بِفَيِّin my mouth الحَصىpebbles هَلdoes تَملَأُfill الخَلَدَthe mind الَّتيthe one who
بِفَيِّ الحَصى هَل تَملَأُ الخَلَدَ الَّتي
بِفيهاin her mouth لِرائيto the beholder العَينِthe eye سِمطُa string لَآليpearls
بِفيها لِرائي العَينِ سِمطُ لَآلي
Pebbles in my mouth! Does she fill the mind—the one
whose mouth, to the beholder’s eye, holds a string of pearls?
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle رَأَيتَyou see الآلَthe figure مِنِّيَof me قائِماًstanding
إِذا ما رَأَيتَ الآلَ مِنِّيَ قائِماً
تَقاكَhas shielded you هَجيرٌnoonday heat فيin العَيانِplain sight بِآلِwith a mirage
تَقاكَ هَجيرٌ في العَيانِ بِآلِ
Whenever you see my figure standing,
the noonday heat has shielded you, in plain sight, with a mirage.
فَلاso do not تَغبِطَنّيenvy me أَنbecause رُزِقتُI was granted نَضارَةًfreshness
فَلا تَغبِطَنّي أَن رُزِقتُ نَضارَةً
مِنَfrom الدَهرِTime وَاِنظُرand consider مَرجَعيmy return وَمَآليand my final fate
مِنَ الدَهرِ وَاِنظُر مَرجَعي وَمَآلي
So do not envy me for the freshness I was granted
by Time; and consider my return and my final fate.
وَآلِيَand my kin أَعنيI mean الأَقرِباءَthe relatives جُنودُهُits soldiers
وَآلِيَ أَعني الأَقرِباءَ جُنودُهُ
عَلىin ماwhat سَقانيit made me drink مِنof أَذىًharm وَوَأىand it promised ليto me
عَلى ما سَقاني مِن أَذىً وَوَأى لي
And my kin—I mean my relatives—are its soldiers
in the harm it has made me drink and has promised me.
Sol 6.1