حَتّىuntil مَتَىwhen أَناI صَابرٌpatient ياO هَاجِرُforsaker
حَتّى مَتَى أَنا صَابرٌ يا هَاجِرُ
أَترىdo you think? لهذَاfor this الهَجْرِestrangement عِنْدَكwith you آخِرُan end
أَترى لهذَا الهَجْرِ عِنْدَك آخِرُ
How long shall I remain patient, O you who forsake me?
How long must I be patient, oh departing one
Do you think this estrangement of yours has an end?
Do you see an end to this parting?
ماnot كُنْتُI was لَوْلاwere it not for نَظْمُthe arrangement of ثَغْرِكَyour teeth نَاظِماًa composer of verse
ما كُنْتُ لَوْلا نَظْمُ ثَغْرِكَ نَاظِماً
وَبوَصْفِand by describing ثَغْرِكَyour teeth صَحَّit was confirmed أنِّيَthat I am شاعِرُa poet
وَبوَصْفِ ثَغْرِكَ صَحَّ أنِّيَ شاعِرُ
But for the ordered row of your teeth, I would not compose verse;
I would not have been a composer, were it not for your mouth's poetry
And describing your teeth confirmed that I am a poet.
And by describing your mouth, it is proven I am a poet
وَلَقدْand indeed عَلانيspread over me لاِحْمِرَارِbecause of the redness of خُدُودهِhis cheeks
وَلَقدْ عَلاني لاِحْمِرَارِ خُدُودهِ
فَرْطُan excess of اصْفِرارٍyellow pallor حَارَwas bewildered مِنْهُby it النّاظِرُthe beholder
فَرْطُ اصْفِرارٍ حَارَ مِنْهُ النّاظِرُ
And indeed, because of his cheeks' redness, there spread over me
Surely, the excessive paleness betrayed the blush of his cheeks
A yellow pallor so intense that it bewildered the beholder.
And the onlooker was perplexed by the intense yellowness
فَاعْجَبْso marvel لَهُat it عَرَضاًan accident (dependent attribute) يَقُومُsubsists بِذَاتِهِon its own
فَاعْجَبْ لَهُ عَرَضاً يَقُومُ بِذَاتِهِ
إذْsince لَيْسَthere is not ليfor me جَسَدٌa body بِسُقْمِيَbecause of my illness ظاهِرُvisible
إذْ لَيْسَ لي جَسَدٌ بِسُقْمِيَ ظاهِرُ
So marvel at it: an attribute that subsists on its own,
So marvel at a cheek that stands by itself
For my illness has left me with no visible body.
Since I have no visible body, due to my illness
قَلْبيmy heart إليْكَtoward you يَميلُinclines طَبْعاًnaturally فيin الهَوىlove
قَلْبي إليْكَ يَميلُ طَبْعاً في الهَوى
فإِلامَso to what end? يُثْنيهِturns it away العَذُولُthe reproacher القاسِرُthe coercive one
فإِلامَ يُثْنيهِ العَذُولُ القاسِرُ
My heart inclines toward you naturally in love;
My heart naturally inclines toward you in love
To what end, then, does the coercive reproacher turn it away?
So why does the cruel one who abandons it prevent it?
وَلَقَدْand indeed عَهِدْتُI have known النارَfire شِيمَتُهاits nature الهُدىguidance
وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْتُ النارَ شِيمَتُها الهُدى
وَبنارِand by the fire of خَدِّكَyour cheek كُلُّevery قَلْبٍheart حَائِرُbewildered
وَبنارِ خَدِّكَ كُلُّ قَلْبٍ حَائِرُ
And indeed, I have known fire's nature to be guidance,
I know fire's nature is to provide light
Yet the fire of your cheek leaves every heart bewildered.
And by your cheek, every bewildered heart is set aflame
لاdo not تَخْشَfear مِنْfrom نَارٍa fire بِخَدِّكَin your cheek أُضْرِمَتْwas kindled
لا تَخْشَ مِنْ نَارٍ بِخَدِّكَ أُضْرِمَتْ
فالبَدْرُfor the full moon لِلْفَلَكِto the celestial sphere الأَثِيرِethereal مُجَاوِرُa neighbor
فالبَدْرُ لِلْفَلَكِ الأَثِيرِ مُجَاوِرُ
Do not fear a fire kindled in your cheek,
Do not fear a fire sparked by your cheek
For the full moon neighbors the ethereal sphere.
For the bright full moon keeps the stars company
Sol 6.1