ظماءُthirsty ones العيونِof eye عصرنَthey squeezed القدودَthe slender forms
ظماءُ العيونِ عصرنَ القدودَ
كأنَّهُمُas though they عطشواthey grew thirsty فارتَوَواand so they drank their fill
كأنَّهُمُ عطشوا فارتَوَوا
The thirsty-eyed ones squeezed the slender forms;
The thirsty eyes have milked the udder
As though they had thirsted and then drunk their fill.
As if they were thirsty and got water to drink
زَهَواthey took pride بفنونin the varieties of مَلاحتهمtheir beauty
زَهَوا بفنون مَلاحتهم
وقامواand they stood علىupon سُوقِهمtheir legs فاستَوَواand then they stood upright
وقاموا على سُوقِهم فاستَوَوا
They gloried in the varied charms of their beauty,
They boasted with their flirting skills
And rose upon their legs, then stood upright.
And stood in their marketplace equalized
حوواthey possessed فتنةًallure وحوواand they possessed فطنةwit
حووا فتنةً وحووا فطنة
وقدand indeed حيروناthey bewildered us بماwith what قدindeed حَوَواthey possessed
وقد حيرونا بما قد حَوَوا
They possessed allure, and they possessed wit;
They harbored temptation and wit
And indeed, they bewildered us with what they possessed.
And confused us with what they harbored
زوواthey withheld عنfrom مُحبيهمُtheir lovers وصلَهمtheir intimacy
زووا عن مُحبيهمُ وصلَهم
ولوand if أنصفواthey acted fairly فيin الهوىlove ماnot زَوَواthey withheld
ولو أنصفوا في الهوى ما زَوَوا
They withheld their intimacy from their lovers;
They deviated from their lovers and ties
And had they been fair in love, they would not have withheld it.
If they were fair in love they wouldn't have deviated
إذاwhenever ماan emphatic particle نوواthey intended قطعناto cut us off أطمعواthey held out hope
إذا ما نووا قطعنا أطمعوا
ليختدعوناto deceive us بماwith what قدindeed نوواthey intended
ليختدعونا بما قد نووا
Whenever they intended to cut us off, they held out hope,
Whenever they intend, we are hopeful
To deceive us with what they had intended.
So they can deceive us with what they intend
فكمand how often أعرضواthey turned away بعدafter ماthat أعرضواthey turned away
فكم أعرضوا بعد ما أعرضوا
وكمand how often نَفَرواthey fled بعدafter ماthat قدindeed ثَوَواthey stayed
وكم نَفَروا بعد ما قد ثَوَوا
And how often they turned away after they had turned away!
So how much they turned away after they turned away
And how often they fled after they had stayed!
And how much they fled after they were intimate
تراهمyou see them يحومونthey hover حولaround البروجthe towers
تراهم يحومون حول البروج
قياماًstanding روواthey recounted فرطthe excess of ماhow much قدindeed هوواthey loved
قياماً رووا فرط ما قد هووا
You see them hovering around the towers,
You see them hovering around the towers
Standing, they recounted how intensely they had loved.
Standing from the excess of their passion
Sol 6.1