يا خل ما أجملك — Al Khafnji — Saqi

يا خل ما أجملك
مالك نظير في الملاح
O beloved, how beautiful you are!
You have no equal among the fair.
يا قد ما أطولك
أخزيت سمر الرماح
O stature, how tall you are!
You have shamed the tawny spears.
أو الهبل عدلك
على مهب الرياح
Or is the habal your equal
where the winds blow?
السمر يركعن لك
ومن رناك السفاح
The tawny spears bow to you,
and your gaze brings slaughter.
لك في السويدا مقر لكن
سمعت السحر أرخى عليك الذفر
You have a dwelling in the heart's core, but
I heard that magic let its pungent scent descend upon you.
من في الحلا جعدلك
وذر سكر وراح
Who curled your hair in beauty,
and sprinkled sugar and wine,
وبالدعج كحلك
ودهنك في الصباح
and lined your eyes with deep blackness,
and anointed you in the morning?
ولو أحد يسدلك
بالكرت ما قلت آخ
Even if someone thrust at you
with the kart, you would not say 'Ow.'
شادن شرد من شبام
زارط وشارب غلام
A young gazelle, fled from Shibam—
a gluttonous, drinking lad.
ما يفتهم له كلام
في جلسته يزبلك
Not a word of his can be understood.
In his company, he heaps abuse on you.
تشتى تقل له تحاح
وبا الصفاد يقتلك
You want to tell him, 'Tahaah!'
And he kills you with fetters.
عليه بالاحذى رداح
واصل محبك بحين
Lay into him hard with shoes!
Come to your lover for a while,
فجور لله أبوك
على اللقا يا رزين
you libertine—God bless your father!
For a tryst, O solemn one,
ساعه وبعدا نبوك
يا من خدوده جحين
an hour; afterward we'll copulate.
O you whose cheeks are two melons,
قل لي لمن حجبوك
ما أطعم العنبرود
tell me, for whom have they hidden you?
How tasty the pear is
في ظل دوحه برود
ومطبخيه هندود
in a spreading tree's cool shade!
And a cooked dish of hindud—
تفعل خويض لي ولك
وندقعه قاح بقاح
you make a little mixture for me and you,
and we'll pound it, qah against qah.
جى عندنا نجعلك
حاكم وندعى صلاح
Come to us; we'll make you
a ruler, and we'll claim righteousness.
فانصت لهذا الكلام
فهو مروحن شراح
So listen to these words,
for they refresh the spirit and bring cheer.