ياO قَضيباًa slender branch مِنof لُجَينِsilver
يا قَضيباً مِن لُجَينِ
ياO مَليحَlovely المُقلَتَينِthe two eyes
يا مَليحَ المُقلَتَينِ
O slender branch of silver,
O staff of tenderness
O you with lovely eyes!
O handsome of glance
كُلُّeverything ماthat يُرضيكَpleases you عِنديto me
كُلُّ ما يُرضيكَ عِندي
فَعَلىthen upon رَأسيmy head وَعَينيand my eye
فَعَلى رَأسي وَعَيني
Whatever pleases you is, to me,
All that pleases you I have
upon my head and my eye.
It is atop my head and eyes
ماnothing لِقَلبيfor my heart مِنكَfrom you ياO بَدfull moon (first fragment)
ما لِقَلبي مِنكَ يا بَد
رُfull moon (final fragment) سِوىexcept خُفَّيthe two slippers of حُنَينِḤunayn
رُ سِوى خُفَّي حُنَينِ
My heart gets nothing from you, O full moon,
My heart has for you, O lightning
but Ḥunayn's two slippers.
Naught but hidden sighing
وَيَرىand see الحُسّادُthe envious أَنّيthat I
وَيَرى الحُسّادُ أَنّي
مِنكَfrom you مَلآنُfull اليَدَينِthe two hands
مِنكَ مَلآنُ اليَدَينِ
And the envious think that I
The envious see me
have both hands filled by you.
Full handed from you
ياO مَليحاًlovely one أَناI مِنهُbecause of him
يا مَليحاً أَنا مِنهُ
بَينَbetween هِجرانٍestrangement وَبَينِand separation
بَينَ هِجرانٍ وَبَينِ
O lovely one, because of whom I am
O handsome am I from it
caught between estrangement and separation!
Between estrangement and intimacy
إِنif تَبَدّىhe appears أَوor تَوَلّىhe turns away
إِن تَبَدّى أَو تَوَلّى
ياO لَهاfor it (exclamatory) مِنof فِتنَتَينِtwo enchantments
يا لَها مِن فِتنَتَينِ
Whether he appears or turns away,
If he turns or draws near
ah, what two enchantments!
What temptation in two!
فَهوَfor he مِنfrom قَبلُbefore (here, in front) وَمِنand from بَعafter (behind; first fragment)
فَهوَ مِن قَبلُ وَمِن بَع
دُafter (behind; final fragment) مَليحُlovely الطَلعَتَينِthe two aspects
دُ مَليحُ الطَلعَتَينِ
For, from the front and from behind,
Before and after he’s
he is lovely in both aspects.
Handsome in form
هُوَhe بَدرٌa full moon قَدindeed تَجَلّىhas shone forth
هُوَ بَدرٌ قَد تَجَلّى
نورُهُhis light فيin المَشرِقَينِthe two easts
نورُهُ في المَشرِقَينِ
He is a full moon; shining forth
A moon revealed
is his light in the two easts.
His light in two dawns
وَكِتابٌand a book سُطِّرَwas inscribed الحُسbeauty (first fragment)
وَكِتابٌ سُطِّرَ الحُس
نُbeauty (final fragment) بِهِin it فيon صَفحَتَينِtwo pages
نُ بِهِ في صَفحَتَينِ
And a book, with beauty inscribed
A book inscribed
in it upon two pages.
Beauty in pages twain
أَينَwhere مَنsomeone who يَكسِبُearns أَجراًa reward
أَينَ مَن يَكسِبُ أَجراً
بَينَbetween مَنthe one whom أَهوىI love وَبَينيand between me
بَينَ مَن أَهوى وَبَيني
Where is someone to earn a reward
Where is one who earns reward
by mediating between the one I love and me?
Between my love and I?
راحَhe went away غَضباناًangry فَماso not كَلspoke to me (first fragment)
راحَ غَضباناً فَما كَل
لَمَنيspoke to me (final fragment) مُذfor لَيلَتَينِtwo nights
لَمَني مُذ لَيلَتَينِ
He left angry, and has not spoken
Angry he left, hasn’t cared for me
to me for two nights.
For two nights now.
Sol 6.1