سَبانيtook me captive غَزالٌa gazelle أَطارَbanished الرُقادَsleep
سَباني غَزالٌ أَطارَ الرُقادَ
فَأَهلاًso welcome بِسَبيِto captivity by الغَزالِthe gazelle الرَبيبِcherished
فَأَهلاً بِسَبيِ الغَزالِ الرَبيبِ
A gazelle took me captive and banished sleep.
So welcome, captivity to the cherished gazelle!
تَفَرّدَhe stood alone بِالحُسنِin beauty دُونَto the exclusion of الحِسانِthe fair
تَفَرّدَ بِالحُسنِ دُونَ الحِسانِ
فَأَسكَنَهُso it lodged him الحُبُّlove حبّthe cores of القُلوبِhearts
فَأَسكَنَهُ الحُبُّ حبّ القُلوبِ
He stood alone in beauty among the fair,
So Love lodged him in the very cores of hearts.
وَتاهَand he gloried بِطَرفٍin a glance يَسيلُspills الدِماءَblood
وَتاهَ بِطَرفٍ يَسيلُ الدِماءَ
تَرىyou see فيهِin it حُمرَةَthe redness of سَيفٍa sword خَضيبِbloodstained
تَرى فيهِ حُمرَةَ سَيفٍ خَضيبِ
And he gloried in a glance that spills blood;
You see in it the redness of a bloodstained sword.
اِذاwhen ماever (emphatic) بَداappears طالِعاًrising وَجهُهُhis face
اِذا ما بَدا طالِعاً وَجهُهُ
طُلوعَthe rising of الهِلالِthe crescent moon بِرَغمِdespite الرَقيبِthe watcher
طُلوعَ الهِلالِ بِرَغمِ الرَقيبِ
Whenever his face appears, rising
As the crescent rises, despite the watcher,
فَأَنجُمُthen the stars of بَهجَتِناour joy فيin الطُلوعِrising
فَأَنجُمُ بَهجَتِنا في الطُلوعِ
وَأَنجُمُand the stars of وَحشَتِناour loneliness فيin الغُروبِsetting
وَأَنجُمُ وَحشَتِنا في الغُروبِ
Then the stars of our joy are rising,
And the stars of our loneliness are setting.
Sol 6.1