إلمامُهاher brief visit أهدَىbrought إلىto الصَّبِّthe lovesick lover لَمَمْa touch of madness
إلمامُها أهدَى إلى الصَّبِّ لَمَمْ
إذwhen طَرَقَتْshe visited by night وهْناًlate at night فَحَيَّتْthen she greeted منfrom أَمَمْnearby
إذ طَرَقَتْ وهْناً فَحَيَّتْ من أَمَمْ
Her brief visit brought the lovesick lover a touch of madness,
Her knowledge led to perseverance against hardships,
When she came late at night and greeted him from nearby.
When she knocked weakly, so she was revived from worries.
لاعِبةٌa playful woman زارَتْshe visited مُجِدّاًan earnest man لَعِبَتْhad toyed
لاعِبةٌ زارَتْ مُجِدّاً لَعِبَتْ
بهwith him السُّرىnight travel والأرحبيَّاتُand Arhab she-camels الرُّسُمْswift-paced
به السُّرى والأرحبيَّاتُ الرُّسُمْ
A playful woman visited an earnest man, whom
A playful one visited glory, she played
Night travel and swift-paced Arhab she-camels had toyed with.
With it the paths and spacious roads evenly.
باتَتْshe spent the night تُريهshowing him البانَthe bān tree وهوwhile it was مُغْرِبٌwondrous
باتَتْ تُريه البانَ وهو مُغْرِبٌ
فيin حَمْلِهits bearing الوردَroses الجنيَّfreshly picked والعَنَمْand red ʿanam fruit
في حَمْلِه الوردَ الجنيَّ والعَنَمْ
She spent the night showing him a bān tree, wondrous
She spent the night showing him the full moon while he was setting,
In bearing freshly picked roses and red ʿanam fruit,
In his presence the picked roses and meadows.
وطَلعةًand a face سالَمmade peace with ضوءُthe light of صُبحِهاits dawn
وطَلعةً سالَم ضوءُ صُبحِها
ظلامَهاits darkness والصُّبحُthough dawn حَربٌan enemy للظُّلَمْto darkness
ظلامَها والصُّبحُ حَربٌ للظُّلَمْ
And a face whose dawnlight made peace
And at dawn the light of her morning greeted,
With its darkness, though dawn is the enemy of darkness.
Her darkness, and the dawn is war against the darkness.
وقدand indeed عفاhad flourished مَنزِلُهاher dwelling بقلبِهin his heart
وقد عفا مَنزِلُها بقلبِه
كماas عفاhad faded away منزلُهاher dwelling بذيat Dhū سَلَمْSalam
كما عفا منزلُها بذي سَلَمْ
And her dwelling had flourished in his heart,
His home has forgiven her in his heart,
As her dwelling at Dhū Salam had faded away.
As her home forgave the one from Salam.
أحَلَّهاhe lodged her منهwithin it مَحَلاًin a dwelling صَدَداًclose at hand
أحَلَّها منه مَحَلاً صَدَداً
لاneither الرِّيحُthe wind تَعفوهُeffaces it ولاnor صَوبُthe downpour of الدِّيَمْsteady rains
لا الرِّيحُ تَعفوهُ ولا صَوبُ الدِّيَمْ
He lodged her within it, in a place close at hand,
She made him a place of high and rugged terrain,
Which neither wind nor the downpour of steady rains can erase.
Neither does the wind subside it nor the blowing rain.
ياO كَذِبَfalsehood of القُربِnearness المُفيدِbestowing نِعمةًa blessing
يا كَذِبَ القُربِ المُفيدِ نِعمةً
منهاfrom her وياand O صِدْقَtruth of البُعادِseparation المُنتَقِمُthat takes revenge
منها ويا صِدْقَ البُعادِ المُنتَقِمُ
O falsehood of nearness, granting a blessing
Oh lies of nearness that brings benefit,
From her, and O truth of separation, taking revenge!
And oh truth of distance that takes revenge!
لاdo not تُنْكِراyou two find strange فَرطَthe excess of سَقاميmy sickness إنماonly
لا تُنْكِرا فَرطَ سَقامي إنما
حَمَلْتُI took upon myself عنon behalf of أجفانِهاher eyelids بَعضَsome of السَّقَمْlanguor
حَمَلْتُ عن أجفانِها بَعضَ السَّقَمْ
Do not, you two, find my extreme sickness strange; I have only
Do not deny the excess of my sickness, I only
Taken upon myself some of her eyelids' languor.
Carried from her eyelids some of the sickness.
آنستُI found comfort منهاfrom her بخَيالٍin an apparition آنسٍcomforting
آنستُ منها بخَيالٍ آنسٍ
يُسابِقُit outraces الغُمْضَsleep إذاwhenever الغُمْضُsleep ألَمّdraws near
يُسابِقُ الغُمْضَ إذا الغُمْضُ ألَمّ
I found comfort in a comforting apparition of her,
I felt comfort from her imagination that comforts,
That outraces sleep whenever sleep draws near.
Competing with drowsiness when drowsiness hurts.
وعارضٍand a storm-cloud أكلاُI watch منهfrom it بارِقاًa lightning flash
وعارضٍ أكلاُ منه بارِقاً
كالنارِlike fire شبَّتْblazed up فيon ذُرىthe peaks of طَوْدٍa mountain أشَمّlofty
كالنارِ شبَّتْ في ذُرى طَوْدٍ أشَمّ
And a storm-cloud whose lightning I watch,
And opposing I see lightning flashing from it,
Like fire blazing on the peaks of a lofty mountain.
Like fire kindled in the fuel of pressed perfume.
إذاwhen ادلهمَّit darkened ابتسمَتْsmiled لشائمٍfor a lightning-watcher
إذا ادلهمَّ ابتسمَتْ لشائمٍ
أقطارُهits far reaches فاختلَفتْso differed منهfrom it الشِّيَمْdispositions
أقطارُه فاختلَفتْ منه الشِّيَمْ
When it darkened, there smiled for a lightning-watcher
When cares frown, the horizons of her smile differed,
Its far reaches; its moods were thus at odds.
And so her reproaches departed from her.
كأنهas though it were نَشوانُa drunken man جَرَّdragged ذَيلَهhis train
كأنه نَشوانُ جَرَّ ذَيلَه
فكلَّماso whenever رِيعَhe was startled انتضَىhe unsheathed عَضْباًa keen sword خَذِمْcleaving
فكلَّما رِيعَ انتضَى عَضْباً خَذِمْ
As though it were a drunken man trailing his train,
As if it is the waving of a tail by an angry lion,
So whenever startled, he unsheathed a keen, cleaving sword.
So whenever it roared it ignited rage and resentment.
حتىuntil إذاwhen الرَّعدُthunder انبرَتْbroke forth ألسُنُهits tongues
حتى إذا الرَّعدُ انبرَتْ ألسُنُه
كأنماas though يَخلِطُit mingles لَحْناًa melody بكَلِمْwith words
كأنما يَخلِطُ لَحْناً بكَلِمْ
Until, when thunder's tongues broke forth,
Until when the thunder sounded its tongues,
As though mingling melody with words,
As if mixing tunes with speech.
فاطَّرَدَthen flowed steadily الماءُthe water علىover أرجائِهits reaches
فاطَّرَدَ الماءُ على أرجائِه
ونارُهand its fire منfrom كلِّevery أفقٍhorizon تَضطَرِمُblazes
ونارُه من كلِّ أفقٍ تَضطَرِمُ
Then water streamed across its reaches,
So the rain poured upon its edges,
And its fire blazed from every horizon.
And its fire blazed from every horizon.
Sol 6.1