لامواthey blamed عَلىfor حُبِّloving المَليحِthe beautiful one وَعَنَّفواand rebuked
لاموا عَلى حُبِّ المَليحِ وَعَنَّفوا
ماnot أَنصَفواthey were fair فيin حُبِّهِمُtheir love ماnot أَنصَفواthey were fair
ما أَنصَفوا في حُبِّهِمُ ما أَنصَفوا
They blamed me for loving the beautiful one and rebuked me.
They were not fair in their love; they were not fair.
لِلَهِGod be praised مَمشوقtall and slender القَوامِof stature كَأَنَّماas though
لِلَهِ مَمشوق القَوامِ كَأَنَّما
مالَتswayed بِهِhim تَحتَbeneath الغِلالَةِthe sheer tunic قَرقَفُwine
مالَت بِهِ تَحتَ الغِلالَةِ قَرقَفُ
God be praised for that slender figure, as though
wine had set him swaying beneath his sheer tunic.
عَلِّلsoothe مُحِبَّكَyour lover بالتَدانيwith nearness إِنَّهُfor he
عَلِّل مُحِبَّكَ بالتَداني إِنَّهُ
إِنif رامَsought out هَجرُكَyour abandonment وَالتَجافيand estrangement يَتلُفُhe perishes
إِن رامَ هَجرُكَ وَالتَجافي يَتلُفُ
Soothe your lover with nearness, for he
will perish if your abandonment and estrangement pursue him.
لاmay not رَقَّsoften قَلبُكَyour heart لِاِنسِكابِat the pouring مَدامِعيof my tears
لا رَقَّ قَلبُكَ لِاِنسِكابِ مَدامِعي
إِنif كانَwere طَرفيmy eye بَعدَafter بُعدِكَyour departure يطرَفُblinks
إِن كانَ طَرفي بَعدَ بُعدِكَ يطرَفُ
May your heart never soften at my streaming tears
if my eye still blinks after your departure.
وَحُرِمتُand may I be denied وَصلَكَunion with you إِنif هَمَمتُI contemplate بِريبَةٍwrongdoing
وَحُرِمتُ وَصلَكَ إِن هَمَمتُ بِريبَةٍ
أَوor حالَchanged قَلبيmy heart فيكَtoward you عَمّاfrom what تعرفُyou know
أَو حالَ قَلبي فيكَ عَمّا تعرفُ
And may I be denied union with you if I contemplate wrongdoing,
or my heart's feelings for you change from those you know.
فُقتَyou surpassed الوَرىall mortals حُسناًin beauty وَزِدتand rose علَيهمabove them
فُقتَ الوَرى حُسناً وَزِدت علَيهم
حَتّىso much so that كَأَنَّكَas though you were يوسُفٌYusuf ياO يوسُفُYusuf
حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ يوسُفٌ يا يوسُفُ
You surpassed all mortals in beauty and outshone them,
so much so that you seem to be Yusuf, O Yusuf.
Sol 6.1