أفاطمُO Fatima ياO تربَpeer of النجومthe stars تَركتِنيyou have left me
أفاطمُ يا تربَ النجوم تَركتِني
مُنادِمَهاtheir drinking companion ليلاًby night ولستِand you are not بنادِمَهْregretful
مُنادِمَها ليلاً ولستِ بنادِمَهْ
O Fatima, peer of the stars, you have left me
Their drinking companion by night, while you feel no regret.
فَهاso, behold أَرضِعيsuckle منfrom درِّthe milk of ريقِكِyour saliva هائماًone crazed with love
فَها أَرضِعي من درِّ ريقِكِ هائماً
جوانحُهُhis ribs حولَaround المَوارِدِthe watering places حائِمَهْhovering
جوانحُهُ حولَ المَوارِدِ حائِمَهْ
So come, suckle a love-crazed man with the milk of your saliva,
Whose ribs hover around the watering places.
ولولاand were it not for مُحالاتُthe impossibilities of المُنىhopes ماnot وجدتنِيyou would find me أَرومُI seek
ولولا مُحالاتُ المُنى ما وجدتنِي أَرومُ
رضاعاًsuckling منكِfrom you واسمُكِand your name فَاطِمَهْFatima (she who weans)
رضاعاً منكِ واسمُكِ فَاطِمَهْ
And were it not for hope’s impossibilities, you would not find me seeking
Suckling from you, though your name is Fatima.
Sol 6.1