منwho ليfor me بأبيضَwith a fair-skinned one خدُّهُhis cheek مصبوغtinted
من لي بأبيضَ خدُّهُ مصبوغ
قلبيmy heart بعقربِby the scorpion of صُدْغِهِhis temple-lock ملدوغُstung
قلبي بعقربِ صُدْغِهِ ملدوغُ
Who will bring me a fair-skinned one whose cheek is tinted?
Who has cheeks as white as the full moon
My heart is stung by the scorpion of his temple-lock.
With lips that sting my heart like a scorpion
منfrom جسمِهِhis body صِيْغَwas fashioned الهواءُthe air وإِنماand only
من جسمِهِ صِيْغَ الهواءُ وإِنما
منfrom وجههhis face بدرُthe full moon of السماءِthe sky مَصوغfashioned
من وجهه بدرُ السماءِ مَصوغ
From his body the air was fashioned, and only
His form molds the very air
from his face is the sky's full moon fashioned.
His face the moon in the heavens hung
إنif راغَswerved قلبيmy heart خوفَfor fear of سهمِthe arrow of لحاظِهِhis glances
إن راغَ قلبي خوفَ سهمِ لحاظِهِ
فإِليهthen toward him منهُfrom him يروغُswerves حينwhen يروغswerves
فإِليه منهُ يروغُ حين يروغ
If my heart swerves for fear of the arrow of his glances,
If my heart strays, fearing the arrow of his glance
then it swerves from him toward him whenever it swerves.
Toward him does it turn when it would turn away
ماnot الوصلُunion مبلوغٌattainable لديهwith him حُلْوُهُits sweetness
ما الوصلُ مبلوغٌ لديه حُلْوُهُ
لكنَّbut مُرَّthe bitterness of صُدودِهhis turning away مَبْلُوغattainable
لكنَّ مُرَّ صُدودِه مَبْلُوغ
The sweetness of union with him is beyond reach,
No sweet union with him may be attained
but the bitterness of his turning away is within reach.
But the bitterness of his rejection tasted
Sol 6.1