مَاwhat lies بَيْنَbetween هَجْرِكَyour desertion والنَّوَىand separation
مَا بَيْنَ هَجْرِكَ والنَّوَى
قَدْindeed ذُبْتُI have melted away مِنْfrom أَلمِthe pain of الجَوىburning longing
قَدْ ذُبْتُ مِنْ أَلمِ الجَوى
Between your desertion and separation,
I have melted away from the pain of longing.
وَحَياةِby the life of حُبِّكyour love لاnot سلاceased loving
وَحَياةِ حُبِّك لا سلا
قَلْبُthe heart of المُحبِّthe lover وَلاnor نَوَىintended to
قَلْبُ المُحبِّ وَلا نَوَى
By the life of your love, never has
the lover's heart ceased loving, nor meant to.
يَاO مَنْyou who حَكَىresembled بِقَوامِهِin his stature
يَا مَنْ حَكَى بِقَوامِهِ
قَدَّthe form of القَضِيبِthe branch مُذِsince الْتَوىit bent
قَدَّ القَضِيبِ مُذِ الْتَوى
O you whose stature has mirrored
a branch's form ever since it bent.
لِيI have نَاظِرٌan eye ظَامٍthirsty إلىfor
لِي نَاظِرٌ ظَامٍ إلى
لُقْيَاكَmeeting you بِالدَّمْعِwith tears ارْتَوىhas quenched its thirst
لُقْيَاكَ بِالدَّمْعِ ارْتَوى
I have an eye that thirsts for
meeting you, yet has drunk its fill of tears.
ياO أَحْوَراًdark-eyed one عُلِّقْتُهُI was made to love him
يا أَحْوَراً عُلِّقْتُهُ
أَحْوىdark-lipped لِرقِّيof my bondage قَدْindeed حَوَىhe has taken possession
أَحْوى لِرقِّي قَدْ حَوَى
O dark-eyed one to whom I am bound,
dark-lipped, who has claimed me as his slave.
ياO فَاتِنيmy enchanter بِمَعاطِفٍwith supple curves
يا فَاتِني بِمَعاطِفٍ
سَجَدتْhave fallen prostrate لهاbefore them قُضُبُthe branches of اللِّوىthe winding dunes
سَجَدتْ لها قُضُبُ اللِّوى
O you who enchant me with supple curves,
before which the dunes' branches have fallen prostrate.
كَمْhow many ليI am owed دُيونٌdebts عِنْدَby صُدْstart of 'your temple-lock'
كَمْ لي دُيونٌ عِنْدَ صُدْ
غِكَend of 'your temple-lock' قَدْindeed لَواهَاit has deferred their payment وَالْتَوَىand it curled
غِكَ قَدْ لَواهَا وَالْتَوَى
How many debts are owed me by your
temple-lock, which has deferred their payment and curled!
مَنْwhoever قاسَcompares قَدَّكَyour stature بِالقضيwith the branch (word continues)
مَنْ قاسَ قَدَّكَ بِالقضي
بِcompletion of 'branch' رَشَاقَةًin grace فَلَقَدْthen surely غَوَىhas gone astray
بِ رَشَاقَةً فَلَقَدْ غَوَى
Whoever compares your stature to a branch
in grace has surely gone astray.
ماnot أَنْتَyou عِنْدِيin my view وَالقَضيand the branch (word continues)
ما أَنْتَ عِنْدِي وَالقَضي
بُcompletion of 'branch' اللَّدْنُsupple فيin حَدٍّa rank سَوىequal
بُ اللَّدْنُ في حَدٍّ سَوى
You and the branch are not, in my eyes,
supple though it is, of equal rank.
هَذاكthat one حَرَّكَهُstirred it الهَواthe air (word continues)
هَذاك حَرَّكَهُ الهَوا
ءُcompletion of 'air' وأَنْتَand you حَرَّكْتَyou have stirred الهَوىdesire
ءُ وأَنْتَ حَرَّكْتَ الهَوى
That one was stirred by the air;
but you have stirred desire.
Sol 6.1