ياO بَدرَfull moon تمٍّfullness لَيسَthere is not ليfor me
يا بَدرَ تمٍّ لَيسَ لي
مِنهُfrom him سِوىexcept رَعيwatching النُجومِthe stars
مِنهُ سِوى رَعي النُجومِ
O full moon, I have nothing
O full moon whose only task for me
from you but keeping watch over the stars.
Is to shepherd the stars,
أَجفانُكَyour eyelids السَّكرىdrunken مُعَرriot- (first part of 'riotous')
أَجفانُكَ السَّكرى مُعَر
بِدَةٌ-ous (completes 'riotous') كَثيراتُhaving many الخُصومِthe foes
بِدَةٌ كَثيراتُ الخُصومِ
Your drunken eyelids are riot-
Your drunken eyelids
ous, with many foes.
Have many a foe,
ماnot سُكرُهاtheir drunkenness إِلّاexcept بِماbecause of what
ما سُكرُها إِلّا بِما
فيin فيكَyour mouth مِنof بِنتِdaughter الكُرومِthe vines
في فيكَ مِن بِنتِ الكُرومِ
Their drunkenness comes only from what
Their tipsiness comes but
your mouth holds of the daughter of the vines.
From the daughter of the vine in you,
لَوif ذُقتُI tasted خَمرَwine لَماكَyour lips' dark hue لَمnot
لَو ذُقتُ خَمرَ لَماكَ لَم
أَكُI would be شاكِياًlamenting طولَthe length of الهُمومِthe sorrows
أَكُ شاكِياً طولَ الهُمومِ
Had I tasted the wine of your dark lips, I would not
Had I tasted the wine of your cheeks
be lamenting the length of my sorrows.
My sorrows would not have lingered,
نَقَلَhas moved القُلوبَthe hearts هَواكَlove for you عَنfrom
نَقَلَ القُلوبَ هَواكَ عَن
حُكمِthe rule of الخُصوصِthe particular إِلىto العُمومِthe universal
حُكمِ الخُصوصِ إِلى العُمومِ
Love for you has moved hearts from
Your love has carried hearts
the rule of the particular to that of the universal.
From privacy to the common.
Sol 6.1