وَشادِنٍand a fawn شَقَّتtore يَداهُhis two hands القَميصthe shirt
وَشادِنٍ شَقَّت يَداهُ القَميص
فَغودِرَso was left اللَيثُthe lion لَدَيهِbefore him القَنيصthe prey
فَغودِرَ اللَيثُ لَدَيهِ القَنيص
And a fawn whose hands tore the shirt,
With arms bare he tore his shirt
So the lion was left as prey before him.
The lion crouched humbly before him
وَماسَand he swayed بِالرِدفِin the hips ثَقيلاًheavy وَبِالand in the
وَماسَ بِالرِدفِ ثَقيلاً وَبِال
خصرِwaist دَقيقاًslender تَحتَbeneath بَطنٍa belly خَميصflat
خصرِ دَقيقاً تَحتَ بَطنٍ خَميص
And he swayed, full in the hips, and
With a heavy hip and slender waist
Slender in the waist beneath a flat belly.
Below a round belly tucked in his shirt
إِنّيindeed I لَذوsurely possessed of حِرصٍeagerness علىfor عِشقِloving مَنone who
إِنّي لَذو حِرصٍ على عِشقِ مَن
أَمسىwas in the evening عَلىon قَتليkilling me وَأَضحىand was in the morning حَريصeager
أَمسى عَلى قَتلي وَأَضحى حَريص
I am indeed eager to love one
Indeed I'm keen on loving one
Who is eager to kill me, evening and morning.
Who spends his days bent on killing me
فَكُلُّso every وَقتٍmoment أَناI مِنbecause of هَجرِهِhis abandonment
فَكُلُّ وَقتٍ أَنا مِن هَجرِهِ
فيconfusion حَيصdistress بيصٍcaused alarm راعَor أَوconfusion حِيصَdistress بِيصdistress
في حَيص بيصٍ راعَ أَو حِيصَ بِيص
So every moment, because he shuns me, I am
So I'm always in distress from his estrangement
In frightening turmoil—or confusion and distress.
Wandering lost or caged in distress
يَقولُhe says لِلعاشِقِto the lover لَمّاwhen أَتىhe came
يَقولُ لِلعاشِقِ لَمّا أَتى
فيin تيهِهِhis pride يَخطُرُhe struts هَلis there? مِنany مَحيصescape
في تيهِهِ يَخطُرُ هَل مِن مَحيص
He says to the lover, as he comes,
He says to the lover when he came
Strutting in his pride, 'Is there any escape?'
In his confusion, is there any way out?
فَقُلتُso I said ياO قَومpeople انظُرواbehold يوسُفَJoseph الthe
فَقُلتُ يا قَوم انظُروا يوسُفَ ال
صِدِّيقَtruthful one لَمّاwhen قُدَّwas rent lengthwise عَنهُfrom him القَميصthe shirt
صِدِّيقَ لَمّا قُدَّ عَنهُ القَميص
So I said, 'O people, behold Joseph the
So I said, O people, look at Joseph
Truthful, when the shirt was torn from him.'
The honest one when his shirt was taken off him
فَعِندهاso then كمmany a أَسَدٍlion خادِرٍlurking in his lair
فَعِندها كم أَسَدٍ خادِرٍ
فيin عيصِهِhis thicket تُرعَدُis made to tremble مِنهُbecause of him الفَريصthe flank muscles
في عيصِهِ تُرعَدُ مِنهُ الفَريص
Then, many a lion lurking
How many roaring lions
In his thicket makes the flank muscles tremble.
In their dens shook with terror
وَهَيبَةُand awe المَعشوقِof the beloved يُضحيbecomes بِهاthrough it
وَهَيبَةُ المَعشوقِ يُضحي بِها
عاشِقُهُhis lover دونَexcluding سِواهُanyone other than him قَنيصprey
عاشِقُهُ دونَ سِواهُ قَنيص
And awe of the beloved makes
And the awe of the beloved
His lover, and no one else, become prey.
His lover sacrifices himself for it alone as a shirt
ريقَتُهُhis saliva الصَّهباءُthe tawny wine مَمزوجَةًmixed
ريقَتُهُ الصَّهباءُ مَمزوجَةً
مِنfrom بَرَدىBarada بِالماءِwith the water وَهوَand it is البَريصal-Barīṣ
مِن بَرَدى بِالماءِ وَهوَ البَريص
His saliva is tawny wine, mingled
His gray saliva mixed
With water from Barada—and it is al-Barīṣ.
With cold water is the essence
Sol 6.1