مُقلَتيmy eye هَلdo الشُؤونthe tear ducts
مُقلَتي هَل الشُؤون
نارfire الوَجيبthe throbbing
نار الوَجيب
My eye, do the tear ducts
My eyes, what troubles
The fire of throbbing
Ignite this inner fire
تَشعلkindle أَمor مِنfrom أَوارىmy blaze
تَشعل أَم مِن أَوارى
يُرجىis hoped for سَكيبan outpouring
يُرجى سَكيب
Kindle—or from my blaze
Or does it pour from hidden sorrows
Is an outpouring hoped for?
In hope of relief
عاذليmy reproacher كَمhow long ذاthis تَلومyou blame
عاذلي كَم ذا تَلوم
بادىshowing الضَنىthe wasting sickness
بادى الضَنى
My reproacher, how long will you blame
My tormentor, why do you blame
One whose wasting is plain?
The spreading misery
قاتليmy slayer فيهِwith him أَهيمI am lost in love
قاتلي فيهِ أَهيم
وَإِنand even if أَنىhe delays
وَإِن أَنى
My slayer—with him I am lost in love,
Kill me with burning anguish
Even if he delays.
However it may be
لَيسَthere is not ليfor me مِماof what أَرومI seek
لَيسَ لي مِما أَروم
إِلاexcept العَناsuffering
إِلا العَنا
I have nothing of what I seek
I have no control over my longing
But suffering.
Except sighing
أَيwhat شَيءthing مثليlike me يَكونcould be
أَي شَيء مثلي يَكون
غَيرَother than وَجيبthrobbing
غَيرَ وَجيب
What could one like me be
What else could I be
Other than a throbbing
But a melting candle
يَنزلdescends وَماand not شِعاريmy emblem
يَنزل وَما شِعاري
إِلّاexcept الشحوبpallor
إِلّا الشحوب
That descends? And my emblem is nothing
That drips with no banner
But pallor.
Except pallor
بيin me رَشاa young gazelle ماليI have none سِواهbut him
بي رَشا مالي سِواه
ماhow أَعطَراfragrant
ما أَعطَرا
A young gazelle possesses me; I have none but him.
Nothing adorns me but tears
How fragrant he is!
How fragrant
وَالحَشاand the heart أَخفىconcealed هَواهlove for him
وَالحَشا أَخفى هَواه
فَأَظهَراthen revealed it
فَأَظهَرا
And my heart concealed its love for him,
Passion hides its love
Then revealed it.
Yet appears
إِنif فَشاspread abroad فَكَمso how often طَواهfolded it away
إِن فَشا فَكَم طَواه
أَنto يَنشُراunfold it
أَن يَنشُرا
If it spread, how often my heart folded it away
If it's revealed, how much it covers
To unfold it.
Lest it spreads
أَيwhat a طيfolding away وَلاand no مُعينhelper
أَي طي وَلا مُعين
إِلّاexcept غُروبbuckets; here, streams of tears
إِلّا غُروب
What a folding away! And no helper
No shelter or ally
Save buckets of tears
Except sunset's arrival
تهملpour down وَلاand no اِنتِصاريmy triumph
تهمل وَلا اِنتِصاري
سِوىexcept نَجيبa noble one
سِوى نَجيب
That pour down; and I have no triumph
It wastes me, no vengeance for me
Save through a noble one.
Except from the noble one
وَالمُنىand wishes طبmedicine العَريكthe battered one
وَالمُنى طب العَريك
إِنif يَستَنالit can be obtained
إِن يَستَنال
And wishes are medicine for the battered,
Comfort for the chaste
If it can be obtained.
If attained
ماwhat عَلىconcerning هذىthese الشُجونthe sorrows
ما عَلى هذى الشُجون
ياO مُستَنيبone seeking a substitute
يا مُستَنيب
What of these sorrows,
This passion is not reasonable
O you who seek a substitute?
Oh you who lights my fire
تَعقلyou bind عقلthe binding الشعارthe undergarment
تَعقل عقل الشعار
عَلىagainst الضَريبthe frost
عَلى الضَريب
You bind as one binds an undergarment
Be rational like the lover's passion
Against the frost.
For the darling
مُشتهىdesired one عَينيof my eye تمرyou pass
مُشتهى عَيني تمر
مِنfrom الرَبضthe outskirts
مِن الرَبض
You, my eye's desire, pass
My eye's desire passes
From the outskirts.
From a wink
عَلهاperhaps it يَوماًone day تقرfinds repose
عَلها يَوماً تقر
أَوor تَغتمضcloses
أَو تَغتمض
Perhaps one day it will find repose
One day may it rest
Or close.
Or be downcast
هبgrant لَهاto it حيناa while تُسرit is gladdened
هب لَها حينا تُسر
أَولاor if not فَغضthen lower your gaze
أَولا فَغض
Grant it a moment of gladness,
Grant it joy someday
Or else lower your gaze.
First be annoyed
ياO رَشاyoung gazelle تلكَthose الجُفونthe eyelids
يا رَشا تلكَ الجُفون
بِذيupon these القُلوبthe hearts
بِذي القُلوب
O young gazelle, those eyelids
Oh you noble one, those eyelids
Upon these hearts
With ardent hearts
تفعلdo فعلthe work الشفارthe blades
تفعل فعل الشفار
لَدىduring الحُروبthe battles
لَدى الحُروب
Do the work of blades
Act like the enchanter
In battle.
In times of strife
بئسwretched is ماwhat رامَsought الرَقيبthe watcher
بئس ما رامَ الرَقيب
وَماand what سَعىhe strove for
وَما سَعى
Wretched is what the watcher sought
Evil is what the spy intended
And what he strove for.
And pursued
كُلَماwhenever يَبدوappears الحَبيبthe beloved
كُلَما يَبدو الحَبيب
بَداhe appeared معاtogether
بَدا معا
Whenever the beloved appears,
Whenever the beloved appears
He appears alongside him.
He appears too
طالَماhow often أَشدوI sing أَجيبI answer
طالَما أَشدو أَجيب
منwhoever ودعاbade farewell
من ودعا
How often I sing and answer
Long have I responded to his calls
Whoever bade farewell.
And farewells
كَضمىunclear as supplied فليولunclear as supplied أَلينpossibly softer; unclear here
كَضمى فليول أَلين
أذلpossibly more abject; unclear here أَميبunclear as supplied
أذل أَميب
[Meaning unclear in the supplied text.]
Like the thirsty, so let me quench
[Meaning unclear in the supplied text.]
The most humble water-bearer
كَرذلpossibly like a vile one; unclear here ذميتunclear as supplied بطاريunclear as supplied
كَرذل ذميت بطاري
شوunclear as supplied الرَقيبthe watcher
شو الرَقيب
[Meaning unclear in the supplied text.]
Like the base, I've blamed my innocence
[Unclear] the watcher.
What's with the spy?
Sol 6.1