أيهاO القصرthe palace أترعىwill you honor? عهدناour covenant
أيها القصر أترعى عهدنا
وتفىand remain faithful إنif عزis scarce فيamong الناسpeople الوفىthe faithful
وتفى إن عز في الناس الوفى
O palace, will you honor our covenant
O palace, do you nurture our covenant
and remain faithful, if the faithful are scarce among people?
And fulfill, if loyalty is dear to people, the loyal one's vow
لاdo not تُضعlose عندكin your keeping أسرارsecrets الهوىlove
لا تُضع عندك أسرار الهوى
واختزنهاand store them فيin الزواياthe corners والحنِىand the arched niches
واختزنها في الزوايا والحنِى
Do not lose the secrets of love in your keeping;
Do not let the secrets of love be lost in you
and store them in the corners and arched niches.
And keep them in the nooks and soft places
واتخذand set ختماa seal علىupon أشيائهits belongings
واتخذ ختما على أشيائه
إنindeed أشياءpossessions الهوىlove كنزa treasure سنىsplendid
إن أشياء الهوى كنز سنى
And set a seal upon its belongings:
And take a seal over its things
love's possessions are indeed a splendid treasure.
For the things of love are treasures of intimacy
ذكرياتmemories كلماwhenever حركتهاyou stir them
ذكريات كلما حركتها
ضاعwafts منfrom جدرانكyour walls المسكmusk الزكيfragrant
ضاع من جدرانك المسك الزكي
Memories—whenever you stir them,
Memories, whenever stirred
fragrant musk wafts from your walls.
The pure musk is lost from your walls
قُبَلkisses لمdid not يحصهاcount them إلاexcept الهوىlove
قُبَل لم يحصها إلا الهوى
طِبنthey were sweet بالصبحat dawn وطيبنand they sweetened العشيthe evening
طِبن بالصبح وطيبن العشي
Kisses that none but love has counted:
Kisses that only love can count
they were sweet at dawn and sweetened the evening.
Fragrant in the morn and fragrant in the eve
يجدsenses الجسمthe body لهاof them همساa whisper كماas when
يجد الجسم لها همسا كما
خفقfluttered السنبلears of grain أوor رنَchimed الحلىjewelry
خفق السنبل أو رنَ الحلى
The body senses their whisper, as when
The body finds for it a whisper like
ears of grain flutter or jewelry chimes.
The rustle of wheat or the tinkle of trinkets
وعناقand an embrace كالجفونlike the eyelids اشتبكتclasped together
وعناق كالجفون اشتبكت
والغصينand the twig التفtwined باللدنaround the supple one الطرىtender
والغصين التف باللدن الطرى
And an embrace like eyelids clasped together,
And an embrace where the eyelids intertwined
and a twig twined around a supple, tender branch.
And the branch bent into the soft cheek
أيهاO القصرthe palace أنقضىhas it ended? عُرسthe wedding الهوىlove
أيها القصر أنقضى عُرس الهوى
وطوىand folded away الإِصباحdawn ليلthe night الأنسintimacy طىa thorough folding
وطوى الإِصباح ليل الأنس طى
O palace, has love's wedding ended,
O palace, the wedding of love is over
and has dawn completely folded away the night of intimacy?
And the dawn has folded the night of intimacy
وقديماand long ago فيin اللياليthe nights لمdid not تدمendure
وقديما في الليالي لم تدم
بهجةjoy العرسthe wedding ولمand did not يبقremain الدوِىthe clamor
بهجة العرس ولم يبق الدوِى
And in the nights of old, there did not endure
And long ago on nights, the delight
the wedding's joy, nor did the clamor remain.
Of the wedding did not last, nor did the atmosphere
Sol 6.1