إننيindeed I ذاكرٌremembering لماof what أنتyou ناسِforgetful
إنني ذاكرٌ لما أنت ناسِ
ومقاسٍand enduring فيin الحبِّlove ماwhat لاnot تقاسيyou endure
ومقاسٍ في الحبِّ ما لا تقاسي
I remember what you have forgotten,
I recall what you are, O people,
And endure in love what you do not endure.
And measure in love what cannot be measured.
فإذاso if أنتyou لمnot (past negation) تُوَاسِyou console محبّاًa lover
فإذا أنت لم تُوَاسِ محبّاً
مخلصاًsincere فيin الهوىlove فمنthen who ذاthis one يواسيconsoles
مخلصاً في الهوى فمن ذا يواسي
So if you do not console a lover
So if you do not console a loving,
Sincere in love, who will console him?
Loyal one in passion, then who would console?
أيهاO you اللابسthe wearer of الجمالbeauty أتستحdo you deem… (partial word)
أيها اللابس الجمال أتستح
سنُ…good (word completion) أنto تجعلyou make السقامَsickness لباسيmy clothing
سنُ أن تجعل السقامَ لباسي
O wearer of beauty, do you deem it
O you wearing beauty, are you too shy
good to make sickness my clothing?
To make sickness my garment?
أنتyou فيin رقَّةgentleness الشمائلmanners والنعand grace (partial word)
أنت في رقَّة الشمائل والنع
مةcompletion of “grace” بِدعٌunmatched فماso why لقلبكwith your heart قاسيhard-hearted
مة بِدعٌ فما لقلبك قاسي
You are, in gentleness of manner and delicate
You are, in gentleness of features and luxury,
grace, unmatched—why, then, is your heart hard?
A wonder - so why is your heart unfeeling?
فبحسنso through the beauty of الدلالcoquetry أسَّرتyou captured قلبيmy heart
فبحسن الدلال أسَّرت قلبي
وبسوءand through the badness of الفعالdeeds شيبتyou made gray راسيmy head
وبسوء الفعال شيبت راسي
So with your lovely coquetry you captured my heart,
With the charm of coquetry you captivated my heart,
And through your ill deeds you turned my head gray.
And with the evil of deeds you whitened my head.
لمnot (past negation) أزلI cease أحرزI guard اللسانthe tongue علىfor الكتconcealment (partial word)
لم أزل أحرز اللسان على الكت
مانcompletion of “concealment” حتّىuntil تكلَّمتspoke أنفاسيmy breaths
مان حتّى تكلَّمت أنفاسي
I have always guarded my tongue to preserve
I always held back my tongue from speech
secrecy, until my breaths began to speak.
Until my breaths spoke out.
هامwas enraptured قلبيmy heart بمعدنwith the mine of الحسنbeauty حتىuntil
هام قلبي بمعدن الحسن حتى
صارcame to be فيهwithin it معادنُmines الوسواسobsessive thoughts
صار فيه معادنُ الوسواس
My heart was enraptured by the mine of beauty, until
My heart craved the essence of beauty until
Mines of obsessive thoughts arose within it.
In it were the ores of obsession.
أناI كاسٍclothed منin الصبابةardent longing والوجand passion (partial word)
أنا كاسٍ من الصبابة والوج
دِcompletion of “passion” لظبيfor a gazelle منin الملاحةloveliness كاسِclothed
دِ لظبي من الملاحة كاسِ
I am clothed in longing and ardent
I am a cup of youth and passion
passion for a gazelle clothed in loveliness.
For a gazelle of saltiness a cup.
بينbetween أجفانهhis eyelids إذاwhen مرضgrew languid اللحthe gaze (partial word)
بين أجفانه إذا مرض اللح
ظُcompletion of “gaze” سيوفٌswords لاnot تتقَىare warded off بتراسwith shields
ظُ سيوفٌ لا تتقَى بتراس
Between his eyelids, when languor takes his
Between his lids, when the moment ails,
gaze, are swords no shields can ward off.
Are swords that no shields can withstand.
مطمعٌraising hopes مخلفٌbreaking promises قريبnear بعيدٌfar
مطمعٌ مخلفٌ قريب بعيدٌ
مازجٌmingling فيin الهوىlove رجاءًhope بياسِwith despair
مازجٌ في الهوى رجاءً بياسِ
Raising hopes, breaking promises, near yet far,
A hope deferred, a near far-off,
Mingling hope with despair in love.
Blending in passion hope and despair.
فجزىso may … reward اللَهGod أهلهhis people كلevery خيرٍgood
فجزى اللَه أهله كل خيرٍ
إنهمindeed they أحسنواthey did well اشتقاقَderivation of القياسِanalogy
إنهم أحسنوا اشتقاقَ القياسِ
So may God reward his people with every blessing,
So may God reward his people with all good -
For they did well in deriving the term “analogy.”
They have excelled in deriving analogy.
Sol 6.1