بدرٌa full moon تقنَّعَveiled himself بِالظلاin the darkness (continued)
بدرٌ تقنَّعَ بِالظلا
مِcompletes 'darkness' علىupon قضيبٍa branch فيin كثيبِa sand dune
مِ على قضيبٍ في كثيبِ
A full moon veiled itself in cloud;
A full moon, veiled in darkness,
a slender bough rose high upon a dune.
upon a branch in a sand dune.
تدعوsummon محاسنُهhis charms القلوthe hearts (continued)
تدعو محاسنُه القلو
بَcompletes 'hearts' إلىto مشافهةِmeeting face to face الذُّنوبِsins
بَ إلى مشافهةِ الذُّنوبِ
His charms summon hearts
His charms summon hearts
through him to speak face-to-face with sin.
to meet sins face to face.
لعبتْplayed بمشيتِهِwith his gait الشماthe north wind (continued)
لعبتْ بمشيتِهِ الشما
لُcompletes 'north wind' فجنبتهُso it turned him aside إلىtoward الجنوبِthe south
لُ فجنبتهُ إلى الجنوبِ
The north wind toyed with his gait
The north wind played with his gait
and turned him toward the south.
and so turned him toward the south.
فعلتْdid بهto him ريحُwind الصَّباthe east wind
فعلتْ به ريحُ الصَّبا
ماwhat ليسnot تفعلُit does بِالقَضيبِto the branch
ما ليس تفعلُ بِالقَضيبِ
The east wind did to him
The east wind did to him
what it never does to a slender bough.
what it does not do to a branch.
عَلِقَتْclung ركائبُriding-camels حسنهhis beauty
عَلِقَتْ ركائبُ حسنه
بعقولِناto our minds عندَat المَغيبِthe setting
بعقولِنا عندَ المَغيبِ
The mounts of his beauty clung
His beauty's mounts clung
to our minds when he vanished.
to our minds at his setting.
وتظلَّمتand complained وجناتُناour cheeks
وتظلَّمت وجناتُنا
بيدby the hand of الدُّموعtears منagainst النَّحيبِsobbing
بيد الدُّموع من النَّحيبِ
And our cheeks lodged their grievance
And our cheeks lodged a complaint,
against the hand of tears, through sobbing.
by the hand of tears, against sobbing.
وكأَنَّماand as though تَشْويشُناour confusion
وكأَنَّما تَشْويشُنا
تشويشُconfusion ألفاظِwords المريبِthe suspect
تشويشُ ألفاظِ المريبِ
As though our agitation were
And our confusion resembles
the disorder in a suspect’s words.
the confusion in a suspect's words.
تَثنيهbend him منout of تيهٍhaughtiness بهwithin him
تَثنيه من تيهٍ به
أيديhands الدلالcoquetry بلاwithout هُبوبِwind blowing
أيدي الدلال بلا هُبوبِ
From his proud bearing he is bent
Out of his own haughtiness, he is swayed
by hands of coyness, though no breeze blows.
by coquetry's hands, though no wind blows.
فكأَنَّهاso they seem وكأَنَّهand he seems
فكأَنَّها وكأَنَّه
إِنif لاحظتْobserves عينُthe eye الأريبِthe discerning person
إِن لاحظتْ عينُ الأريبِ
Thus it seems they and he,
So they and he resemble, respectively—
when a discerning eye beholds them,
if a discerning eye takes note—
قُبَلُkisses الرِّضاfavor قَدalready نالَهاhe won them الthe
قُبَلُ الرِّضا قَد نالَها ال
مَهجورُforsaken one مِنfrom وَصْلِunion with الحَبيبِthe beloved
مَهجورُ مِن وَصْلِ الحَبيبِ
are kisses of favor won by the
kisses of favor, and the one who has won them:
forsaken lover through union with the beloved.
the forsaken lover, through union with the beloved.
ياO بَدرُfull moon بِالبَدرِby the full moon الَّذيthat
يا بَدرُ بِالبَدرِ الَّذي
أطلعتَyou made rise منfrom فَلكthe celestial sphere الجيوبِgarment neck-openings
أطلعتَ من فَلك الجيوبِ
O Badr, by the full moon that
O full moon, by the full moon that
you raised from the firmament of necklines,
you made rise from the sphere of necklines,
وبِعقربِand by the scorpion of الصُّدغِthe temple الذيthat
وبِعقربِ الصُّدغِ الذي
زَرْفَنْتَyou curled into a ring منfrom حُسْنٍbeauty وطيبِand fragrance
زَرْفَنْتَ من حُسْنٍ وطيبِ
and by the scorpion of the temple-lock that
and by the temple's scorpion that
you fashioned from beauty and fragrance—
you coiled from beauty and fragrance,
تَرْعىit grazes on وماand not استرعَيْتُهاI asked it to tend
تَرْعى وما استرعَيْتُها
ثَمَرfruits القلوبِthe hearts بِلاwithout دبيبِcreeping
ثَمَر القلوبِ بِلا دبيبِ
it grazes, though I never set it grazing,
which grazes, though I never asked it to,
on the fruits of hearts, without so much as creeping:
on the fruits of hearts, without creeping:
هَبْgrant ليto me مَزارَكyour visit فيin الكَرىslumber
هَبْ لي مَزارَك في الكَرى
كيماso that أَراكَI may see you بلاwithout رقيبِa watcher
كيما أَراكَ بلا رقيبِ
grant me a visit to you in sleep,
grant me your visit in slumber,
that I may see you with no watcher near.
so I may see you without a watcher.
Sol 6.1