لُطُفٌdelicacy فيin البنَانِthe fingertips والأَوساطِand the waists
لُطُفٌ في البنَانِ والأَوساطِ
Laden with flesh, yet in them
Modest in their attire yet in them is
Is delicacy of fingertips and waists.
Refinement in figure and waist
شَدَّhow greatly مَاemphatic particle ساءَناgrieved us حُداةٌcamel-drivers تَوَلَّواthey departed
شَدَّ مَا ساءَنا حُداةٌ تَوَلَّوا
حِينَwhen حَثُّواthey urged onward نِعالَهاtheir hooves بِالسٍّياطِwith whips
حِينَ حَثُّوا نِعالَها بِالسٍّياطِ
How sorely the camel-drivers grieved us as they departed,
What saddened us most were insolent ones
When they urged their hooves onward with whips.
When they clicked their shoes with their whips
فَرَّقَmay He scatter اللهُGod بَينَهُمbetween them مِنof حُداةٍcamel-drivers
فَرَّقَ اللهُ بَينَهُم مِن حُداةٍ
واستَفادُواand may they acquire حُمَّىfever مَكانَin place of النَّشاطِvigor
واستَفادُوا حُمَّى مَكانَ النَّشاطِ
May God scatter them, those camel-drivers,
So God divided them, those insolent ones
And may they acquire fever in place of vigor,
And they reaped the reward of restlessness
مِثلَlike ماclause-linking particle هَيَّجُواthey stirred فُؤاديmy heart فأَمسىَso it became
مِثلَ ما هَيَّجُوا فُؤادي فأَمسىَ
هائماًdistraught بَعدَafter نِعمَةِthe bliss of الإِغِتباطِcontentment
هائماً بَعدَ نِعمَةِ الإِغِتباطِ
Just as they stirred my heart, leaving it
Just as they had stirred my heart, so it was
Distraught, after the bliss of contentment.
Wandering after the bliss of intimacy
Sol 6.1