لاَdo not تُخْدَعَنَّever be deceived بِرِقَّةٍby softness فِيin خَدِّهِhis cheek
لاَ تُخْدَعَنَّ بِرِقَّةٍ فِي خَدِّهِ
فَالسَّيْفُfor the sword قَتَّالٌdeadly بِرِقْةِthrough the fineness of حَدِّهِits edge
فَالسَّيْفُ قَتَّالٌ بِرِقْةِ حَدِّهِ
Never be deceived by the softness in his cheek:
Do not be deceived by the softness of his cheek
for the sword is deadly through the fineness of its edge.
The sword is lethal in the sharpness of its edge
وَدَعِand leave alone الجُفُونَthe eyelids فَإِنَّمَاfor it is only وَسْنَانُهَاtheir drowsy gaze
وَدَعِ الجُفُونَ فَإِنَّمَا وَسْنَانُهَا
أَضْحَىhas become سِنَاناًa spearhead فِيin مُثَقَّفِthe straightened shaft of قَدِّهِhis stature
أَضْحَى سِنَاناً فِي مُثَقَّفِ قَدِّهِ
And leave his eyelids be: their drowsy gaze
And leave the eyelids for their teeth
has become nothing but a spearhead in the straight shaft of his stature.
Have become fangs in the socket of its preparation
ظَبْيٌّa gazelle حَكَىmirrored نَوْمِيmy sleep دَوَامُthe constancy of نَفَارِهِhis flight
ظَبْيٌّ حَكَى نَوْمِي دَوَامُ نَفَارِهِ
عَنِّىaway from me فَواصَلَso kept company ضِدَّهُits opposite مَعَalong with صَدِّهِhis rejection
عَنِّى فَواصَلَ ضِدَّهُ مَعَ صَدِّهِ
A gazelle—his ceaseless flight mirrors my sleep
A gazelle told of my sleep, the persistence of its fleeing
in shunning me; so sleep's opposite keeps me company, along with his rejection.
From me so its opposite reached its goal with its purpose
وَسَرَىand crept إِلىinto جِسْمِيmy body الضَّنَاwasting sickness مِنfrom خَصرِهِhis waist
وَسَرَى إِلى جِسْمِي الضَّنَا مِن خَصرِهِ
فَهَوِيتُso I loved ذَاكَthat لإِنَّهُbecause it is مِنْfrom عِنْدِهِhis side
فَهَوِيتُ ذَاكَ لإِنَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ
And wasting stole into my body from his waist;
And weakness crept into my body from its navel
so I loved it, since it came from him.
So I fell for that is from it
عَجِبَmarveled الحَسُودُthe envious one وَقَدْand indeed رَأَىhe saw سُكْرِيmy drunkenness بِلاَwithout
عَجِبَ الحَسُودُ وَقَدْ رَأَى سُكْرِي بِلاَ
حَدٍّlimit وقَلْبِيand my heart فِيunder عُقُوبَةِthe punishment of حَدِّهِits prescribed penalty
حَدٍّ وقَلْبِي فِي عُقُوبَةِ حَدِّهِ
The envious man marveled when he saw my drunkenness without
The envious were amazed when they saw my intoxication without
limit, while my heart endured its prescribed punishment.
Limit and my heart in the punishment of its edge
خَفِّضْgo easy عَلَيْكَon yourself أَلَيْسَis it not خَفْقُthe fluttering of وِشَاحِهِhis sash
خَفِّضْ عَلَيْكَ أَلَيْسَ خَفْقُ وِشَاحِهِ
يَحْكِيmirrors فُؤَادِيmy heart أَوْor تَلَهُّبُthe blazing of خَدِّهِhis cheek
يَحْكِي فُؤَادِي أَوْ تَلَهُّبُ خَدِّهِ
Calm yourself: does not the flutter of his sash—
Lower your eyes, is not the fluttering of its scarf
or the blaze of his cheek—mirror my heart?
Tell of my heart or the glowing of its cheek
هِيَit نِسْبَةٌan affinity لَوْif أَنَّthat قَلْبِيَmy heart نَالَهَاattained it
هِيَ نِسْبَةٌ لَوْ أَنَّ قَلْبِيَ نَالَهَا
مُتَوَقِّداًablaze لَعَذَرْتُهُI would have excused it فِيfor وَقْدِهِits burning
مُتَوَقِّداً لَعَذَرْتُهُ فِي وَقْدِهِ
It is an affinity: had my heart attained it,
It is an affinity, if only my heart attained it
while ablaze, I would have excused its burning.
Burning, I would forgive it in its kindling
شُكْرِيmy thanks لِصَبْرِيto my patience عَنْهُapart from him إِذْsince هُوَit خَانَنِيbetrayed me
شُكْرِي لِصَبْرِي عَنْهُ إِذْ هُوَ خَانَنِي
وَرَأَىand deemed الخِيَانَةَbetrayal كَالْوَفَاءِlike faithfulness بِعَهْدِهِto its pledge
وَرَأَى الخِيَانَةَ كَالْوَفَاءِ بِعَهْدِهِ
I thank my patience in his absence, for it betrayed me
My gratitude for my patience from it when it betrayed me
and saw betrayal as faithfulness to its pledge.
And saw betrayal as faithfulness to its promise
ولَمْدَمَعِيand for my tears بُعْداًbanishment وَسَحْقاًand perdition إِنَّهُindeed it is
ولَمْدَمَعِي بُعْداً وَسَحْقاً إِنَّهُ
دُرٌّpearls لَدَيَّin my keeping ولَمْand has not يَكُنْbeen فِيin عِقْدِهِhis necklace
دُرٌّ لَدَيَّ ولَمْ يَكُنْ فِي عِقْدِهِ
And away with my tears, and perdition to them! They are
And for my flowing tears, far and wasted, it
pearls in my keeping, but have not been in his necklace.
Is a pearl to me and was not in its string
مَنْwho مُنْصِفِيone who does me justice مِنْagainst قُرْبِهِhis nearness فَلَقَدْfor indeed أَبَىhe refused
مَنْ مُنْصِفِي مِنْ قُرْبِهِ فَلَقَدْ أَبَى
قُرْبِيmy nearness وَمَنْand who ذَاthis one مُنْقِذِيmy rescuer مِنْfrom بُعْدِهِhis distance
قُرْبِي وَمَنْ ذَا مُنْقِذِي مِنْ بُعْدِهِ
Who will do me justice against his nearness? For he has refused
Who will justify me from its nearness, it has refused
my nearness; and who is there to rescue me from his distance?
My nearness and who will save me from its distance
ياO بَانَةَban-tree الوَادِيthe valley وَيَاand O وَرْقَاءَهُits gray dove
يا بَانَةَ الوَادِي وَيَا وَرْقَاءَهُ
نُوحِيlament لِغُصنِكِfor your branch إِذْas أَنُوحُI lament لِفَقْدِهِfor losing him
نُوحِي لِغُصنِكِ إِذْ أَنُوحُ لِفَقْدِهِ
O ban-tree of the valley, and O its gray dove,
O Bana, valley dweller, and its greenery
mourn for your branch, as I mourn for losing him.
Whisper to your branch as I moan for its loss
أَنْتِyou الحَزِينَةُthe sorrowful one والحَزِينُand the sorrowful one أَنَاI كِلاَنَاboth of us
أَنْتِ الحَزِينَةُ والحَزِينُ أَنَا كِلاَنَا
اليَوْمَtoday مَعْذُورٌexcused يَنُوحُlaments بِوَجْدِهِfrom his longing
اليَوْمَ مَعْذُورٌ يَنُوحُ بِوَجْدِهِ
You are sorrowful, and sorrowful am I; both of us
You are the sorrowful one and the sorrowful one is I, both of us
are excused today, each lamenting out of longing.
Today excused to moan for its passion
حَالِيmy state كَحَالِكِlike your state وَالمُجَاوِرُand the one close by كَفُّهُhis palm
حَالِي كَحَالِكِ وَالمُجَاوِرُ كَفُّهُ
لِلمَاءِto water يَعْرِفُknows حَرَّهُits heat مِنْfrom بَرْدِهِits cold
لِلمَاءِ يَعْرِفُ حَرَّهُ مِنْ بَرْدِهِ
My state is like yours, and one whose palm is close
My state is as your state, and the neighbor of its palm
to water knows its heat from its cold.
Knows its heat from its cold
Sol 6.1