هذاthis الفؤادthe heart بليhas been afflicted بأحwith the fairest (opening fragment)
هذا الفؤاد بلي بأح
سَنcompletion of 'fairest' منof those who حليwas adorned
سَن من حلي
This heart was smitten by one fair—
This heart has been afflicted with the fair-
—er than anyone arrayed
-est of those adorned,
فوقabove المنابرthe pulpits والمزاand the lutes (opening fragment)
فوق المنابر والمزا
هرcompletion of 'lutes' والغلائلand the fine robes والحليand the jewelry
هر والغلائل والحلي
upon minbars and lu—
Above the pulpits and the lu-
—tes, in sheer robes and jewels.
-tes, and the fine robes and the jewelry.
فإذاso when وقفتI stood علىupon الرياthe gardens (opening fragment)
فإذا وقفت على الريا
ضcompletion of 'gardens' الزاهراتthe blooming ones الغزّليthe amorous ones (uncertain form)
ض الزاهرات الغزّلي
And when I paused beside the gar—
So when I stand upon the gar-
—dens, radiant in bloom, the lovers were
-dens, blooming and amorous,
تحتbeneath الغياضthe groves المسبلاletting hang (opening fragment)
تحت الغياض المسبلا
تfeminine-plural ending of 'letting hang' ثمارهاtheir fruit بتهدّلwith drooping
ت ثمارها بتهدّل
beneath dense groves that let
Beneath the groves that let hang—
their fruit hang drooping;
—their fruit, drooping,
والماءand the water يجريflows تحتهاbeneath them
والماء يجري تحتها
بترَسّلwith gentleness وتسلسُلand continuous flow
بترَسّل وتسلسُل
while water flows beneath them,
And the water flows beneath them,
gently, in unbroken succession.
With gentleness and an unbroken flow,
وسألتand I asked عنكabout you فقدthen indeed قصدintended (verb stem)
وسألت عنك فقد قصد
تI (verb ending) وكنand be أدلmore revealing عليّof me ليto me
ت وكن أدل عليّ لي
And I asked after you, for I had sought—
And ask after you, then I have indeed inten-
—you. Be more coy with me—for my sake.
-ded; and be more revealing of me to myself.
Sol 6.1