لِلَّهِto God (expressing admiration) أياميmy days بقليوبِin Qalyub
لِلَّهِ أيامي بقليوبِ
والعيشُand life مُخضَرُّgreen الجَلابيبِthe robes
والعيشُ مُخضَرُّ الجَلابيبِ
God, what days I had in Qalyub!
My days belong to Allah
And life wore green robes,
And life has verdant robes
والطيرُand the birds فيin الأغصانthe branches فَتّانةenchanting
والطيرُ في الأغصان فَتّانة
ماan emphatic particle بينbetween تَلْحينmelodic singing وتَطْريبand rapturous singing
ما بين تَلْحين وتَطْريب
And the birds in the branches were enchanting,
The birds in the branches are flirtatious
Between melody and rapturous song.
Between melodies and trills
والشمسand the sun فيin المَغربِthe west مُصْفَرَّةyellowed
والشمس في المَغربِ مُصْفَرَّة
كعاشقlike a lover منbecause of بعدِseparation from محبوبa beloved
كعاشق من بعدِ محبوب
And the sun in the west was yellow,
The sun in the west is yellowed
Like a lover parted from a beloved.
Like a lover after the beloved is gone
وجُلَّنارand pomegranate blossom بينamong أغصانهits branches
وجُلَّنار بين أغصانه
يُبدِيreveals أفانينَvarieties الأَعاجيبmarvels
يُبدِي أفانينَ الأَعاجيب
And pomegranate blossom amid its branches
A rose among its branches
Revealed marvels of many kinds,
Reveals wonders
كزَعْفرانِlike saffron لاحَgleamed فيin لاذةٍa silk cloth
كزَعْفرانِ لاحَ في لاذةٍ
حمراءَred فيin راحةِthe palm of مخضوبone dyed with henna
حمراءَ في راحةِ مخضوب
Like saffron gleaming in a piece of silk,
Like saffron gleaming in a meadow
Red, in a henna-stained palm.
Red in bloodied tranquility
Sol 6.1