ياoh طيبَsweetness ليلتِناour night بصحبةٍin the company of غادةٍa graceful maiden
يا طيبَ ليلتِنا بصحبةٍ غادةٍ
حسناءَbeautiful ناعمةِtender الشبّابyouth كعابِa maiden with budding breasts
حسناءَ ناعمةِ الشبّاب كعابِ
Oh, how sweet our night in the company of a graceful maiden,
Oh beautiful night with a graceful companion
beautiful, tender in youth, with budding breasts.
Beautiful and soft cheeked like a young gazelle
عطفتْshe bent أناملَهاher fingertips لتقرعَto beat دفّهاher tambourine
عطفتْ أناملَها لتقرعَ دفّها
فقرعتُso I knocked أبواباًdoors منof الأطْرابِthe raptures
فقرعتُ أبواباً من الأطْرابِ
She bent her fingertips to beat her tambourine,
Her fingertips strummed to beat her drum
so I knocked at doors of rapture.
So I rapped on doors of passion
ودهشتُand I was astonished حينَwhen رأيتُI saw فيin غلَسِgloom الدُّجىthe night’s darkness
ودهشتُ حينَ رأيتُ في غلَسِ الدُّجى
شمساًa sun تصكّstriking البدرَthe full moon بالعُنّابِwith jujubes
شمساً تصكّ البدرَ بالعُنّابِ
And I marveled when, in the gloom of night, I saw
I was amazed when in the darkness of night
a sun striking the full moon with jujubes.
I saw a sun hitting the full moon with blazing light
حَسّتْshe felt (unclear in context) بوجنتهاwith her cheek وفاحمِand jet-black صدغِهاher temple-lock
حَسّتْ بوجنتها وفاحمِ صدغِها
كالبدرِlike the full moon مُلتحفاًwrapped بريشِin the feathers of غرابa raven
كالبدرِ مُلتحفاً بريشِ غراب
She felt her cheek and her jet-black temple-lock [wording unclear],
I felt her rosy cheek and temple
like the full moon wrapped in a raven’s feathers.
Like the moon covered in raven's feathers bright
Sol 6.1