للسبت عندي يُدٌ سأشكرُها

للسبت عندي يُدٌ سأشكرُها

شُكْرَ مقرٍّ له ومعترفِ

شُكْرَ مقرٍّ له ومعترفِ

Saturday has done me a kindness for which I shall give thanks,

I will thank Saturday with a grateful hand

With the gratitude of one who acknowledges and avows it.

Thanking and acknowledging it

اصطدتُ ظبيَ الفلاة في طَرفٍ

اصطدتُ ظبيَ الفلاة في طَرفٍ

منه وظبيَ الأنيسِ في طرف

منه وظبيَ الأنيسِ في طرف

I caught a gazelle of the wilderness at one end

I hunted down a gazelle on the edge

Of it, and a gazelle of companionship at the other.

Of it, and the gazelle of a friend on the other edge

قَلَّدَني الفألُ إذ ظفرتُ بداً

قَلَّدَني الفألُ إذ ظفرتُ بداً

بأنَّ هذا منِّي على شَرَف

بأنَّ هذا منِّي على شَرَف

The omen garlanded me when I succeeded at the outset,

Fate adorned me when I attained the prey

With the assurance that this one was almost within my reach.

That this was from me at an honorable edge

عاديتُ ذا أوّلاً ورحتُ إلى

عاديتُ ذا أوّلاً ورحتُ إلى

هذا أخيراً في وقتِ منصرفي

هذا أخيراً في وقتِ منصرفي

I opposed this one first, and went to

I went to the first one first and then to

This other one last, at the time of my departure.

The other lastly in my leaving time

وكان ما بين ذين من تُحَف ال

وكان ما بين ذين من تُحَف ال

قَصْفِ كما أَشتهي من التُّحَف

قَصْفِ كما أَشتهي من التُّحَف

And between those two were delights of the

And what was between the two of splendor’s

Revelry, just the delights I desire.

Aggression was what I wished from splendors