سَيِّديmy lord خُذtake بِيme along أَتاناًa she-ass
سَيِّدي خُذ بِي أَتاناً
عِندَat بابِthe door of الأًصبَهانيal-Asbahani
عِندَ بابِ الأًصبَهاني
My lord, take me to a she-ass
My master, bring me a camel
At al-Asbahani’s door.
At the door of Asbahan
تَيَّمَتنيshe enthralled me بِبَنانٍwith fingertips
تَيَّمَتني بِبَنانٍ
وَبِدَلٍّand with coyness قَدindeed شَجانيpained me
وَبِدَلٍّ قَد شَجاني
She enthralled me with her fingertips
She intoxicated me with her mouth
And with coyness that has pained me.
And with a bucket that pained me
تَيَّمَتنيshe enthralled me يَومَthe day رُحناwe set out
تَيَّمَتني يَومَ رُحنا
بِثَناياهاwith her front teeth الحِسانِbeautiful
بِثَناياها الحِسانِ
She enthralled me the day we set out
She intoxicated me the day we left
With her beautiful front teeth,
With her beautiful teeth
وَبِغُنجٍand with coquetry وَدَلالٍand coy charm
وَبِغُنجٍ وَدَلالٍ
سَلَّwasted away جِسميmy body وَبَرانيand wore me down
سَلَّ جِسمي وَبَراني
And with coquetry and coy charm
And with coquetry and coyness
That wasted my body and wore me down.
That melted my body and healed me
وَلَهاand she has خَدٌّa cheek أَسيلٌsmooth
وَلَها خَدٌّ أَسيلٌ
مِثلُlike خَدِّthe cheek of الشَيفَرانيal-Shayfarani
مِثلُ خَدِّ الشَيفَراني
And she has a smooth cheek,
And she has a soft cheek
Like the cheek of al-Shayfarani.
Like the cheek of a blade of grass
فَلِذاso because of this مِتُّI died وَلَوand had عِشlived (verb stem)
فَلِذا مِتُّ وَلَو عِش
تُI (past-tense suffix) إِذاًthen طالَlasted long هَوانيmy humiliation
تُ إِذاً طالَ هَواني
So I died of this; and had I lived,
So for this I die, and if I lived
My humiliation would then have lasted long.
Then my passion would be prolonged
Sol 6.1