وغَريرٍand a guileless youth يَقْضيhe judges بحُكَْينِwith two judgments فيconcerning الرَّاwine (continued)
وغَريرٍ يَقْضي بحُكَْينِ في الرَّا
حِcompletion of 'wine' بجورٍwith injustice وفيand concerning الهَوىlove بمُحالِwith impossibility
حِ بجورٍ وفي الهَوى بمُحالِ
And a guileless youth who gives two rulings: on wine,
With a charming smile that settles disputes amicably,
an unjust one, and on love, an impossible one.
And with passion that cannot be fulfilled.
للنّقَاthe sand dune's رِدْفُهُhis rump وللخُوطِand the slender bough's ماwhat حُمِّwas endowed (continued)
للنّقَا رِدْفُهُ وللخُوطِ ما حُمِّ
لَcompletion of 'was endowed' لِيناًwith suppleness وجِيدُهُand his neck للغَزَالِthe gazelle's
لَ لِيناً وجِيدُهُ للغَزَالِ
His rump is a sand dune's; his form a slender bough's, endowed
His neck is for pearls, and his body for fine robes,
with suppleness; and his neck is a gazelle's.
Gentle and his neck for gazelles.
فَعَلَتْhave done مُقْلَتاهُhis two eyes بالصَّبِّto the lovesick lover ماwhat تفْdoes (continued)
فَعَلَتْ مُقْلَتاهُ بالصَّبِّ ما تفْ
عَلُcompletion of 'does' جَدْوَىthe bounty of يديكَyour two hands بالأَمْوالِto wealth
عَلُ جَدْوَى يديكَ بالأَمْوالِ
His eyes have done to the lovesick lover what
His eyelids with kohl do more
the bounty of your hands does to wealth.
Than what your hands can do with money.
لَمْnot تُقَسْyou were compared بالذيwith whoever عداكَis other than you مِنَamong الخَلْhumankind (continued)
لَمْ تُقَسْ بالذي عداكَ مِنَ الخَلْ
قِcompletion of 'humankind' فماfor ... are not الشّامِخاتُthe towering peaks مِثْلَlike الرِّمالِthe sands
قِ فما الشّامِخاتُ مِثْلَ الرِّمالِ
You have not been compared with the rest of humankind;
You were not fair to others unlike you,
for towering peaks are not like the sands.
For the high dunes are not like flat sands.
وإذاand if شِئْتَyou wish أَنْto تَرىsee الموتَdeath فيin صُوform (continued)
وإذا شِئْتَ أَنْ تَرى الموتَ في صُو
رَةِcompletion of 'form' لَيْثٍa lion فيin لِبْدَتَيْthe two mane-locks of رِئْبالِa lion
رَةِ لَيْثٍ في لِبْدَتَيْ رِئْبالِ
And if you wish to see death in the form
If you wish to see death in the form
of a lion, wearing a lion's two mane-locks,
Of a fierce lion with grinning teeth.
فالْقَهُthen meet him غَيْرَexcept أَنّماthat only لِبْدَتَاهُhis two mane-locks
فالْقَهُ غَيْرَ أَنّما لِبْدَتَاهُ
أَبْيَضٌwhite (a sword) صارِمٌkeen-edged وأَسْمَرُand brown (a spear) عالِtall
أَبْيَضٌ صارِمٌ وأَسْمَرُ عالِ
then meet him—except that his two mane-locks are only
Meet him, though his teeth
a white, keen sword and a tall, brown spear.
Are pearly white and tan high.
تَلْقَyou will meet لَيْثاًa lion قَدْalready قُلِّصَتْhave been drawn back شَفَتاهُhis two lips
تَلْقَ لَيْثاً قَدْ قُلِّصَتْ شَفَتاهُ
فَيُرَىso he is seen ضاحِكاًsmiling لِعُبْسِat the grim-faced ones الصِّيالِof the onslaught
فَيُرَى ضاحِكاً لِعُبْسِ الصِّيالِ
You will meet a lion whose lips have been drawn back,
You will meet a lion whose lips are shortened,
so he appears smiling at the grim-faced attackers.
So he looks smiling at the severity of warriors.
Sol 6.1