وَمُحَجَّبٍand a veiled one نَبَّهْتُهُI awakened him
وَمُحَجَّبٍ نَبَّهْتُهُ
وَالشَّمْسُand the sun تَقْرُبُdraws near لِلأُفُولِto setting
وَالشَّمْسُ تَقْرُبُ لِلأُفُولِ
And I awakened a veiled one,
I woke the veiled one
While the sun drew near to setting.
As the sun approached the setting
نَظَرَتْshe looked إلَىtoward أُفُقِthe horizon of الشُّرُوsunrise (first part)
نَظَرَتْ إلَى أُفُقِ الشُّرُو
قِcompletion of 'sunrise' تَلَهُّفاin yearning نَظَرَthe gaze of الْعَلِيلِthe ailing one
قِ تَلَهُّفا نَظَرَ الْعَلِيلِ
She looked toward the horizon of sunrise,
She looked to the western horizon
Yearning, with an ailing one's gaze.
Eagerly the ailing one looked
والضَّوْءُand the light يُنْحِلُmakes waste away جِسْمَهُhis body
والضَّوْءُ يُنْحِلُ جِسْمَهُ
وَسِقامُهاand her sickness سَبَبُthe cause of النُّحُولِwasting
وَسِقامُها سَبَبُ النُّحُولِ
And the light wastes his body,
And light dissolved his body
And her sickness is the cause of his wasting.
Her sickness the cause of his fading
ماnot نَغَّصَتْهُshe spoiled for him وَصْلَهاher companionship
ما نَغَّصَتْهُ وَصْلَها
حَتَّىuntil تَرَدَّتْshe cloaked herself بِالأَصِيلِin late afternoon
حَتَّى تَرَدَّتْ بِالأَصِيلِ
She did not spoil her companionship for him
She did not spoil his pleasure with her arrival
Until she cloaked herself in evening.
Until she went back at nightfall
فأَفَاقَthen he awoke مَعْقُولَbound اللِّساthe tongue (first part)
فأَفَاقَ مَعْقُولَ اللِّسا
نِcompletion of 'tongue' وَماand not تمَتَّعَhe enjoyed بِالْمَقِيلِthe midday rest
نِ وَما تمَتَّعَ بِالْمَقِيلِ
Then he awoke, his tongue bound,
So he regained conscious awareness
And had not enjoyed his midday rest.
But enjoyed no rest at dusk
يَرْنُوhe gazes بِمُقْلَةِwith the eye of جُؤْذَرٍa wild-ox calf
يَرْنُو بِمُقْلَةِ جُؤْذَرٍ
لَمْnot يَخْلُhe was free يَوْماًfor a day مِنْof قَتِيلِa slain victim
لَمْ يَخْلُ يَوْماً مِنْ قَتِيلِ
He gazes with a wild-ox calf's eye;
He yearns with the gaze of one slain
He has never gone a day without a victim.
Never a day passed without loss
لَحَظَglanced at الضِّياءُthe light ظَلامَهُhis darkness
لَحَظَ الضِّياءُ ظَلامَهُ
مِنْfrom ناظِرَيْthe two eyes of فَجْرٍa dawn ضَئِيلِfaint
مِنْ ناظِرَيْ فَجْرٍ ضَئِيلِ
The light glanced at his darkness
The gleam glimpsed his darkness
From the two eyes of a faint dawn.
From the eyes of faint dawn
قُلْتُI said اهْدِنيguide me سُبُلَthe paths of اللذَّاpleasure (first part)
قُلْتُ اهْدِني سُبُلَ اللذَّا
ذَةِcompletion of 'pleasure' بِالرَّحيقِwith pure wine السَّلْسَبِيلsweet and smooth-flowing
ذَةِ بِالرَّحيقِ السَّلْسَبِيل
I said, "Guide me along the paths of pleasure
I said “Guide me to the paths of delight
With pure, smooth-flowing wine."
With limpid nectar flows”
Sol 6.1