إنif تفاءَلْتَyou augured well ليfor me بفألِwith an omen of السُّرورِjoy
إن تفاءَلْتَ لي بفألِ السُّرورِ
ونجاةٍand deliverance منfrom سَطْوَةِthe onslaught of المَحْذُورِwhat is feared
ونجاةٍ من سَطْوَةِ المَحْذُورِ
If you have augured for me an omen of joy
If you wish me the joy of delight
and deliverance from the onslaught of what is feared,
And salvation from the tyranny of fear
فَلِماthen because of what قَدْalready عَلِمتَyou have known منof بُغْضِthe hatred of تَشْرِيTishrin (beginning)
فَلِما قَدْ عَلِمتَ من بُغْضِ تَشْرِي
نَTishrin (ending) وَبُغْضِيهِand my hatred of it دونَto the exclusion of كلِّall الشهورthe months
نَ وَبُغْضِيهِ دونَ كلِّ الشهور
it is because you know of Tishrin's hatred
Then why have you come to know the hatred of Tishreen
and my hatred of it, alone among all the months.
And its hatred other than all the months
فكأنيso it is as though I بفألِwith the omen of شعرِكَyour poetry قدalready صproved true (beginning)
فكأني بفألِ شعرِكَ قد ص
حَّproved true (ending) وفألُand the omen of الأشعارِpoems ليسis not بزُورfalse
حَّ وفألُ الأشعارِ ليس بزُور
So it seems to me your verse's omen has proved
So it is as if the omen of your poetry has come true
true; and the omens of poetry are no lie.
And the omen of poems is not false
وسلخناand we passed through تشرينَTishrin بلrather ألفَa thousand تشريTishrin (beginning)
وسلخنا تشرينَ بل ألفَ تشري
نَTishrin (ending) وَدُمْنَاand we endured علىthroughout دوامِthe endurance of الدهورthe ages
نَ وَدُمْنَا على دوامِ الدهور
And we have passed through Tishrin—rather, a thousand Tishrins—
And we have stripped Tishreen, rather a thousand Tishreens
and endured as long as the ages endure.
And we have lasted the eternal ages
وسقاناand gave us drink الرانيthe gazing one بمقلةِwith the eye of يَعْفُورa young gazelle
وسقانا الراني بمقلةِ يَعْفُور
رٍrepeated ending of 'young gazelle' عُقاراًwine حَكَتْresembled دَمَthe blood of اليعفورthe young gazelle
رٍ عُقاراً حَكَتْ دَمَ اليعفور
And one gazing with a young gazelle's eye served us
And we were quenched by the singer with a cup ofYa’four
wine that resembled the young gazelle's blood,
A potion that talks of the blood of Ya’four
فيon بِسَاطٍa carpet منfrom مَرزَجوشٍmarjoram إلىto آmyrtle (beginning)
في بِسَاطٍ من مَرزَجوشٍ إلى آ
سٍmyrtle (ending) إلىto نرجسٍnarcissus إلىto منثورstock flowers
سٍ إلى نرجسٍ إلى منثور
on a carpet ranging from marjoram to myrtle,
On a carpet of Marzgoush to Ās
to narcissus, to stock flowers,
To Narcissus to Mannathour
فيin شتاءٍa winter لِبَرْدِهِfor its cold لذةٌpleasure لpleasure (beginning)
في شتاءٍ لِبَرْدِهِ لذةٌ ل
ذةَpleasure (ending) بَرْدِthe coolness of الوصالِreunion للمهجورfor the forsaken
ذةَ بَرْدِ الوصالِ للمهجور
in a winter whose cold has a pleasure:
In a winter whose cold is a pleasure
the pleasure of reunion's coolness for the forsaken.
The pleasure of the coldness of estrangement to the estranged
ياO أباAbu (father of) القاسمِal-Qasim الذيwho هوhe نورُthe light of الthe (article fragment)
يا أبا القاسمِ الذي هو نورُ ال
عينِeye للعينِfor the eye أوor فنورthen the light of النورlight
عينِ للعينِ أو فنور النور
O Abu al-Qasim, who is the light
O Abu Al-Qasim, who is the light of the eye
of the eye to the eye—or rather, the light of light—
For the eye or the light of light
واصفdescriber of الراحwine ليfor me ولاand not يشربhe drinks الراwine (beginning)
واصف الراح لي ولا يشرب الرا
حwine (ending) معيwith me فيin الرَّواحِthe evening أوor فيin البكورthe early morning
ح معي في الرَّواحِ أو في البكور
you describe wine to me, yet do not drink wine
Describing the winds to me, but does not drink the winds with me
with me in the evening or the early morning,
In the winds or in the dawns
كَمُعِيرِlike one lending الطُّنبورِthe tanbur lute منْwith غيرno زيرٍa treble string
كَمُعِيرِ الطُّنبورِ منْ غير زيرٍ
أوor معيرٍone lending زيراًa treble string بلاwithout طُنْبُورa tanbur lute
أو معيرٍ زيراً بلا طُنْبُور
like one lending a tanbur without a treble string,
Like the piper of the flute without a companion
or lending a treble string without a tanbur.
Or a piper piping without a flute
سَرَّgladdened قلبيmy heart سرورُthe joy of قلبكَyour heart ياO حُسْbeauty (beginning)
سَرَّ قلبي سرورُ قلبكَ يا حُسْ
نَbeauty (ending) سرورِthe rejoicing of السرورِjoy بالمسرورin the gladdened one
نَ سرورِ السرورِ بالمسرور
Your heart's joy gladdened my heart—how lovely
My heart was delighted by the delight of your heart, O Husn
is joy's rejoicing in one made joyful!
The delight of delights with the delighted
أوتخشىand do you fear نكثbreach of faith الحبورgladness لمنfor one whom أذunclear; apparently 'you' (beginning)
أوتخشى نكث الحبور لمن أذ
تapparently 'you' (ending) كفيلa guarantor لهfor him بوجهfor the face of الحبورgladness
ت كفيل له بوجه الحبور
And do you fear gladness will break faith with one
Or do you fear the betrayal of the confused one to whom
to whom [you] guarantee the face of gladness?
I have vouched with the face of the confused
Sol 6.1