أَناI فيin نُزْهَتَيْنِtwo delights منfrom بستانيmy garden
أَنا في نُزْهَتَيْنِ من بستاني
حينwhen أَخلوI am alone بهin it ومنْand from وَرَشانيmy wood pigeon
حين أَخلو به ومنْ وَرَشاني
I am amid two delights, both from my own garden,
I have two sources of delight: my garden,
when I am alone there, away from myself—and with my sweet basil beside me:
when I am alone in it, and my wood pigeon.
طائرٌa bird قَلْبُthe heart مَنْone whom يُغَنِّيهِit sings to him أولىworthier
طائرٌ قَلْبُ مَنْ يُغَنِّيهِ أولى
منهthan it عندduring الغناءِthe singing بالطيرانof taking flight
منه عند الغناءِ بالطيران
my bird. The heart of anyone it sings to is more apt
A bird—the heart of one it sings to is worthier
than the bird itself, when song begins, to take wing.
than it, when it sings, of taking flight.
مسمعٌa singer يودعdeposits المسامعthe ears ماwhatever
مسمعٌ يودع المسامع ما
شاءتْthey wished وماand what لمdid not تشأwish منof الألحانthe melodies
شاءتْ وما لم تشأ من الألحان
My singer pours into listening ears whatever
A singer that fills the ears with whatever
melodies they have wished for—and whatever they have not.
melodies they desire, and those they do not.
فيin رداءٍa cloak منof سوسنٍirises وقميصٍand a shirt
في رداءٍ من سوسنٍ وقميصٍ
زررتهbuttoned it عليهupon it تشرينانthe two Tishrins (October and November)
زررته عليه تشرينان
It wears a robe of iris and a shirt
In a cloak of irises and a shirt
buttoned upon it by the two Tishrins.
that the two Tishrins have buttoned upon it.
قدindeed تغشىhas covered لونُthe color السماءthe sky قَراهُits back
قد تغشى لونُ السماء قَراهُ
وتراءىand appeared فيon جيدهits neck الفرقدانthe two Farqad stars
وتراءى في جيده الفرقدان
Its back has clothed itself in the sky’s own hue,
The sky's color has cloaked its back,
and upon its neck the two Farqad stars appear.
and on its neck the two Farqad stars appear.
Sol 6.1