لاNo وعينيكِby your two eyes والجبينِand by the brow وجيدِكand by your neck
لا وعينيكِ والجبينِ وجيدِك
ماnot سلوتُI have forgotten الهوىlove وطيبand the sweetness of عهودِكِyour pledges
ما سلوتُ الهوى وطيب عهودِكِ
No—by your eyes, your brow, and your neck—
Not by your eyes, nor forehead, nor your cheek,
I have not forgotten love or the sweetness of your pledges.
Have I sought solace or promises so sweet.
كيفhow أسلوI forget وجلنارwhile the pomegranate blossom of فؤاديmy heart
كيف أسلو وجلنار فؤادي
يتلظىblazes منfrom جلنارthe pomegranate blossom of خدودكyour cheeks
يتلظى من جلنار خدودك
How can I forget, while my heart’s pomegranate blossom
How can I seek when my burning heart
is set ablaze by the pomegranate blossom of your cheeks?
Is seared by flames from your glowing cheeks?
سلبتstole مقلتاكyour two eyes أسودthe black core of قلبيmy heart
سلبت مقلتاك أسود قلبي
فهوso it is خالٌa mole للحسنfor beauty بينbetween نهودكyour breasts
فهو خالٌ للحسن بين نهودك
Your eyes have stolen my heart’s dark core;
Your glance has robbed my heart of peace and calm,
so it is a beauty spot between your breasts.
Leaving it barren, save beauty you bestow.
كلevery شيءٍthing لديّto me فيin الحبlove سهلٌeasy
كل شيءٍ لديّ في الحب سهلٌ
منof أليمpainful العذابtorment غيرexcept صدودكyour rejection
من أليم العذاب غير صدودك
Everything in love is easy for me,
In love, for me all else is comfort sure,
even grievous torment—except your rejection.
Save torment of your disdain and woe.
قدindeed هتكتyou have shamed الغصونthe boughs عطفاًin graceful bending وليناًand suppleness
قد هتكت الغصون عطفاً وليناً
بقوامwith a figure يهتزsways تحتbeneath بنودكyour banners
بقوام يهتز تحت بنودك
You have shamed the boughs in grace and suppleness
With charm and grace the branches you incline,
with a figure that sways beneath your banners.
Swaying with poise beneath your cloak's end low.
شرحthe explanation of لامthe letter lām العذارthe cheek-down ردa rebuttal علىto منwhoever
شرح لام العذار رد على من
لامblamed صباًa passionate lover مسلسلاًchained بقيودكin your fetters
لام صباً مسلسلاً بقيودك
The explanation of the cheek-down’s lām rebuts whoever
Answer the critics, who reproach and blame,
blames a passionate lover chained in your fetters.
Those shackled lifelong by your beauty's glow.
رسلthe messengers of عينيكyour two eyes صيرتناmade us عبيداًslaves
رسل عينيك صيرتنا عبيداً
فاتقِso fear اللَهGod فيin عذابthe torment of عبيدكyour slaves
فاتقِ اللَه في عذاب عبيدك
The messengers of your eyes have made us slaves;
Your eyes have made us slaves, behold and see,
so fear God when you torment your slaves.
Spare us, your slaves, from torture and from woe.
كمhow often هداناguided us الصباحthe dawn منfrom فرقكyour hair-parting الوضthe radiant (word begins)
كم هدانا الصباح من فرقك الوض
احcompletion of 'radiant' لماwhen أنthat (linking particle) جنّfell dark ليلthe night of جعودكyour curls
اح لما أن جنّ ليل جعودك
How often dawn has guided us from your radiant hair-parting
Dawn after dusk, the ev'ning shadows fall,
when the night of your curls closed in!
Heralding the night, when you depart and go.
انindeed عرفthe fragrance of الخزامlavender فيin ثغركyour mouth العذthe sweet (word begins)
ان عرف الخزام في ثغرك العذ
بcompletion of 'sweet' الأقاحيdaisies والمسكand musk طيwithin the folds of برودكyour robes
ب الأقاحي والمسك طي برودك
Indeed, lavender’s fragrance is in your sweet mouth;
The thorn knows well the musk scent on your mouth,
daisies and musk lie in the folds of your robes.
And perfume rare that your cool lips bestow.
نصبتhas set فتنةًa temptation لكلfor every سليمٍunscathed person
نصبت فتنةً لكل سليمٍ
صورةthe image of الحسنbeauty فيin لجينthe silver of زنودكyour forearms
صورة الحسن في لجين زنودك
A temptation has been set for everyone still unscathed
For each one whole, you are temptation's shape,
by beauty’s image in the silver of your forearms.
Beauty perfect in your soft cheek's graceful bow.
فحياتيso my life شهودbeholding ساميlofty محياface
فحياتي شهود سامي محيا
كyour (possessive suffix) وموتيand my death إنif لمnot أكنI am منamong شهودكthose who behold you
ك وموتي إن لم أكن من شهودك
So my life lies in beholding your lofty face,
My life bears witness to your beauty's height,
and my death comes if I am not among those who behold you.
My death, if not among those who bear you so.
بالذيby the One who صاغfashioned وجنتيكyour two cheeks وروداًas roses
بالذي صاغ وجنتيك وروداً
داوِheal قلبيmy heart بشمby smelling طيبthe fragrance of ورودكyour roses
داوِ قلبي بشم طيب ورودك
By the One who fashioned your cheeks into roses,
By that one who shaped your cheeks like roses fair,
heal my heart with a breath of your roses’ fragrance.
Cure my heart with the scent of roses you bestow.
واسقنيand give me to drink الصرفunmixed wine منfrom سلافةِthe choicest wine of ثغرٍa mouth
واسقني الصرف من سلافةِ ثغرٍ
باسمsmiling عنrevealing مثالthe likeness of درthe pearls of عقودكyour necklaces
باسم عن مثال در عقودك
And give me unmixed wine from the choicest vintage of a mouth
From your sweet mouth give drink that I request,
smiling to reveal the likeness of your necklaces’ pearls.
Pure and cooling, like the pearls you show.
اتلفdestroyed البينseparation مهجتيmy lifeblood وحشائيand my entrails
اتلف البين مهجتي وحشائي
فاشفهاso heal it منعماًgraciously بفضلthrough the favor of ورودكyour coming
فاشفها منعماً بفضل ورودك
Separation has destroyed my lifeblood and my entrails;
My heart and vitals are severed, torn apart,
so graciously heal it with the favor of your coming.
Heal them gently with your kindness, grace bestow.
جدbe generous بوعدٍwith a promise انif لمnot تجدyou are generous بوصالٍwith union
جد بوعدٍ ان لم تجد بوصالٍ
فلعليso perhaps I أرىI see الشفاhealing بوعودكthrough your promises
فلعلي أرى الشفا بوعودك
Be generous with a promise, if not with union,
If embrace is denied, keep your promise still,
for perhaps I may find healing in your promises.
Cure, perhaps, is found in promises you owe.
قدindeed كسانيclothed me الصدودrejection ثوبa garment of سقامٍsickness
قد كساني الصدود ثوب سقامٍ
ومنعنيand denied me المنامsleep خوفfear of وعيدكyour threat
ومنعني المنام خوف وعيدك
Rejection has clothed me in a garment of sickness,
Disdain has clothed me in tattered garb of woe,
and fear of your threat has denied me sleep.
Bad dreams have deprived me of rest I fervently owe.
ردّrestore نوميmy sleep عسىperhaps يلمُّmay visit خيالٌa phantom
ردّ نومي عسى يلمُّ خيالٌ
منكfrom you بيto me لاmay ... not عدمتyou be deprived of طيبthe sweetness of رقودكyour slumber
منك بي لا عدمت طيب رقودك
Restore my sleep; perhaps a phantom
Restore my sleep, that images I know,
of you will visit me—may you never lack sweet slumber.
Of you, if gone, I'll never comfort know.
ياAh رعىmay preserve اللَهGod طيبthe sweetness of عهدthe days of التدانيdrawing near
يا رعى اللَه طيب عهد التداني
وزماناًand a time صفاwas serene بانسthrough the comfort of وجودكyour presence
وزماناً صفا بانس وجودك
Ah, may God preserve the sweetness of the days of closeness,
God keep faith, and time of harmony so sweet,
and a time made serene by the comfort of your presence.
When we would meet, and you were loving, gentle, low.
Sol 6.1