أهواءناour desires المختلفةdiffering
أهواءنا المختلفة
قدhave now أصبحتbecome مؤتلفةunited
قد أصبحت مؤتلفة
Our differing desires
have now become united
فيin شامخa towering one بأنفهwith its nose
في شامخ بأنفه
علىabove العواليthe lofty heights أنفهits nose
على العوالي أنفه
in a towering one, its nose held high,
its nose above the lofty heights.
وذيand one possessing جناحa wing لمnot يطرfly
وذي جناح لم يطر
ولكand for you طيرa bird ألفهgrew fond of it
ولك طير ألفه
And in a winged one that has never flown,
and you have a bird that has grown fond of it.
جناحهits wing طولthroughout المدىthe span of time
جناحه طول المدى
يبديshows عليناabove us رفرفةfluttering
يبدي علينا رفرفة
Its wing, throughout all time,
shows a fluttering above us.
كمhow many منof كئيبsorrowful عاشقa lover
كم من كئيب عاشق
أهدىoffered لهto it مشرفهa respectful letter
أهدى له مشرفه
How many a sorrowful lover
has offered it a respectful letter,
ولاand does not يزالcease مرسلاًsending
ولا يزال مرسلاً
لنجوهfor his secret converse ملطفهa gentle note
لنجوه ملطفه
and still keeps sending
a gentle note for his secret converse.
فيin الريحthe wind ضاعwas lost قولthe words of منwhoever
في الريح ضاع قول من
علىfor هواهits passion عنفهrebuked it harshly
على هواه عنفه
Lost in the wind were the words of one
who rebuked it harshly for its passion.
عليلهits ailing one الصحيحsound كمhow often
عليله الصحيح كم
شفىhealed قلوباًhearts دنفةailing
شفى قلوباً دنفة
Its ailing one, though sound—how often
it has healed ailing hearts!
وروحهand its spirit لطيفةdelicate
وروحه لطيفة
وذاتهand its form منحرفةbent
وذاته منحرفة
Its spirit is delicate,
and its form is bent.
عنfrom قلبهits heart الدينreligion أرىI see
عن قلبه الدين أرى
حبlove of الهوىpassion قدhas صرفهturned it away
حب الهوى قد صرفه
I see that, from its heart, religion
has been driven away by love of passion.
ولمand not يكنwas معwith الهوىpassion
ولم يكن مع الهوى
أعطافهits sides منعطفهbent
أعطافه منعطفه
And never, with passion,
have its sides been bent.
هواهits desire تحتunder طوعهits command
هواه تحت طوعه
كيفhowever يشاءit wishes يصرفهit directs it
كيف يشاء يصرفه
Its desire is under its command;
it directs it however it wishes.
كمhow often عممتwrapped a turban around غمامةa cloud
كم عممت غمامة
هامتهits head المنكشفةuncovered
هامته المنكشفة
How often a cloud has turbaned
its uncovered head!
ماnot زالceased غيرnot ساكنstill
ما زال غير ساكن
ساكنهits inhabitant مذsince ألفهgrew fond of it
ساكنه مذ ألفه
Never still has been
its inhabitant, since it grew fond of it.
وكلماand whenever لاحappeared لهto it
وكلما لاح له
منfrom الهواءthe air التقفهit snatched it up
من الهواء التقفه
And whenever something appears to it
from the air, it snatches it up.
فنىperished الوليدAl-Walid ذاتهhis essence
فنى الوليد ذاته
بذاتهwith his own essence مؤتلفهunited
بذاته مؤتلفه
Al-Walid perished; his essence
is united with his own essence.
سكانهاits inhabitants سميهاits namesake
سكانها سميها
فيin الغربthe west يبديshows حيفهits injustice
في الغرب يبدي حيفه
Its inhabitants; its namesake
shows its injustice in the west.
فيهwithin it تشتيspends winter عصبةa band
فيه تشتي عصبة
قدhas now اصبحتbecome مصيفهsummering
قد اصبحت مصيفه
A band spends winter within it,
which has now taken to summering.
ببدرwith Badr ذوpossessing الرشدsound judgment ولاand does not
ببدر ذو الرشد ولا
ينسبهascribe it إلىto السفهfolly
ينسبه إلى السفه
With Badr, the discerning one does not
ascribe it to folly.
حمدتI praised معdespite تبذيرهits extravagance
حمدت مع تبذيره
وبذلهand its giving تصرفهits conduct
وبذله تصرفه
I praised, despite its extravagance
and its giving, its conduct.
وكلand every ماtime that أسرفit spent excessively فيin
وكل ما أسرف في
بلدa land شكرناwe thanked أسرفهits greatest spendthrift
بلد شكرنا أسرفه
And whenever it spent lavishly in
a land, we thanked its greatest spendthrift.
ونصفهand half of it معwith جبلa mountain
ونصفه مع جبل
ملكa king سطاهhis might متلفهdestructive
ملك سطاه متلفه
And half of it, with a mountain,
is a king whose might is destructive.
تصحيفaltered dotting of ثلثيهtwo-thirds of it جلتrevealed
تصحيف ثلثيه جلت
فضunsealed حديثهits tale الشفةthe lip
فض حديثه الشفة
The altered dotting of two-thirds of it was made clear;
the lip unsealed its tale.
وثلثهand a third of it حرa vulva فإنso if بللmoistened
وثلثه حر فإن بلل
حرفa letter فدعthen leave منwhoever حرفهaltered it
حرف فدع من حرفه
And a third of it is a vulva; if someone moistens
a letter, leave whoever altered it.
أنفاسهits breaths كمhow often أودعتhave bestowed
أنفاسه كم أودعت
محاسناًbeauties مستلطفةdelightful
محاسناً مستلطفة
Its breaths—how often they have bestowed
delightful beauties!
كمhow many رنحتmade sway منof غصنa bough
كم رنحت من غصن
ذيpossessing قامةa stature مهفهفةslender and graceful
ذي قامة مهفهفة
How many a bough they have made sway,
with a slender, graceful stature!
معلتةunclear; perhaps 'ailing' وهوyet it is الصحbeginning of 'the sound one'
معلتة وهو الصح
يحcompletion of 'sound' عندin the view of منwhoever قدhas عرفهknown it
يح عند من قد عرفه
Ailing [reading uncertain], yet it is the sound
one, to anyone who has known it.
وثوبهand its garment البيضwhite لاnot
وثوبه البيض لا
يزالceases يبديshows صلفهits arrogance
يزال يبدي صلفه
And its white garment never
ceases to show its arrogance.
آخرهits ending مصنفa written work
آخره مصنف
لعالمby a scholar قدhas صنفهcompiled it
لعالم قد صنفه
Its ending is a written work
by a scholar who compiled it.
وبيتand a house of سلطانa sultan غداcame to be
وبيت سلطان غدا
يصونsafeguards فيهwithin it تحفهhis treasures
يصون فيه تحفه
And a sultan's house, where he now
safeguards his treasures.
يكنىis given a byname بسدسيby two-sixths of لفظهits wording
يكنى بسدسي لفظه
عصابةa band مستنكفةdisdainful
عصابة مستنكفة
By two-sixths of its wording is designated
a disdainful band.
وسدسهand one-sixth of it أرىI see السماthe sky
وسدسه أرى السما
والأرضand the earth والماءand water يألفهgrows fond of it
والأرض والماء يألفه
And a sixth of it—I see the sky
and the earth and water grow fond of it.
فاكشفso uncover معمىthe enigma of قلبهits heart
فاكشف معمى قلبه
فمثلكمfor one like you منthe one who كشفهuncovered it
فمثلكم من كشفه
So uncover the enigma of its heart,
for one like you is the one to solve it.
نهارthe daylight of ذهنكمyour mind محىerased
نهار ذهنكم محى
منfrom الظلامthe darkness سدفهits murky veils
من الظلام سدفه
The daylight of your mind erased
from the darkness its murky veils.
يجريruns لحلto solve المشكلاbeginning of 'the difficulties'
يجري لحل المشكلا
تcompletion of 'difficulties' لمnot يخفbe feared توقفهits stopping
ت لم يخف توقفه
It hastens to solve difficul—
—ties; its stopping is not feared.
وبحركمand your sea درpearls وماand not
وبحركم در وما
صادفتI encountered فيهwithin it صدفةa shell
صادفت فيه صدفة
And your sea is pearls, and I have never
encountered a shell within it.
وللرقابand upon necks قلدتwere hung as necklaces
وللرقاب قلدت
هباتكyour gifts المؤلفةbringing together
هباتك المؤلفة
And upon necks have been hung
your gifts that bring people together.
كلall البراياcreatures نكرةunknown; indefinite
كل البرايا نكرة
وأنتand you فيهمamong them معرفةknown; definite
وأنت فيهم معرفة
All creatures are unknown,
and you among them are well known.
وخذand take عروساًa bride شنفتadorned with earrings
وخذ عروساً شنفت
مذsince جليتwas unveiled مشنفةwearing earrings
مذ جليت مشنفة
And take a bride, adorned with earrings,
wearing them ever since she was unveiled.
زهيرZuhayr لوif بانappeared لهto him
زهير لو بان له
زهرthe bloom of جلاهاher unveiling قطفةa plucking; perhaps 'he plucked it'
زهر جلاها قطفة
Were Zuhayr to see
the bloom of her unveiling, he would pluck it [reading uncertain].
أغشىdazzled سناءthe radiance of طرفهاher glance
أغشى سناء طرفها
إذاwhen لاحappeared طرفthe corner of طرفهhis eye
إذا لاح طرف طرفه
The radiance of her glance dazzles,
when it shines forth, the corner of his eye.
حديقةa garden حاسدهاits envier
حديقة حاسدها
يرعدtrembles مثلlike السفعهunclear; perhaps 'the palm frond'
يرعد مثل السفعه
A garden whose envier
trembles like a palm frond [reading uncertain].
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