لَمَّاwhen رَأَتْshe saw عُشّاقَهَاher lovers قَدْalready أَحْدَقُواthey encircled
لَمَّا رَأَتْ عُشّاقَهَا قَدْ أَحْدَقُوا
مِنْbecause of حُسْنِهَاher beauty بِحَدائِقِwith gardens of الأَحْدَاقِthe eyes
مِنْ حُسْنِهَا بِحَدائِقِ الأَحْدَاقِ
When she saw her lovers had encircled her,
drawn by her beauty, with gardens of eyes,
شَغَلَتْshe put to use سَوادَthe blackness of عُيُونِهِمْtheir eyes فيin شَعْرِهَاher hair
شَغَلَتْ سَوادَ عُيُونِهِمْ في شَعْرِهَا
وَتَوَشَّحَتْand she draped herself بِبَياضِهِنَّin their whiteness الباقيremaining
وَتَوَشَّحَتْ بِبَياضِهِنَّ الباقي
she used the black of their eyes in her hair,
and draped herself in their remaining white.
وَارْجِعْand return إلىto حُسْنِthe beauty of الوَفَاءِfidelity فَإِنَّfor indeed قُبْfirst part of 'ugliness'
وَارْجِعْ إلى حُسْنِ الوَفَاءِ فَإِنَّ قُبْ
حَcompletion of 'ugliness' الغَدْرِbetrayal حُجَّةَgrounds for سَلْوَةِforgetting love المُشْتاقِthe yearning lover
حَ الغَدْرِ حُجَّةَ سَلْوَةِ المُشْتاقِ
And return to the beauty of fidelity, for the ugli-
-ness of betrayal is the yearning lover's reason to forget.
والحُسْنُand beauty لَيْسَis not بِحَافِظٍa keeper of لَكَfor you ذِمَّةًa pledge
والحُسْنُ لَيْسَ بِحَافِظٍ لَكَ ذِمَّةً
إِلّاexcept بِحِفْظِكَby your keeping ذِمَّةَthe covenant of العُشّاقِthe lovers
إِلّا بِحِفْظِكَ ذِمَّةَ العُشّاقِ
And beauty will not keep faith with you
unless you keep faith with lovers.
يَاO عَاجِلاًone hastening بِالهَجْرِto abandonment مِنْهُfrom him وَجَاعِلاًand placing
يَا عَاجِلاً بِالهَجْرِ مِنْهُ وَجَاعِلاً
بَيْنَbetween الجَوَانِحِthe ribs لاعِجَthe searing flame of الأَشْوَاقِlongings
بَيْنَ الجَوَانِحِ لاعِجَ الأَشْوَاقِ
O you who hasten to forsake him, and place
between the ribs the searing flame of longing:
مَاnot حَقُّthe rightful due of قَلبٍa heart قَدْhas صَفَاgrown pure لَكَfor you وُدُّهits affection
مَا حَقُّ قَلبٍ قَدْ صَفَا لَكَ وُدُّه
تَقْطيعُهtearing it apart بِقَطيعَةٍby estrangement وَفِرَاقِand separation
تَقْطيعُه بِقَطيعَةٍ وَفِرَاقِ
a heart whose love for you has been pure does not deserve
to be torn apart by estrangement and separation.
مَعْdespite ذَاthis وَذَاand that كَيْفَhowever اشْتَهَيْتَyou wish فَكُنْthen be أَناI الthe
مَعْ ذَا وَذَا كَيْفَ اشْتَهَيْتَ فَكُنْ أَنا ال
موثوقُtrusted بِيin me فيin صِحَّةِthe soundness of المِيثاقِthe covenant
موثوقُ بِي في صِحَّةِ المِيثاقِ
Despite this and that, be as you wish; I am the
one trusted to keep the covenant sound.
وَعَلىand upon مَذَاقِthe taste of المُرِّbitterness مِنْfrom ثَمَرِthe fruit of الجَفَاcruelty
وَعَلى مَذَاقِ المُرِّ مِنْ ثَمَرِ الجَفَا
يَبْلَىis worn down الصَّحيحُthe sincere one هَوىًin love مِنَby المُذَّاقِthe falsehearted
يَبْلَى الصَّحيحُ هَوىً مِنَ المُذَّاقِ
And at the bitter taste of cruelty's fruit,
the true-hearted lover is worn down by the falsehearted.
Sol 6.1