ياO لُبَينَىLubayna أَوقِديkindle النَّاراthe fire
يا لُبَينَى أَوقِدي النَّارا
إنَّindeed مَنthe one whom تَهوَينَyou love قَدalready حاراhas lost his way
إنَّ مَن تَهوَينَ قَد حارا
O Lubayna, kindle the fire,
for the one you love has lost his way.
رُبَّmany a نارٍfire بِتُّI spent the night أَرمُقُهاwatching it
رُبَّ نارٍ بِتُّ أَرمُقُها
تَقضِمُgnaws الهِندِيَّthe Indian aloeswood والغاراand the laurel
تَقضِمُ الهِندِيَّ والغارا
Many a fire I watched through the night,
as it gnawed Indian aloeswood and laurel.
عِندَهاbeside it ظَبيٌa gazelle يُؤَرِّثُهاstoking it
عِندَها ظَبيٌ يُؤَرِّثُها
عاقِدٌhaving tied فيat الخَصرِthe waist زِنَّاراa girdle
عاقِدٌ في الخَصرِ زِنَّارا
Beside it, a gazelle stoked the flames,
with a girdle knotted about his waist;
شادنٌa fawn فيin عَينهhis eye حَوَرٌdark pupils against bright whites
شادنٌ في عَينه حَوَرٌ
وتَخالُand you would think الوَجهَthe face ديناراa dinar
وتَخالُ الوَجهَ دينارا
a fawn with eyes of vivid black and white,
and you would take his face for a dinar.
أَبلِغِconvey الِفتيانَthe young men مَألُكَةًa message
أَبلِغِ الِفتيانَ مَألُكَةً
نُصحَةًsincere counsel مِنِّيfrom me وأَخباراand tidings
نُصحَةً مِنِّي وأَخبارا
Convey a message to the young men,
sincere counsel from me, and tidings:
إِنَّنيindeed I رُمتُI sought out الخُطُوبَgreat ventures فَتىًas a youth
إِنَّني رُمتُ الخُطُوبَ فَتىً
فَوجَدتُand I found العَيشَlife أَطواراchanging phases
فَوجَدتُ العَيشَ أَطوارا
Indeed, I sought out great ventures as a youth,
and found life full of changing phases.
لَيسَnot يُغنيmakes prosperous عَيشَةُa life أَحَدٌanyone
لَيسَ يُغني عَيشَةُ أَحَدٌ
لاnot يُلاقيencounters فيهin it إمعاراhardship
لا يُلاقي فيه إمعارا
No one can make his life so prosperous
that he meets no hardship in it,
مِنfrom وَليٍّa friend أوor أَخيa brother of ثِقَةٍtrust
مِن وَليٍّ أو أَخي ثِقَةٍ
أوor عَدُوٍّan enemy شاحِطٍfar away داراin dwelling
أو عَدُوٍّ شاحِطٍ دارا
from a friend or a trusted brother,
or an enemy whose home is far away,
أوor خُطُوبٍmisfortunes تَستَمِرُّpersist بهِwith him
أو خُطُوبٍ تَستَمِرُّ بهِ
فَيصيرُso becomes العُرفُthe familiar إنكاراstrangeness
فَيصيرُ العُرفُ إنكارا
or misfortunes that keep besetting him,
so that the familiar turns strange.
Sol 6.1