جَوْرُtyranny الهوىlove ليسis not منa kind of الجورِtyranny
جَوْرُ الهوى ليس من الجورِ
فَغُرَّso deceive فيconcerning تَرْكِforsaking الهوىlove غيريsomeone other than me
فَغُرَّ في تَرْكِ الهوى غيري
Love’s tyranny is no tyranny.
Love's tyranny is no tyranny.
Let someone other than me be beguiled into forsaking love.
So deceive someone other than me into forsaking love.
طيَّرَsent flying عقليmy mind حبُّlove for حوريَّةٍa houri
طيَّرَ عقلي حبُّ حوريَّةٍ
عدوتُI exceeded فيin حبيmy love لهاfor her طَوْريmy bounds
عدوتُ في حبي لها طَوْري
Love of a houri sent my reason flying.
Love for a houri sent my mind flying.
In my love for her, I overstepped my bounds.
In my love for her, I have overstepped my bounds.
فرعاءُa long-haired woman ينبوrises away الكَوْرُthe turban's coil عنfrom فَرْعهاher locks
فرعاءُ ينبو الكَوْرُ عن فَرْعها
كأنهas though it were كُورٌa camel's saddle علىupon كَوْرa turban coil
كأنه كُورٌ على كَوْر
Luxuriant-haired—the turban-wrap bulges away from her tresses,
A long-haired beauty: the turban's coil rises above her locks,
as though it were a camel saddle atop a turban coil.
as though it were a camel's saddle atop a turban coil.
Sol 6.1