ليI have رَفيقٌa companion شَهمُgallant الفُؤادِof the heart يَمانيYemeni
لي رَفيقٌ شَهمُ الفُؤادِ يَماني
غَزِلٌamorous فيin قصافَةِdelicate slenderness القُضبانِthe boughs
غَزِلٌ في قصافَةِ القُضبانِ
I have a companion, gallant of heart, Yemeni;
I have a boon companion, courageous and true,
Amorous, with the delicate slenderness of boughs.
A song imprisoned behind these bars,
لاnot يُغنّيhe sings فيin العَظمِthe bone إِلّاexcept إِذاwhen أَصbe- (start of أصبح)
لا يُغنّي في العَظمِ إِلّا إِذا أَص
بَحَ-comes (completion of أصبح) نَشوانdrunk مِنfrom نَجيعٍblood قانيcrimson
بَحَ نَشوان مِن نَجيعٍ قاني
He sings in bone only when he be-
That sings not save when night
comes drunk on crimson blood.
Falls dark from a campsite afar.
Sol 6.1