إنindeed عينيmy two eyes منfrom تذكرremembering خودa beautiful young woman
إن عيني من تذكر خود
صرفتنيshe turned me away للحبtoward love عماaway from what أريدI desire
صرفتني للحب عما أريد
Indeed, my eyes, at the memory of a fair maiden
My eyes from remembering her
who turned me toward love, away from what I desire,
Have turned me away from what I want
لصباهاto her youth تردّshe restores صاحبone with شيبgray hair
لصباها تردّ صاحب شيب
ويشيبand turns gray الصغيرthe little one منهfrom it الوليدthe newborn
ويشيب الصغير منه الوليد
who draws a gray-haired man back to her youth,
To her youth, an old companion returns
while even a newborn child turns gray from it—
And from it, the young one grows old
وصفهاdescribing her حارwas bewildered فيهin it بلrather عنهof it حسناin beauty
وصفها حار فيه بل عنه حسنا
عجزwas incapable الشاعرthe poet البليغeloquent المجيدaccomplished
عجز الشاعر البليغ المجيد
describing her baffled him; nay, her beauty surpassed
Describing her was difficult, indeed beautiful
the powers of the eloquent, accomplished poet—
The eloquent, glorious poet was helpless
جرتاboth streamed بالدموعwith tears حتىuntil رمانيstruck me
جرتا بالدموع حتى رماني
ولهlove-madness دائمunceasing وحزنand sorrow شديدintense
وله دائم وحزن شديد
streamed with tears until I was struck
They flowed with tears until they threw me
by ceaseless love-madness and intense sorrow,
And for it, constant and intense sorrow
وطويلand long (Ṭawīl meter) ووافرand abundant (Wāfir meter) كبهاهاlike her splendor
وطويل ووافر كبهاها
وبسيطand expansive (Basīṭ meter) وكاملand complete (Kāmil meter) ومديدand prolonged (Madīd meter)
وبسيط وكامل ومديد
long (Ṭawīl) and abundant (Wāfir), like her splendor,
Long and abundant like her kohl
and expansive (Basīṭ), complete (Kāmil), and prolonged (Madīd).
Simple, complete, and outstretched
فلهذاso, for this reason تلاطمتcrashed against one another وسطamid لبيmy mind
فلهذا تلاطمت وسط لبي
أبحرseas (also poetic meters) الحبlove والغرامand passion يزيدincreases
أبحر الحب والغرام يزيد
Thus, within my mind have crashed together
So for this, I tossed within my heart
the seas of love, and passion grows.
An ocean of love and passion increases
طارفnewly acquired حبهاlove for her ومنهاand from her تليدlong-held
طارف حبها ومنها تليد
إنماnothing but الحبlove طارفnewly acquired وتليدand long-held
إنما الحب طارف وتليد
Love for her is new, and from her comes the old;
The charm of her love and from it, renewal
love is nothing but the new and the old.
Indeed, love is charm and renewal
إنif أبادتshe destroyed تلكthat المليحةbeautiful woman لبيmy mind
إن أبادت تلك المليحة لبي
فغراميthen my passion منfrom حبهاlove for her لاnot يبيدperishes
فغرامي من حبها لا يبيد
If that fair one destroys my mind,
If that beauty destroyed my heart
then my passion, born of love for her, will not perish.
Then my love for her will never perish
Sol 6.1