رَسْمُvestige صَبْرِيmy patience فيin رَبْعِabode شَوْقيmy longing مُحِيلُdesolate
رَسْمُ صَبْرِي في رَبْعِ شَوْقي مُحِيلُ
وَلرُوحيand for my soul فيin سَيْلِtorrent دَمْعيmy tears مَسِيلُchannel
وَلرُوحي في سَيْلِ دَمْعي مَسِيلُ
The vestige of my patience lies desolate in the abode of my longing.
And my soul has a channel in the torrent of my tears.
قَدْindeed بَكىwept لِيfor me مِمَّاbecause of how بَكَيْتُI wept العَذُولُthe reproacher
قَدْ بَكى لِي مِمَّا بَكَيْتُ العَذُولُ
وَرَثىand pitied لِيfor me مِمَّاbecause of how نَحَلْتُI grew thin النُّحولُemaciation
وَرَثى لِي مِمَّا نَحَلْتُ النُّحولُ
The reproacher has wept for me because of my weeping;
and emaciation itself has pitied me for how thin I have grown.
كُلَّماwhenever قُلْتُI said قَدْalready تَسَلَّيْتُI found consolation عَنْهُfrom him
كُلَّما قُلْتُ قَدْ تَسَلَّيْتُ عَنْهُ
قَالَsaid صَبْريmy patience وَهِمْتَyou were mistaken فِيماin what تَقُولُyou say
قَالَ صَبْري وَهِمْتَ فِيما تَقُولُ
Whenever I say, “I have ceased to pine for him,”
my patience says, “You are mistaken in what you say.”
أَناI أَفْدِيI ransom مَنْthe one whom أَسْتَقِلُّI deem too little لَهُfor him رُوfirst part of 'my soul'
أَنا أَفْدِي مَنْ أَسْتَقِلُّ لَهُ رُو
حِيcompletion of 'my soul' فِداءًas a ransom وَذاكَand that فيهِregarding him قَلِيلُlittle
حِي فِداءً وَذاكَ فيهِ قَلِيلُ
I would ransom him for whom I deem my soul
a paltry ransom—and that is little for him.
لِيَfor me وَصْلٌunion بِوَصْلِهِby union with him أَبَداًforever مُغْfirst part of 'enamored'
لِيَ وَصْلٌ بِوَصْلِهِ أَبَداً مُغْ
رىًcompletion of 'enamored' وَهَجْرٌand estrangement عَنْfrom هَجْرِهِforsaking him مَشْغُولُpreoccupied
رىً وَهَجْرٌ عَنْ هَجْرِهِ مَشْغُولُ
My union is forever enamored of union with him,
and my estrangement is too preoccupied to forsake him.
إِنْif تَذَكَّرْتُهُI remembered him فَشَوْقيthen my longing صَحِيحٌhealthy
إِنْ تَذَكَّرْتُهُ فَشَوْقي صَحِيحٌ
أَوْor تَناسَيْتُهُI pretended to forget him فَصَبْريthen my patience عَلِيلُailing
أَوْ تَناسَيْتُهُ فَصَبْري عَلِيلُ
If I remember him, my longing is healthy;
or if I pretend to forget him, my patience is ailing.
لِيَfor me لَيْلانِtwo nights مِنْfrom دُجىdarkness عارِضَيْهِhis two cheeks
لِيَ لَيْلانِ مِنْ دُجى عارِضَيْهِ
عَرَّضَانيthey both exposed me لِلَوْعَةٍto burning anguish مَاnot تَزُولُit ceases
عَرَّضَاني لِلَوْعَةٍ مَا تَزُولُ
Mine are two nights from the darkness of his cheeks;
both have exposed me to a burning anguish that never ceases.
وَسَقامَانِand two ailments مِنْfrom تَمَرُّضِfeigned languor جَفْنَيْهِhis two eyelids
وَسَقامَانِ مِنْ تَمَرُّضِ جَفْنَيْهِ
فَذاso this one ظاهِرٌoutward وَهذاand this one دَخِيلُinward
فَذا ظاهِرٌ وَهذا دَخِيلُ
And two ailments from his eyelids’ feigned languor:
so one is outward, and the other inward.
لِيَfor me لَيْلٌa night أَمَدُّlonger مِنْthan نَفَسِbreath العاfirst part of 'the lover'
لِيَ لَيْلٌ أَمَدُّ مِنْ نَفَسِ العا
شِقِcompletion of 'the lover' طُولاًin length إِذْwhen زَارَvisited فِيهِduring it الخَلِيلُthe beloved
شِقِ طُولاً إِذْ زَارَ فِيهِ الخَلِيلُ
Mine was a night longer than the breath of a
lover, when the beloved visited during it.
مَاnot اعْتَنَقْناwe embraced حَتَّىuntil افْتَرَقْناwe parted وَخفتاfirst part of 'and the kaftan'
مَا اعْتَنَقْنا حَتَّى افْتَرَقْنا وَخفتا
نُcompletion of 'kaftan' الدُّجىthe darkness عَنْfrom قَمِيصِهِits shirt مَحْلولُunfastened
نُ الدُّجى عَنْ قَمِيصِهِ مَحْلولُ
No sooner had we embraced than we parted, and the kaftan
of darkness was unfastened from its shirt.
وَكَأَنَّand as though الهِلالَthe crescent moon تَحْتَbeneath الثُّرَيَّاthe Pleiades
وَكَأَنَّ الهِلالَ تَحْتَ الثُّرَيَّا
مَلِكٌa king فَوْقَabove رَأْسِهِhis head إِكْلِيلُa crown
مَلِكٌ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ إِكْلِيلُ
And it is as though the crescent beneath the Pleiades
were a king with a crown above his head.
Sol 6.1