حزنتshe grieved لماwhen اتاهاit reached her أننيthat I
حزنت لما اتاها أنني
فيduring لياليthe nights of صوفرٍSawfar ضيعتI squandered ماليmy wealth
في ليالي صوفرٍ ضيعت مالي
She grieved when word reached her that I
She was saddened when she was told
had squandered my wealth during the nights of Sawfar.
That I had wasted my wealth during saffron nights
فقضتso she spent ليلتهاher night ساهرةًawake
فقضت ليلتها ساهرةً
تسألasking الرحمانthe All-Merciful انto يصلحset right حاليmy condition
تسأل الرحمان ان يصلح حالي
So she spent her night awake,
So she spent her night awake
asking the All-Merciful to set my affairs right.
Praying to the Merciful to improve my condition
وتلاقيناand we met علىat موعدناour appointed time
وتلاقينا على موعدنا
كخيالٍlike a phantom فيin الدجىthe darkness إلفcompanion of خيالa phantom
كخيالٍ في الدجى إلف خيال
And we met at our appointed time,
And we met at our rendezvous
like a phantom in the darkness, a phantom’s companion.
Like an apparition in the darkness of apparitions
وتشاكيناand we shared our sorrows فلماthen when سمعتshe heard
وتشاكينا فلما سمعت
انthat لليأسof despair ملماتٍafflictions بباليin my mind
ان لليأس ملماتٍ ببالي
And we shared our sorrows; then, when she heard
And we complained, but when she heard
that my mind was beset by despair’s afflictions,
That despair had thoughts in my mind
نزعتshe removed منfrom جيدهاher neck العقدthe necklace وقالتand said
نزعت من جيدها العقد وقالت
خذtake وبعهand sell it غالياًat a high price أوor غيرnot غالexpensive
خذ وبعه غالياً أو غير غال
she removed the necklace from her neck and said:
She took the necklace off her neck and said
“Take it and sell it, at a high price or low.”
Take it and sell it, expensive or cheap
وجرىand flowed الدمعthe tears علىover حباتهits beads
وجرى الدمع على حباته
كاللآليlike pearls ذوبتwere melted فوقupon اللآليthe pearls
كاللآلي ذوبت فوق اللآلي
And tears flowed over its beads,
And tears flowed over its beads
like pearls melted upon pearls.
Like melted pearls over pearls
ويحalas for صدريmy breast كمhow many تلقىit has endured فيin الهوىlove
ويح صدري كم تلقى في الهوى
منfrom نصالٍblades وقعتfell فوقupon نصالِblades
من نصالٍ وقعت فوق نصالِ
Alas for my breast! How much it has suffered in love
Oh my chest, how much did you receive in love
from blades falling upon blades!
Of arrows that fell over arrows
ياO ثرياThurayya جنبيkeep away عقدكyour necklace عنيfrom me
يا ثريا جنبي عقدك عني
إنindeed ذليmy abasement فيin الهوىlove اعصىmost unyielding مالِwealth
إن ذلي في الهوى اعصى مالِ
O Thurayya, keep your necklace away from me;
O Thurayya, spare me your necklace
for my abasement in love is the most unyielding of riches.
For my condition in love is the most stubborn thing
ياO ثرياThurayya كلماwhenever كنتyou are معيwith me
يا ثريا كلما كنت معي
فأناthen I am فيamong الناسpeople منone of أغنىthe richest الرجالmen
فأنا في الناس من أغنى الرجال
O Thurayya, whenever you are with me,
O Thurayya, whenever I was with you
then I am one of the richest men in all humankind.
I was the richest of all men
ارجعيreturn العقدthe necklace إلىto الجيدthe neck فعينيfor my eye
ارجعي العقد إلى الجيد فعيني
لاdoes not تحبlove الجيدthe neck إلاexcept وهوwhen it is حالِadorned
لا تحب الجيد إلا وهو حالِ
Return the necklace to your neck, for my eye
Return the necklace to your neck, for my eyes
loves the neck only when it is adorned.
Love no neck without it being adorned
انif تروميyou seek عزلتيmy withdrawal عنfrom صوفرٍSawfar
ان ترومي عزلتي عن صوفرٍ
فاجعليthen make موعدناour rendezvous كلevery اللياليnight
فاجعلي موعدنا كل الليالي
If you seek to keep me away from Sawfar,
If you want to isolate me from Saffron
then set our tryst for every night.
Then make our rendezvous every night
Sol 6.1