غَداhe became نَافِراًskittish يُدْنيbrings near الهَوَىlove وهُوَand he is شَاحِطُfar away
غَدا نَافِراً يُدْني الهَوَى وهُوَ شَاحِطُ
وَكَمْand how often جَهْدَwith great effort ماemphatic particle أَرْضَىhe gratified الهَوَىlove وَهْوَand he is سَاخِطُdispleased
وَكَمْ جَهْدَ ما أَرْضَى الهَوَى وَهْوَ سَاخِطُ
He has grown skittish, drawing love near though he is far away.
Tomorrow he departs, bringing love near while he is downcast,
And how often, with great effort, he has gratified love though displeased!
And how much effort does love accept while it is discontent?
تَرحَّلdeparted عَنَّاfrom us وَصْلُهُhis union وَهْوَand he is عَادِلٌjust
تَرحَّل عَنَّا وَصْلُهُ وَهْوَ عَادِلٌ
وَخَيَّمَand encamped فِيناamong us هَجْرُهُhis abandonment وَهْوَand he is قاسِطُunjust
وَخَيَّمَ فِينا هَجْرُهُ وَهْوَ قاسِطُ
Union with him has departed from us, while he is just;
Its union left us while it was just,
And his abandonment has pitched camp among us, while he is unjust.
And its separation settled upon us while it was unfair.
يُغالِطُنيtries to deceive me بِالبَدْرِwith the full moon عَنْهُaway from him عَواذِليmy reprovers
يُغالِطُني بِالبَدْرِ عَنْهُ عَواذِلي
وَعَنْand about مِثْلِهone like him بِالبَدْرِwith the full moon كَيْفَhow أُغالِطُI delude myself
وَعَنْ مِثْلِه بِالبَدْرِ كَيْفَ أُغالِطُ
My reprovers try to beguile me away from him with the full moon;
It deceives me with the full moon about it, my intimates,
Yet how could I delude myself about one like him with the full moon?
And about its like with the full moon, how can I deceive?
غَزالٌa gazelle يَبيتُspends the night الصَّبُّthe lovelorn lover فيin لَيْلِthe night of صَدِّهِhis rejection
غَزالٌ يَبيتُ الصَّبُّ في لَيْلِ صَدِّهِ
يَخبُّhe trots اعْتِسافاًwithout guidance وهوَand he is حَيْرانُbewildered خَابِطُstumbling
يَخبُّ اعْتِسافاً وهوَ حَيْرانُ خَابِطُ
A gazelle—the lovelorn lover spends the night in the darkness of his rejection,
A gazelle spends the night with yearning in the night of its repulsion,
Trotting blindly, bewildered and stumbling.
It hides, confused, while it is a wandering, searching lover.
شَرائِطُهُhis conditions فيin الحُبِّlove غَيْرُnot وَفيَّةٍhonored
شَرائِطُهُ في الحُبِّ غَيْرُ وَفيَّةٍ
وَكَيْفand how تُوفىare honored مِنْby حَبيبٍa beloved شَرائِطُconditions
وَكَيْف تُوفى مِنْ حَبيبٍ شَرائِطُ
His conditions in love are not honored;
Its promises in love are not faithful,
And how could conditions be honored by a beloved?
And how can the promises of a lover be fulfilled?
يَسلُّhe unsheathes عَلَيْنَاagainst us مُرْهَفاتِkeen blades لَواحِظٍsidelong glances
يَسلُّ عَلَيْنَا مُرْهَفاتِ لَواحِظٍ
لهاfor them كلَّevery يَوْمٍday مِنْfrom يَدِthe hand of السِّحْرِmagic خَارِطُa blade-polisher
لها كلَّ يَوْمٍ مِنْ يَدِ السِّحْرِ خَارِطُ
He unsheathes against us the keen blades of sidelong glances;
It sends down to us the glances of a flirtatious one,
Each day they have a blade-polisher from the hand of magic.
For them, every day the hand of magic produces a mapped out land.
Sol 6.1