زارَvisited الخيالُthe apparition خيالُthe apparition of عَبلَةAbla َ فيin الكَرىsleep
زارَ الخيالُ خيالُ عَبلَة َ في الكَرى
لمتِّيمto a lovelorn man نشوانَintoxicated محلولloosened العرىthe bonds
لمتِّيم نشوانَ محلول العرى
The apparition—Abla's apparition—came in sleep
The phantom of Phantoms visited Abla in the dwellings
To a lovelorn man, intoxicated, his bonds undone.
Of the amorous, perfumed, and unbound Lamiyy
فنهضتُso I rose أشكُوI lament ماwhat لقيتُI suffered لبعدهاbecause of her absence
فنهضتُ أشكُو ما لقيتُ لبعدها
فتنفَّسَتْthen she breathed مِسكاًmusk يخالطُmingles with عَنْبَراambergris
فتنفَّسَتْ مِسكاً يخالطُ عَنْبَرا
So I rose, lamenting what I had suffered from her absence,
So I stood up complaining of what I suffered from her absence
Then she breathed musk mingling with ambergris.
And she breathed musk mixed with ambergris
فضَممتُهاso I embraced her كيماso that أقبِّلَI might kiss ثغرَهاher lips
فضَممتُها كيما أقبِّلَ ثغرَها
والدَّمعُand the tears منْfrom جَفنيَّmy eyelids قدalready بلَّsoaked الثرىthe earth
والدَّمعُ منْ جَفنيَّ قد بلَّ الثرى
So I embraced her, to kiss her lips,
I drew her close to me so that I may kiss her lips
While tears from my eyelids had soaked the earth.
While tears from my eyelids moistened the earth
وكشفتُand I lifted برقعهاher face-veil فأشرقَthen shone وجههاher face
وكشفتُ برقعها فأشرقَ وجهها
حتىuntil أعادَturned اللَّيلَthe night صُبحاًa morning مُسفِراًradiant
حتى أعادَ اللَّيلَ صُبحاً مُسفِراً
And I lifted her veil, and her face shone,
And I unveiled her face, so it shone
Until it turned the night into a radiant morning.
Bringing back the radiant light to the dark night
عربيةan Arab woman ٌ يهتزُّsways لينthe suppleness of قوامهاher figure
عربية ٌ يهتزُّ لين قوامها
فيخالُهso they imagine it العشَّاقُthe lovers رُمحاًa spear أسمراtawny
فيخالُه العشَّاقُ رُمحاً أسمرا
An Arab woman whose supple figure sways,
An Arab lady, whose soft body sways
So lovers take it for a tawny spear.
Making lovers think it is a brown spear
محجوبةsecluded ٌ بصوارمٍby keen swords وذوابلand slender lances
محجوبة ٌ بصوارمٍ وذوابل
سمرٌtawny ودونَand before خبائهاher tent أسدُthe lions of الشرىal-Shara
سمرٌ ودونَ خبائها أسدُ الشرى
Secluded behind keen swords and slender lances,
Veiled with swords and shackles
Tawny—and before her tent stand the lions of al-Shara.
Dark-complexioned, with a lion inside her veil
ياO عَبلَAbla إنَّindeed هَواكِlove for you قدalready جازَexceeded المَدىthe limit
يا عَبلَ إنَّ هَواكِ قد جازَ المَدى
وأناand I المعنىthe tormented one فيكِover you منfrom دونapart from الورىhumankind
وأنا المعنى فيكِ من دون الورى
O Abla, love for you has indeed surpassed all bounds,
O Abda, your love has exceeded all bounds
And I alone, among all people, am tormented with love for you.
While I am meaningful to you beyond all creation
ياO عَبلَAbla حبُّكِlove for you فيin عِظاميmy bones مَعَwith دَميmy blood
يا عَبلَ حبُّكِ في عِظامي مَعَ دَمي
لمَّاwhen جرتflowed روحيmy soul بجسميthrough my body قدْindeed جرَىit flowed
لمَّا جرت روحي بجسمي قدْ جرَى
O Abla, love for you is in my bones, with my blood;
O Abda, your love is in my bones and my blood
When my soul coursed through my body, love coursed too.
Ever since your soul mingled with my body
وَلقدand indeed عَلِقْتُI clung بذَيلِto the hem of مَنْthe one فَخُرتْtook pride بهin him
وَلقد عَلِقْتُ بذَيلِ مَنْ فَخُرتْ به
عبسٌAbs وسيفُand the sword of أبيهِhis father أفنىdestroyed حميراHimyar
عبسٌ وسيفُ أبيهِ أفنى حميرا
And I have indeed clung to the hem of him in whom
And I have clung to the tail of the one you are proud of
Abs took pride, and whose father's sword destroyed Himyar.
Abs, whose father's sword destroyed the tribe of Hameer
ياO شأْسُSha's جرْنيdeliver me منْfrom غرامٍa passion قاتلٍdeadly
يا شأْسُ جرْني منْ غرامٍ قاتلٍ
أبداًforever أزيدُI grow بهthrough it غراماًin passion مسعراablaze
أبداً أزيدُ به غراماً مسعرا
O Sha's, deliver me from a deadly passion,
Oh what a miserable love that kills me
Through it I grow ever more ablaze with passion.
I am ever more lovesick and inflamed
ياO ساشُSash لولاwere it not أنْthat سلطانَthe sovereign power of الهوىlove
يا ساشُ لولا أنْ سلطانَ الهوى
ماضيunwavering in العزيمةresolve ِ ماnot تملكَmastered عنتراAntar
ماضي العزيمة ِ ما تملكَ عنترا
O Sash, were love's sovereign power not
Oh overseer, if not for the authority of passion
Unwavering in resolve, it would not have mastered Antar.
With resolute will, I would have overcome Antarah
Sol 6.1