أَهاجَكَdid it stir you? يَومَon the day of البَينِparting ياO سَعدُSaʿd إِذwhen بانواthey departed
أَهاجَكَ يَومَ البَينِ يا سَعدُ إِذ بانوا
غِناءُsinging حَماماتٍdoves بِهاat their song رَقَصَdanced البانُthe bān trees
غِناءُ حَماماتٍ بِها رَقَصَ البانُ
Did it stir you, O Saʿd, on parting day, when they left—
Sad, your separation day has distressed me
the singing of doves that set the bān trees dancing?
As the doves' cooing danced the separater
فَظَلَّتso they continued تَسُحُّpouring out الدَّمعَtears وَهيَwhile they were سَواجِعٌcooing
فَظَلَّت تَسُحُّ الدَّمعَ وَهيَ سَواجِعٌ
فَإعلانُهاfor their proclamation سِرٌّa secret وَسِرُّكَand your secret إِعلانُa proclamation
فَإعلانُها سِرٌّ وَسِرُّكَ إِعلانُ
So they kept pouring tears as they cooed;
She remained, wiping her tears woefully
for what they proclaim is secret, while your secret is proclaimed.
Her proclamation's a secret; yours, a declarer
لَقَدindeed أَودَعوكَthey lodged in you الوَجدَlonging ساعَةَthe moment وَدَّعواthey bade farewell
لَقَد أَودَعوكَ الوَجدَ ساعَةَ وَدَّعوا
فَفيso in القَلبِthe heart نيرانٌfires وَفيand in الجَفنِthe eyelid طوفانُa deluge
فَفي القَلبِ نيرانٌ وَفي الجَفنِ طوفانُ
Indeed, they lodged longing in you the moment they bade farewell;
In bidding farewell, longing they installed in you
so there are fires in the heart, and a deluge in the eyelid.
Fires in the heart; in the eyelids, a hurricane
وَأَهيَفُand a slender-waisted one مَعسولhoney-sweet المَراشِفِthe lips لَيِّنُsupple الthe
وَأَهيَفُ مَعسول المَراشِفِ لَيِّنُ ال
مَعاطِفِsides of the body مُهتَزُّswaying الرَوادِفِthe buttocks وَسنانُdrowsy-eyed
مَعاطِفِ مُهتَزُّ الرَوادِفِ وَسنانُ
And a slender-waisted one, honey-lipped, supple of
And the smooth pillow's master, so very gentle
body, with swaying hips, drowsy-eyed.
The mantle's shaker, the lithesome, fanged one
وَلَمand did not أَنسَهُI forget him إِذwhen ماسَhe swayed وَاِهتَزَّand quivered رِدفُهُhis buttocks
وَلَم أَنسَهُ إِذ ماسَ وَاِهتَزَّ رِدفُهُ
فَحارَتso they were bewildered وَغارَتand grew jealous مِنهُof him كُثبٌsand dunes وَأَغصانُand branches
فَحارَت وَغارَت مِنهُ كُثبٌ وَأَغصانُ
And I have not forgotten him as he swayed and his hips quivered;
And I've not forgotten him as he prowled and his flank quivered
so dunes and branches were bewildered and grew jealous of him.
So the hillocks and branches startled and shook
نفورٌskittish وَماand not هَذاthis مِنَfrom الظَبيِthe gazelle بَدعَةٌa novelty
نفورٌ وَما هَذا مِنَ الظَبيِ بَدعَةٌ
مَلِيٌّable to pay لَهُhe has بِالدَينِover the debt مَطلٌdelay in payment وَلَيّانُand evasion
مَلِيٌّ لَهُ بِالدَينِ مَطلٌ وَلَيّانُ
Skittish—and this is nothing new in a gazelle.
Aloofness - yet nothing novel in this gazelle
Able to pay, yet he delays and evades repaying his debt.
Devout, for him, with religion, a waver and twist
وَلَكِنَّهُbut he فيماin what يُعانيهِhe undergoes it فارِغُempty الthe
وَلَكِنَّهُ فيما يُعانيهِ فارِغُ ال
فُؤادِheart وَقَلبيand my heart مِنهُbecause of him بِالوَجدِwith longing مَلآنُfull
فُؤادِ وَقَلبي مِنهُ بِالوَجدِ مَلآنُ
Yet through all he undergoes, empty is his
Rather, in his suffering, his heart is void
heart, while mine is full of longing for him.
While mine, because of him, with ardour fills
Sol 6.1