عَلىon صُدْغِهِhis temple بِالِمسْكِwith musk مِنْهُfrom him نَوَاضِخُsplashes
عَلى صُدْغِهِ بِالِمسْكِ مِنْهُ نَوَاضِخُ
وَفيand on خَدِّهِhis cheek بالمْسكِwith musk مِنْهُfrom him نَوَاسِخُcopying marks
وَفي خَدِّهِ بالمْسكِ مِنْهُ نَوَاسِخُ
On his temple are splashes of musk from him;
and on his cheek are tracings in musk from him.
كَأَنَّas though تثَنِّيthe swaying قَدِّهِof his figure غُصْنُa branch بَانةٍof a bān tree
كَأَنَّ تثَنِّي قَدِّهِ غُصْنُ بَانةٍ
عَلَيْهِupon it شَبِيْهُresembling الشَّعْرِthe hair أَسْوَدُblack صَالِخُserpent
عَلَيْهِ شَبِيْهُ الشَّعْرِ أَسْوَدُ صَالِخُ
His swaying figure is like a branch of a bān tree;
upon it is a black serpent resembling hair.
أَلاَlisten! فَارْوِيَاso recount, you two عَنِّيfrom me أَحَادِيثَtales حُبِّهَاlove for her
أَلاَ فَارْوِيَا عَنِّي أَحَادِيثَ حُبِّهَا
فَمَاfor not شَافَsaw أَهْلاًa worthy person قَطُّever فِيْهَاin them النَواسِخُthe copyists
فَمَا شَافَ أَهْلاً قَطُّ فِيْهَا النَواسِخُ
Listen, you two: recount from me the tales of love for her;
for the copyists have never seen anyone worthy in them.
وَكَمْand how many a لَيْلَةٍnight قَدْindeed بِتُّI spent the night سُكْراًin drunkenness بِحُبِّهَاwith love for her
وَكَمْ لَيْلَةٍ قَدْ بِتُّ سُكْراً بِحُبِّهَا
وَشَيْبُand gray hair شَدَاsang الأَوْتَارِthe strings عِنْدىto me شَوَادِخُbroad white blazes
وَشَيْبُ شَدَا الأَوْتَارِ عِنْدى شَوَادِخُ
And how many a night have I spent drunk with love for her,
and gray hair sang the strings—broad white blazes to me [wording unclear].
فَلِمْso not (apparently intended) يُنْتَهِزْwas roughly rebuffed فِيْهَاin them التَّصَابِيyouthful dalliance والصِّبَاand youth
فَلِمْ يُنْتَهِزْ فِيْهَا التَّصَابِي والصِّبَا
وَقَدْand already أُوْعِدَتْwere threatened بِالإِنْتَهَازِwith rough rebuff المَشَايخُthe elders
وَقَدْ أُوْعِدَتْ بِالإِنْتَهَازِ المَشَايخُ
So youthful dalliance and youth met no rough rebuff there,
though the elders had been threatened with rough rebuff.
Sol 6.1