طَافَwent round بِشَمْسَيْنِwith two suns مِنْof عُقارَيْنِtwo wines
طَافَ بِشَمْسَيْنِ مِنْ عُقارَيْنِ
فيin ذَهَبِيَّيْنِtwo golden ones جُوْهَرِيَّينِtwo jeweled ones
في ذَهَبِيَّيْنِ جُوْهَرِيَّينِ
He went round with two suns of two wines,
He circled with two suns of fragrant plants
in two golden, jeweled cups:
In two golden jewels
قَضِيبُa bough بَانٍbān tree مِنْfrom فَوْقِهِabove it قَمَرٌa moon
قَضِيبُ بَانٍ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ قَمَرٌ
يُدِيرُpasses round كَأْسَيْنِtwo cups مِنْof مُدَامَيْنِtwo wines
يُدِيرُ كَأْسَيْنِ مِنْ مُدَامَيْنِ
a bān bough with a moon above it,
A rising stick over which a moon
passing round two cups of two wines.
That turns two cups made of twisting
يَكادُalmost عِنْدَat القِيامِrising يَقْسِمُهُsplits him الرthe… (word fragment)
يَكادُ عِنْدَ القِيامِ يَقْسِمُهُ الر
رِدْفُhaunches إِذاwhen ماever (emphatic) انْثَنىhe bends بِقِسْمَيْنِinto two parts
رِدْفُ إِذا ما انْثَنى بِقِسْمَيْنِ
As he rises, he is nearly split by his
It almost divides him when standing, the pleat
haunches into two when he bends.
When it folds into two halves
كأَنَّماas though وَرْدُroses وَجْنَتَيْهِof his two cheekbones عَلَىupon
كأَنَّما وَرْدُ وَجْنَتَيْهِ عَلَى
خَدَّيهِhis two cheeks نارَانِtwo fires فَوْقَabove ماءَيْنِtwo waters
خَدَّيهِ نارَانِ فَوْقَ ماءَيْنِ
As though the roses of his cheekbones, upon
As if the roses of his cheeks upon
his cheeks, were two fires above two waters.
His face two fires above two waters
لاnot النَّارُthe fire تُطْفىis quenched بِالمَاءِby water فِيهِin him وَلاnor الthe
لا النَّارُ تُطْفى بِالمَاءِ فِيهِ وَلا ال
ماءُwater بِجارٍflowing (emphatic) مِنْfrom تَحْتِbeneath هَذَيْنِthese two
ماءُ بِجارٍ مِنْ تَحْتِ هَذَيْنِ
The fire is not quenched by water in him, nor does the
Neither can the fire be extinguished with the water in it, nor the
water flow from beneath these two.
Water with a neighbor below these two
فَانْظُرْso look إِلَيْهِat him كأَنَّماas though انْقَطَعَتْwere cut short
فَانْظُرْ إِلَيْهِ كأَنَّما انْقَطَعَتْ
أَصْداغُsidelocks صُدْغَيْهِof his two temples خَوْفَfor fear of نارَيْنِtwo fires
أَصْداغُ صُدْغَيْهِ خَوْفَ نارَيْنِ
So look at him—as though cut short
So look at him as if the sides of his cheeks had split
were the locks at his temples, for fear of two fires,
Fearing two fires
فيin لَيْلَةٍa night طَرَزَتْembroidered غِلالَةَa gauzy robe خَدَّيْtwo cheeks
في لَيْلَةٍ طَرَزَتْ غِلالَةَ خَدَّيْ
هِhis لَدىat فَجْرِهِhis dawn طِرازَيْنِtwo embroidered bands
هِ لَدى فَجْرِهِ طِرازَيْنِ
in a night that embroidered the gauzy robe of his cheeks
In a night that embroidered the darkness of his cheeks
at his dawn with two embroidered bands.
At its dawn with two embroideries
فَكُلَّماso whenever مَثَّلَembodied الصَّباحَthe morning لَناfor us
فَكُلَّما مَثَّلَ الصَّباحَ لَنا
تَمَثَّلَtook shape الليْلُthe night فِيهِin him مِثْلَيْنِtwo likenesses
تَمَثَّلَ الليْلُ فِيهِ مِثْلَيْنِ
So whenever he embodied the morning for us,
So whenever the morning portrayed
night took shape in him in two likenesses.
The night in him like two
تَبْكيweep لِوَجْدٍfrom longing فيهِin it كَواكِبُهُits stars
تَبْكي لِوَجْدٍ فيهِ كَواكِبُهُ
كَماas بَكىwept ناظِرٌan eye بِدَمْعَيْنِwith two tears
كَما بَكى ناظِرٌ بِدَمْعَيْنِ
Its stars weep with longing within it,
You cry for ecstasy in it like its planets
as an eye wept with two tears.
As a watcher cried with two tears
كَأَنَّماas though أَسْلَفَتْhad lent سَوَالِفُsides خَدَّيْtwo cheeks
كَأَنَّما أَسْلَفَتْ سَوَالِفُ خَدَّيْ
هِhis لِضَوْءِto the light الصَّباحِof morning صُبْحَيْنِtwo dawns
هِ لِضَوْءِ الصَّباحِ صُبْحَيْنِ
As though the sides of his cheeks had lent
As if the conversations of his cheeks lent
the light of morning two dawns.
The light of morning two mornings
عَانَقْتُI embraced بَدْراًa full moon فيهِin it وَعَانَقَنَيand he embraced me
عَانَقْتُ بَدْراً فيهِ وَعَانَقَنَي
فَصَارَso became حَظِّيmy share مِنْof ذَيْنِthose two حَظَّيْنِtwo shares
فَصَارَ حَظِّي مِنْ ذَيْنِ حَظَّيْنِ
I embraced a full moon within it, and he embraced me;
I embraced a full moon in it and it embraced me
so my share of those two became two shares.
So my share of the two became two shares
وَالبَدْرُand the full moon قَدْalready وَشَّحَتْdraped يَداهُhis two hands مِنْout of الthe
وَالبَدْرُ قَدْ وَشَّحَتْ يَداهُ مِنْ ال
وَجْدِpassion لأَعْناقِناfor our necks وِشَاحَيْنِtwo sashes
وَجْدِ لأَعْناقِنا وِشَاحَيْنِ
And the full moon's two hands had draped, out of
And the full moon was stingy with its hands from
passion, two sashes around our necks.
Ecstasy for our necks two scarfs
كأَنَّماas though كَانَhe was عَاشِقاًa lover ظَفِرَتْhad won
كأَنَّما كَانَ عَاشِقاً ظَفِرَتْ
يَداهُhis two hands مِنْfrom هَجْرِناour estrangement بِوَصْلَيْنِwith two unions
يَداهُ مِنْ هَجْرِنا بِوَصْلَيْنِ
As though he were a lover who had won
As if it were a lover whose hands had attained
with his two hands two unions from our estrangement.
From our estrangement two unions
كأَنَّناas though we وَالظَّلامُand the darkness يَجْمَعُناbrings us together
كأَنَّنا وَالظَّلامُ يَجْمَعُنا
صُبْحانِtwo dawns لاحَاboth shone مِنْfrom تَحْتِbeneath لَيْلَيْنِtwo nights
صُبْحانِ لاحَا مِنْ تَحْتِ لَيْلَيْنِ
As though we, with darkness bringing us together,
As if we and the darkness gathered us
were two dawns shining from beneath two nights.
Two dawns appeared from under two nights
Sol 6.1