لَوif رَأىsaw العُذّالُthe reproachers ياO حارُHar
لَو رَأى العُذّالُ يا حارُ
حُسنَthe beauty of مَنthe one whom أَحبَبتُهُI loved him حارواthey would be bewildered
حُسنَ مَن أَحبَبتُهُ حاروا
If the reproachers, O Har, could see
the beauty of the one I love, they would be bewildered.
وَلَقامَتand would arise ليfor me عَلىon account of وَلَهيmy lovesick frenzy
وَلَقامَت لي عَلى وَلَهي
عِندَهُمin their eyes فيin الحُبِّlove أَعذارُexcuses
عِندَهُم في الحُبِّ أَعذارُ
And for my lovesick frenzy I would have
excuses in love, in their eyes.
عَيَّرونيthey taunted me فيfor الهَوىlove وَعَلىand upon
عَيَّروني في الهَوى وَعَلى
مَنwhoever يَرىsees عارَthe shame of الهَوىlove العارُthe shame
مَن يَرى عارَ الهَوى العارُ
They taunted me for love, yet upon
whoever sees shame in love rests the shame.
وَاِدَّعواand they claimed وَصلاًunion وَقَدthough already نَزَحَتhad grown distant
وَاِدَّعوا وَصلاً وَقَد نَزَحَت
بِسُلَيمىwith Sulayma عَنهُمُaway from them الدارُthe dwelling
بِسُلَيمى عَنهُمُ الدارُ
And they claimed union, though far away
from them lay Sulayma's dwelling.
أَنكَروهاthey denied her إِذاwhen بَدَتshe appeared وَعَلىand around
أَنكَروها إِذا بَدَت وَعَلى
طَيفِهاher apparition لَمّاwhen اِختَفَتshe vanished دارواthey circled
طَيفِها لَمّا اِختَفَت داروا
They denied her when she appeared, yet around
her apparition, when she vanished, they circled.
ياO عَذوليmy reproacher كُفَّdesist عَنfrom عَذَليreproaching me
يا عَذولي كُفَّ عَن عَذَلي
لَيسَthere is no ليfor me بِالعَذلِfor reproach إيثارُpreference
لَيسَ لي بِالعَذلِ إيثارُ
O my reproacher, cease reproaching me;
I have no liking for reproach.
فَسَماعيfor my listening بَعدَafter مَعرِفَتيmy recognizing
فَسَماعي بَعدَ مَعرِفَتي
سَفَهَthe folly of العُذّالِthe reproachers إِنكارُdenial
سَفَهَ العُذّالِ إِنكارُ
For to listen, after I have recognized
the reproachers' folly, would be denial.
لاNo وَنورُby the light of الحُسنِbeauty ماnot خَمَدَتhas died out
لا وَنورُ الحُسنِ ما خَمَدَت
لِلهَوىof love فيin مُهجَتيmy heart نارُa fire
لِلهَوى في مُهجَتي نارُ
No, by beauty's light, it has never gone out—
the fire of love within my heart—
عَذَلَreproached اللَوامُthe faultfinders أَمor عَذَرواthey excused
عَذَلَ اللَوامُ أَم عَذَروا
عَدَلَacted justly الحُكّامُthe judges أَمor جارواthey acted unjustly
عَدَلَ الحُكّامُ أَم جاروا
whether the faultfinders blamed or excused me,
whether the judges ruled justly or unjustly.
Sol 6.1