لَحَظاتُglances طَرفِكَyour eye أَمor نُصولُblades
لَحَظاتُ طَرفِكَ أَم نُصولُ
فَعَلىso, against القُلوبِhearts بِهاwith them تَصولُyou assail
فَعَلى القُلوبِ بِها تَصولُ
Are these glances of your eye, or blades?
For with them you assail hearts.
وَصَلَتthey reached إِلىto قَلبيmy heart وَلَيand not (continued)
وَصَلَت إِلى قَلبي وَلَي
سَcompletes 'not' إِلىto وِصالِكَunion with you ليfor me وُصولُaccess
سَ إِلى وِصالِكَ لي وُصولُ
They reached my heart, yet there is no
way for me to reach union with you.
وَهَلِand were? الشَمائِلُgraces هَزَّهاstirred them
وَهَلِ الشَمائِلُ هَزَّها
مَرُّpassing الشَّمالِthe north wind أَمor الشَمولُwine
مَرُّ الشَّمالِ أَم الشَمولُ
And were those graces stirred
by the north wind's passing, or by wine?
تِلكَthose الفُروعُbranches قَواتِليmy slayers
تِلكَ الفُروعُ قَواتِلي
عَمداًdeliberately بِهاthrough them تِلكَthose الأُصولُroots
عَمداً بِها تِلكَ الأُصولُ
Those branches are my slayers—
through them, those roots slay me deliberately.
مِنهاfrom them حَصَلتُI gained عَلىupon الغَراpassion (continued)
مِنها حَصَلتُ عَلى الغَرا
مِcompletes 'passion' وَفاتَنيand eluded me مِنكَfrom you الحُصولُattainment
مِ وَفاتَني مِنكَ الحُصولُ
From them I gained passion,
yet gaining you eluded me.
أَنتَyou الَّذيthe one who فيin حُبِّهِlove for him
أَنتَ الَّذي في حُبِّهِ
عُقِلَتwere fettered عَنِfrom الصَبرِpatience العُقولُminds
عُقِلَت عَنِ الصَبرِ العُقولُ
You are the one for love of whom
minds are fettered, barred from patience.
أَنتَyou الَّذيthe one who حازَpossessed الجَماbeauty (continued)
أَنتَ الَّذي حازَ الجَما
لَcompletes 'beauty' وَماand not لَهُhe has فِعلٌa deed جَميلُbeautiful
لَ وَما لَهُ فِعلٌ جَميلُ
You are the one who possesses beauty,
yet has no beautiful deed.
أَصبَحتُI have come to أَعشَقُlove passionately مَنone who هَواlove (continued)
أَصبَحتُ أَعشَقُ مَن هَوا
هُhis قاتِليmy slayer وَأَناand I القَتيلُthe slain
هُ قاتِلي وَأَنا القَتيلُ
I have come to love one whose love
is my slayer, and I am the slain.
ماnot مَسَّtouched نَرجِسَnarcissus مُقلَتَيtwo eyes (continued)
ما مَسَّ نَرجِسَ مُقلَتَي
هِhis وَوَردِand the roses of خَدَّيهِhis two cheeks ذُبولُwithering
هِ وَوَردِ خَدَّيهِ ذُبولُ
No withering has touched the narcissus of his eyes
or the roses of his cheeks.
اعدِلbe fair بِحبِّكَto your lover قَبلَbefore أَنthat
اعدِل بِحبِّكَ قَبلَ أَن
يَمضيhe departs فَقَدfor indeed حانَhas come الرَحيلُdeparture
يَمضي فَقَد حانَ الرَحيلُ
Be fair to your lover before
he departs, for the hour of departure has come.
صِلنيgrant me union بِذيin this الدُنياworld فَإِنfor indeed (continued)
صِلني بِذي الدُنيا فَإِن
نَcompletes 'indeed' مُقامَناour stay فيهاin it قَليلُbrief
نَ مُقامَنا فيها قَليلُ
Grant me union in this world, for
our stay in it is brief.
لَيليmy night وَشَعرُكَand your hair فاحِماcoal-black (continued)
لَيلي وَشَعرُكَ فاحِما
نِdual ending of 'coal-black' كِلاهُماboth of them وَحفٌthick طَويلُlong
نِ كِلاهُما وَحفٌ طَويلُ
My night and your hair are coal-black,
both of them thick and long.
بيafflicting me أَكحَلُkohl-dark الأَجفانِeyelids يَحenvies (continued)
بي أَكحَلُ الأَجفانِ يَح
سُدُcompletes 'envies' طَرفَهُhis gaze الرَشَأُthe gazelle fawn الكَحيلُdark-eyed
سُدُ طَرفَهُ الرَشَأُ الكَحيلُ
I am smitten with one with kohl-dark lids;
the dark-eyed gazelle fawn envies his gaze.
فَرُضابُهُfor his saliva العَسَلُhoney المُصَفclarified (continued)
فَرُضابُهُ العَسَلُ المُصَف
فىcompletes 'clarified' وَالشَرابُand the drink السَلسَبيلُSalsabil, sweet-flowing water
فى وَالشَرابُ السَلسَبيلُ
For his saliva is clarified honey,
and Salsabil, the sweet-flowing drink.
ماnot ليfor me إِلىto السُلوانِforgetting عَنهُof him
ما لي إِلى السُلوانِ عَنهُ
وَإِنand even if كَوىhe seared كَبِديmy liver سَبيلُa path
وَإِن كَوى كَبِدي سَبيلُ
I have no path to forgetting him,
even if he sears my liver.
Sol 6.1