أناI والجمالُand beauty
أنا والجمالُ
وهمْand they وماand what اخْتَارُواthey chose
وهمْ وما اخْتَارُوا
I and beauty;
They and what they have chosen.
سَلْask بناتthe daughters of قَلبيmy heart
سَلْ بنات قَلبي
هلwhether تَعَزَّىit found solace وَتَقرand comes to rest
هل تَعَزَّى وَتَقر
Ask the daughters of my heart:
Has it found solace and come to rest?
لاnot أَقولُI say مسبيmy captor
لا أَقولُ مسبي
ماnot بكائيmy weeping سِرْa secret
ما بكائي سِرْ
I will not name my captor;
My weeping is no secret.
قدْalready إليكto you حَسبِيenough for me
قدْ إليك حَسبِي
ليسَnot ينفعُavails الحذرcaution
ليسَ ينفعُ الحذر
Already—to you—enough for me [syntax unclear].
Caution is of no avail.
أينَwhere الاحتمالُendurance
أينَ الاحتمالُ
لاneither هُوَit ولاnor دارُa home
لا هُوَ ولا دارُ
Where is endurance?
Neither it nor a home.
بيwithin me ولاand not أَقولُI say
بي ولا أَقولُ
لتُؤخذنَّyou shall surely be held accountable بدميfor my blood
لتُؤخذنَّ بدمي
Within me—yet I do not say:
'You shall surely answer for my blood.'
خدُّكَyour cheek الأسِيلُsmooth
خدُّكَ الأسِيلُ
ملءُfilling ناظريmy gaze وفميand my mouth
ملءُ ناظري وفمي
Your smooth cheek
Fills my gaze and my mouth—
منظرٌa sight جميلُbeautiful
منظرٌ جميلُ
كلمَّاwhenever أبيحَwas laid open حُميmy sanctuary
كلمَّا أبيحَ حُمي
A beautiful sight,
Whenever my sanctuary is laid open.
ليI have بهconcerning him مقالثunclear as written
لي به مقالث
وعليهand against him ليI have ثارُvengeance
وعليه لي ثارُ
I have [unclear word] concerning him,
And vengeance to exact from him.
قَمَريmy moon وَشَمسيand my sun
قَمَري وَشَمسي
كلَّماwhenever دَجَاgrew dark زَمَنيmy time
كلَّما دَجَا زَمَني
My moon and my sun,
Whenever my days grow dark.
لوif مَلكتُI possessed نَفسيmyself
لو مَلكتُ نَفسي
لمْdid not أَحِنْI yearn ولمand did not أُهنِI am abased
لمْ أَحِنْ ولم أُهنِ
If I were master of myself,
I would neither yearn nor be abased.
دونshort of ذاكَthat أمسيI pass the evening
دون ذاكَ أمسي
وإليكَand to you فامْتَهنِso abase me
وإليكَ فامْتَهنِ
Short of that, I pass my evenings;
And I am yours—so abase me.
حِبَّذاhow delightful دلالُcoyness
حِبَّذا دلالُ
ليسthere is not عنكَfrom you إقصارُdesisting
ليس عنكَ إقصارُ
How delightful is coyness!
There is no turning away from you.
رهنُhostage to كلِّevery زَيْنِbeauty
رهنُ كلِّ زَيْنِ
لاno والذيby that which وُسمتَyou were marked بهْwith it
لا والذي وُسمتَ بهْ
Hostage to every beauty—
No, by that with which you were marked!
ضاعَwas lost كلُّevery دَيْنِdebt
ضاعَ كلُّ دَيْنِ
قُمتَyou stood دونin the way of مطلبهits collection
قُمتَ دون مطلبه
Lost is every debt
Whose collection you stood in the way of.
فيin يديكِyour two hands حَينيmy death
في يديكِ حَيني
فاقضهِso decree it أوor اقضِjudge بهby it
فاقضهِ أو اقضِ به
My death lies in your hands;
So decree it, or judge by it.
صَرَّحspoke plainly الخيالُthe vision
صَرَّح الخيالُ
ليسthere is no فيin الهوىlove عارُshame
ليس في الهوى عارُ
The vision spoke plainly:
'There is no shame in love.'
لمdid not أَشِبْI turn gray لسِنِّbecause of age
لم أَشِبْ لسِنِّ
يَقْتَضيdemands بيَof me الكِبَراold age
يَقْتَضي بيَ الكِبَرا
I did not turn gray from age
That would warrant my growing old.
أنتِyou حلتuncertain verb as written منّيfrom me
أنتِ حلت منّي
ماwhat رأَىsaw الصّباyouth وترىand you see
ما رأَى الصّبا وترى
You—[unclear verb]—from me,
What youth saw, and you see.
ثمَّthen إنif تضنّيyou are grudging
ثمَّ إن تضنّي
كيso that تقربيyou bring near الخبراthe news
كي تقربي الخبرا
Then, if you are grudging,
So that you may bring the news nearer.
أسْتَهَلI begin (uncertain reading) مالُwealth
أسْتَهَل مالُ
طالْlasted long عليَّupon me فمارُthen [unclear]
طالْ عليَّ فمارُ
I begin—wealth [reading uncertain].
It has lasted long upon me, then [unclear ending].
Sol 6.1