وليلةٍand a night باتَspent the night فيهاin it البدرُthe full moon يَفضحُنيexposes me
وليلةٍ باتَ فيها البدرُ يَفضحُني
غيظاout of spite علىtoward قَمريmy moon إذsince باتspent the night يَفْضَحُهُputs it to shame
غيظا على قَمري إذ بات يَفْضَحُهُ
And one night the full moon kept exposing me,
A night when the full moon shamed me
Out of spite toward my moon, for he kept putting it to shame.
Angry at my moon, as it shamed him
وقدand indeed تَكاملَreached fullness فيat أعلىthe highest مَطالِعِهits rising points
وقد تَكاملَ في أعلى مَطالِعِه
عَساهُperhaps it might يَسرِقsteal معنىًa quality منهfrom him يَرْبَحهgain it
عَساهُ يَسرِق معنىً منه يَرْبَحه
And it had reached fullness at the highest of its rising points,
And it reached its utmost rising
Hoping to steal some grace from him for its own gain.
Perhaps it will steal a meaning and gain it
والروضُand the garden يُبدِيreveals إليناto us منfrom سَرَائرِهits secrets
والروضُ يُبدِي إلينا من سَرَائرِه
معنىa meaning يَدِقّis subtle ولفظُand the utterance الريحِof the wind يَشْرَحهexplains it
معنى يَدِقّ ولفظُ الريحِ يَشْرَحه
And the garden reveals to us, from its secrets,
The garden reveals to us its secrets
A subtle meaning, and the wind's speech explains it.
A meaning refined and the breeze explains it
وكلماand whenever نَفَحْتناwafted over us منfrom أَزاهرِهits blossoms
وكلما نَفَحْتنا من أَزاهرِه
رَياّa sweet fragrance فمِنّاthen from us نسيمُa breeze المسكِof musk يَنْفَحهwafts over it
رَياّ فمِنّا نسيمُ المسكِ يَنْفَحه
And whenever there wafts to us from its blossoms
Whenever it blows upon us from its flowers
A fragrance, a breeze of musk from us wafts back to it.
A gentle wind, musk spreads its breath
وقدand indeed تَناهَىreached its utmost بناwith us ضِيقُthe tightness العِناقِof the embrace إلىto
وقد تَناهَى بنا ضِيقُ العِناقِ إلى
حَدٍّa limit كمُنطبِقlike the joining of الجَفنْينِthe two eyelids أَفْسَحُهits widest part
حَدٍّ كمُنطبِق الجَفنْينِ أَفْسَحُه
And the tightness of our embrace had brought us to
We reached the end of tight embrace
A limit whose widest gap was like that between closed eyelids.
Like eyelids shut, it relaxes them
كأنماas though قَصْدُthe aim قلبينَاof our two hearts لقاؤُهماtheir meeting
كأنما قَصْدُ قلبينَا لقاؤُهما
دونَwithout الوَسائطِintermediaries منconcerning أمرٍa matter نُصحِّحهwe set it right
دونَ الوَسائطِ من أمرٍ نُصحِّحه
As though our two hearts sought to meet
As if our hearts intended their meeting
Without intermediaries, over some matter we would set right.
Without obstacles, we correct it
Sol 6.1