للهِto God! (in admiration) وافرُplump كمثرىpear ذَكرتُI recalled بهthrough it
للهِ وافرُ كمثرى ذَكرتُ به
ماwhat كنتُI used to أَعْهَدknow فيin أيامىَmy days الأُوَلِearliest
ما كنتُ أَعْهَد في أيامىَ الأُوَلِ
How splendid the plump pear! Through it I recalled
Abundant praise to God, as I recalled Him
what I used to know in my earliest days.
As I had never known in my early days
لمnot أُدْنِهI brought it near لفميto my mouth إلاexcept وأَوْهَمهand I imagined it
لم أُدْنِه لفمي إلا وأَوْهَمه
منamong النهودِthe breasts لذيذَdelicious العَضِّto bite بالقُبَلwith kisses
من النهودِ لذيذَ العَضِّ بالقُبَل
I never brought it near my mouth without imagining it
I brought it not to my mouth but deceived it
a breast, delicious to bite with kisses.
With sweetest kisses from supple lips
قدindeed ذقتُI tasted منof طعمهits flavor ماwhat كادَnearly يَبْلُغcarries بيme along
قد ذقتُ من طعمه ما كادَ يَبْلُغ بي
ماwhat ذقتُI tasted منfrom رَشْفِsipping (kissing) محبوبٍa beloved علىin وَجَلfear
ما ذقتُ من رَشْفِ محبوبٍ على وَجَل
Indeed, I tasted in its flavor what nearly carried me
I tasted of its flavor what nearly reached me
to what I tasted sipping a beloved's lips in fear.
To what I tasted from a beloved's sipping in trepidation
يحكىresembles قَواريرَflasks ماءِwater الوردِof roses خالطَهmingled with it
يحكى قَواريرَ ماءِ الوردِ خالطَه
فيهاin them منfrom الزعفرانِsaffron المسكmusk بالعسلwith honey
فيها من الزعفرانِ المسك بالعسل
It resembles flasks of rosewater, mingled
It tells the tale of rosewater mixed with
within them with saffron, musk, and honey.
Saffron, musk and honey
أَكْرِمْhow welcome! بزَوْرَتهis its visit لوif only أنهاthat it اتصلتْcontinued
أَكْرِمْ بزَوْرَته لو أنها اتصلتْ
وأنهand that it كانwas فيهاduring it غيرَnot منفصلdeparting
وأنه كان فيها غيرَ منفصل
How welcome its visit—if only it would last,
Honor its visit, if only it had lasted
and it would stay throughout, never departing.
And that it was in it undivided
لوif كنتُI were أملكpossessing حكمَrule over الأرضthe earth ماnot حَمَلتْit bore
لو كنتُ أملك حكمَ الأرض ما حَمَلتْ
نَبتاa plant سواهother than it علىon سهلa plain ولاnor جبلa mountain
نَبتا سواه على سهل ولا جبل
If I held sway over the earth, it would bear no
If I owned the earth I would not have borne
plant but it, on plain or mountain.
A plant other than it, on plain or hill
Sol 6.1