هَزّواthey swayed قُدوداًslender figures وانتضَواand unsheathed أَعْيُناeyes
هَزّوا قُدوداً وانتضَوا أَعْيُنا
وَعَطَّلُواand left idle البِيضَthe bright swords وَسُمْرَand the tawny القَناspear-shafts
وَعَطَّلُوا البِيضَ وَسُمْرَ القَنا
They swayed their figures and unsheathed their eyes,
and left bright swords and tawny spears idle.
خَادَعْنَناthey beguiled us يَوماًone day وَقُلْنَand they said الذيwhat
خَادَعْنَنا يَوماً وَقُلْنَ الذي
عِندَكُمُyou have دُونَless than الذيwhat عِنْدَناwe have
عِندَكُمُ دُونَ الذي عِنْدَنا
They beguiled us one day and said, “What
you have is less than what we have.
تَشكُونَyou complain of سُقْماًsickness وَلناand we have أَعْيُنٌeyes
تَشكُونَ سُقْماً وَلنا أَعْيُنٌ
لَوif نَطقَتْthey spoke قَالَتْthey would say بِكُمُin you مَاwhat بِنَاin us
لَو نَطقَتْ قَالَتْ بِكُمُ مَا بِنَا
You complain of sickness, while we have eyes
that, could they speak, would say, ‘You suffer as we do.’”
قُلنْاwe said فتشكُوso they suffer غَيرَother than ذاthis قُلنَthey said مَاnot
قُلنْا فتشكُو غَيرَ ذا قُلنَ مَا
كُلُّall هَوَاكُمْyour love قِسْمَةٌan apportioned share بَيْنَناamong us
كُلُّ هَوَاكُمْ قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَنا
We said, “Then do they suffer something else?” They said, “Not
all your love is apportioned among us.”
يَارَبَّةَO lady of الخَالِthe beauty mark أَمَاmay not? يُجتَلَىbe gazed upon
يَارَبَّةَ الخَالِ أَمَا يُجتَلَى
شَقِيقُthe anemone خَدَّيكِyour two cheeks أَمَاmay not? يُجتَنَىbe plucked
شَقِيقُ خَدَّيكِ أَمَا يُجتَنَى
“O lady of the beauty mark, may one not gaze upon
the anemone of your cheeks? May it not be plucked?”
قَالتْshe said أَبِاwas it because of لخالِthe beauty mark تَوهَّمتَهُyou imagined it
قَالتْ أَبِا لخالِ تَوهَّمتَهُ
شَقائِقاًanemones فَاتَكَeluded you مَاهَاwhat is هُنَاhere
شَقائِقاً فَاتَكَ مَاهَا هُنَا
She said, “Did you take it, because of the beauty mark,
for anemones? You have missed what is here.
خَدِيَّmy cheek وَرْدٌa rose رِيقتيmy saliva مَاؤُهُits water
خَدِيَّ وَرْدٌ رِيقتي مَاؤُهُ
قُلْتُI said سَليask مَنwhoever ذاقَhas tasted أوor منwhoever جَنَىhas plucked
قُلْتُ سَلي مَن ذاقَ أو من جَنَى
My cheek is a rose; my saliva is its water.”
I said, “Ask one who has tasted, or one who has plucked.”
Sol 6.1