لَوْلاَكَwere it not for you يَاO غَايَتيmy goal وَقَصْدِيand my purpose
لَوْلاَكَ يَا غَايَتي وَقَصْدِي
مَاnot هِمْتُI wandered in love وَجْداًin longing بَرَبْعِat the dwelling-place of نَجْدِNajd
مَا هِمْتُ وَجْداً بَرَبْعِ نَجْدِ
Were it not for you, O my goal and my purpose,
I would not have wandered in longing at the dwellings of Najd.
أَسْقَيْتَنِيyou gave me to drink فيin الهَوىَlove حَدِيثاًa tale
أَسْقَيْتَنِي في الهَوىَ حَدِيثاً
يُسْكِرُintoxicates لِلْعَاشِقِينَfor the lovers بَعْدِيafter me
يُسْكِرُ لِلْعَاشِقِينَ بَعْدِي
You gave me, in love, a tale to drink,
That intoxicates lovers after me.
وَمُذْكِرِىand you who remind me للسُّلُوِof forgetting love عَهْداًa former time
وَمُذْكِرِى للسُّلُوِ عَهْداً
بِذِكْرِby mentioning غَيْرِيsomeone other than me نَسِيتَyou forgot عَهْدِيmy pledge
بِذِكْرِ غَيْرِي نَسِيتَ عَهْدِي
And you who remind me of a time of forgetting love—
By mentioning someone other than me, you forgot my pledge.
وَرُبَّand many a مُهْدِيbringer of الصِّبَاthe east wind سُحَيْراًat early dawn
وَرُبَّ مُهْدِي الصِّبَا سُحَيْراً
أَغْنَتْهُit made him independent عَنْof نَشْرِهَاits fragrance بِبُرْدِwith a cloak
أَغْنَتْهُ عَنْ نَشْرِهَا بِبُرْدِ
And many a bringer of the east wind at early dawn—
With a cloak, it spared him the need for its fragrance.
لاَdo not تَذْكُرُواmention, all of you لِلنَّسِيمِto the breeze سُكْرِيmy drunkenness
لاَ تَذْكُرُوا لِلنَّسِيمِ سُكْرِي
فَقَدْfor indeed أَتَىit has come مُبْشِراًbearing glad tidings بِوَجْدِيof my longing
فَقَدْ أَتَى مُبْشِراً بِوَجْدِي
Do not mention my drunkenness to the breeze,
For it has come bearing glad tidings of my longing.
Sol 6.1