ياAh رُبّmany a غُصنٍbough نُورُهits light
يا رُبّ غُصنٍ نُورُه
يُزريputs to shame بِنورِthe light of الشَفقِtwilight
يُزري بِنورِ الشَفقِ
Ah, many a bough whose light
puts the light of twilight to shame!
يَظَلُّit continues طُولthroughout عُمرِهِits life
يَظَلُّ طُول عُمرِهِ
يَبكيit weeps بِجفنٍwith an eyelid أَرقِsleepless
يَبكي بِجفنٍ أَرقِ
Throughout its life it keeps
weeping with a sleepless eyelid.
صُفرَتُهُits yellowness تُخبِرُtells عَنof
صُفرَتُهُ تُخبِرُ عَن
عِشقٍlove وَلَمّاthough it has not yet يَعشَقِloved
عِشقٍ وَلَمّا يَعشَقِ
Its yellow hue tells of
love, though it has not yet loved.
نارُthe fire of المُحبِّthe lover فيin الحَشاthe breast
نارُ المُحبِّ في الحَشا
وَنارُهُand its fire فيat المَفرِقِthe crown of the head
وَنارُهُ في المَفرِقِ
The lover's fire is in the breast,
and its fire is at the crown of the head.
لاحَit shone لَناfor us فيat مَغرِبٍsunset
لاحَ لَنا في مَغرِبٍ
فَرَدَّناthen it brought us back فيinto مَشرِقِsunrise
فَرَدَّنا في مَشرِقِ
It shone for us at sunset,
then brought us back into sunrise.
Sol 6.1