مقاتلُdeaths الفُرسانthe knights
مقاتلُ الفُرسان
فيin مَعركِthe battle of الهَجرِestrangement
في مَعركِ الهَجرِ
The deaths of knights
The knight in battle
in the battle of estrangement,
In the conflict of departure
مِنfrom لحظةِthe glance of الفتّانthe charmer
مِن لحظةِ الفتّان
تُمليare dictated علىupon صَدريmy breast
تُملي على صَدري
from the charmer’s glance,
From the moment of infatuation
are inscribed upon my breast.
It dictates upon my chest
ياO رشأًyoung gazelle آنسtame
يا رشأً آنس
لِمwhy ذاthis تَرىyou appear (apparently intended as passive) نافِرskittish
لِم ذا تَرى نافِر
O tame fawn,
O gentle company
why, then, do you seem skittish,
Why do you seem aloof
ولمand have not تزلceased كانسsheltering
ولم تزل كانس
فيin القلبِthe heart والنّاظرand the eye
في القلبِ والنّاظر
when you have always sheltered
You have not ceased being intimate
in the heart and the eye?
In heart and sight
فقالَthen he said ليto me استاكسprobably 'be at ease' (unclear reading)
فقالَ لي استاكس
ياO مايناًliar غادِرtreacherous
يا مايناً غادِر
Then he said to me, “Be at ease [uncertain reading],
So Alpine told me
O treacherous liar!
O unfaithful Maya
مِنfrom عادةِthe habit of الغِزلانthe gazelles
مِن عادةِ الغِزلان
فيin المهمهِthe wilderness القفرِbarren
في المهمهِ القفرِ
It is a habit of gazelles
It is the way of the coquettes
in the barren wilderness,
In the barren task
اذاwhen رأتthey see انسانa human
اذا رأت انسان
تُمعِنُgo far فيin الفَرِّflight
تُمعِنُ في الفَرِّ
when they see a human,
When she sees a man
to flee far away.”
She pretends indifference
رأيتُI saw اذwhen كَرّاhe returned
رأيتُ اذ كَرّا
فيin مجلسِthe gathering of الأُنسِgood cheer
في مجلسِ الأُنسِ
I saw him, when he returned,
I saw when the wine
amid the gathering of good cheer,
In the gathering of companionship
يُديرهاhe passes it around خمراًwine
يُديرها خمراً
تلعبُtoys بالنّفسِwith the soul
تلعبُ بالنّفسِ
passing it round—a wine
She passes it around
that toys with the soul—
Playing with the soul
بدراًa full moon محاblotted out البدراthe full moon
بدراً محا البدرا
يدورُرgoes around (apparent extra letter) بالشّمسِwith the sun
يدورُر بالشّمسِ
a full moon that blotted out the full moon,
A full moon that erased the full moon
going round with the sun.
Revolving with the sun
قوامُهhis figure الميّاسgracefully swaying
قوامُه الميّاس
يهتزُّquivers مِنfrom لينِsuppleness
يهتزُّ مِن لينِ
His gracefully swaying figure
His figure sways
quivers with suppleness,
From softness
كالغُصنِlike the branch غصنِa branch of الآسthe myrtle
كالغُصنِ غصنِ الآس
فيin كُثبِthe dunes of يبرينِYabrin
في كُثبِ يبرينِ
like a branch—a myrtle branch—
Like the branch, the branch of myrtle
among Yabrin’s dunes.
In the meadows of Yabrīn
غَنّىhe sang فهامَso were enraptured الناسthe people
غَنّى فهامَ الناس
مِنfrom طيبِthe sweetness of تلحينِmelodious singing
مِن طيبِ تلحينِ
He sang, and the people were enraptured
He sang and enchanted people
by the sweetness of his singing.
With the sweetness of his melody
قدindeed أيقظَawakened الحُبّاlove
قد أيقظَ الحُبّا
بطرفهِwith his gaze الوسنانdrowsy
بطرفهِ الوسنان
He has awakened love
He awakened love
with his drowsy gaze,
With his tender glance
ليسبيto capture القلباthe heart
ليسبي القلبا
مِنfrom معقلِthe stronghold of السُّلوانforgetfulness
مِن معقلِ السُّلوان
to take the heart captive
To capture the heart
from the stronghold of forgetfulness.
From the fortress of indifference
فقلتُso I said اذwhen عبّاhe mustered
فقلتُ اذ عبّا
كتائبُthe battalions of الهجرانestrangement
كتائبُ الهجران
So I said, when he mustered
So I said when the troops
the battalions of estrangement:
Of estrangement marched
قالَsaid ليto me العاذِلthe reproacher
قالَ لي العاذِل
اذwhen فَرّطَwent too far (contextual reading) الحُبُّlove
اذ فَرّطَ الحُبُّ
The reproacher said to me,
The ardent lover said to me
when love went too far,
When love deserted
الأسدُthe lion الباسِلvaliant
الأسدُ الباسِل
يقتادُهُleads him السِّربُthe gazelle herd
يقتادُهُ السِّربُ
“The valiant lion
The valiant lion
is led by the gazelle herd.”
Is led by the flock
فقلتُso I said ياO جاهِلignorant one
فقلتُ يا جاهِل
الحاكمُthe judge القلبُthe heart
الحاكمُ القلبُ
So I said, “O ignorant one,
So I said, O ignorant one
the heart is the judge.”
The heart rules
وكادَand nearly أوor قدalready حانthe time had come
وكادَ أو قد حان
وقالَand he said فيby way of العُذرِexcuse
وقالَ في العُذرِ
And it nearly happened—or the time had already come—
It almost came or the time has come
and he said by way of excuse:
And he said in excuse
أخافُI fear فيin الهجرانestrangement
أخافُ في الهجران
هَتيكةrending of السِّترِthe veil
هَتيكة السِّترِ
“I fear, in estrangement,
I fear in estrangement
the rending of the veil.”
Violation of privacy
Sol 6.1