Feedback

My interpretation of love was not betrayed

لم يخن في الحب تأويلي

1. My interpretation of love was not betrayed
By this beauty who interprets to me

١. لم يَخُنْ في الحبِّ تَأويلِي
هذِهِ الحَسناءُ تَأْوِي لِي

2. She saw my patience with my ordeal
Between oppression and tyranny

٢. أبْصَرَتْ صَبْري علَى كلَفي
بَيْنَ تَنْكِيبٍ وَتَنْكيلِ

3. And she realized I cannot be warded off
By prolonged torment and anguish

٣. وَدَرَتْ أنْ لَيْسَ يَدْرَأُ بِي
طُولُ تَعْذيبٍ وَتَعْذيلِ

4. So she stopped and the eyelids stopped blood
When glorifying and imploring

٤. فَكَفَتْ وَكفَ الجُفون دَماً
حالَ تَسْبيحٍ وَتَسْبيلِ

5. And she healed what healed me, and behold
My bedding is difficult for my comfort

٥. وَشَفَتْ مَا شَفَّني فَإذَا
صَعْبُ تَسْهِيدي لِتَسْهِيلِي

6. A spark shone with its subtlety
After disappointment and imagining

٦. مِقَةٌ جادَتْ بِرِقّتِها
بَعْدَ تَخْييب وَتَخْييلِ

7. No care for the blamer
When she gives me preference over others

٧. لا مُبَالاةٌ بِعاذِلَة
حينَ تُفْضِي لِي بِتَفْضيلِي

8. Nothing distracted me but her rising
Without procrastination and trickery

٨. لَم يَرُعْنِي غَيْرُ مَطْلَعِها
دونَ تَسْويفٍ وتَسْويلِ

9. In gentle ones belonging to me
Of chaste faith for the evidence

٩. في لِداتٍ يَنْتَمِينَ عَلى
عِفّة في الدّين للدِّيلِ

10. Like the sands' maidens walking
Every scent with adornment

١٠. كَجَوارِي الرَّمْلِ جَارِيَة
كُلُّ تَعطير بِتَعْطيلِ

11. They in complaining of passion why
With me other than the traces of encampments

١١. هُنَّ في شَكوَى الغَرَامِ لِمَا
بي خَلا خِيم الخَلاخِيلِ

12. She necessitated following desire, so she stopped
My opinion with intimidation

١٢. أوْجَبَت رَعْيَ الهَوَى فَقَفَتْ
رَأيَ تَخويفي بِتَخْويلِي

13. And fulfilled my waiting period with her union
Between preparing and facilitating

١٣. وَقَضَتْ مِنْ وَصْلِها عِدَتي
بَيْنَ تَمهيدٍ وَتَسْهيلِ

14. Reciting what I composed, I recite it to her
With her I have no rivals

١٤. تِلوَ مَا أنْشَأتُ أَنْشِدُهَا
مَن بِهَا لِي مِنْ بَهاليلِ

15. What sign of beauty has she become
The sum of my arrangement and travel

١٥. أيُّ آيٍ لِلْجَمَالِ غَدَتْ
جُلَّ تَرتيبِي وتَرحيلِي

16. What is passion so beware its aggression
Other than welcoming and farewell

١٦. ما الهَوى فَاحْذَرْ إغارَته
غَيْرُ تَرْحيبٍ وَتَرْحيلِ

17. Its family for separation it brings together
Between notification and qualification

١٧. أَهْلُهُ لِلبَيْنِ يُتْلِفُهُمْ
بَيْنَ تَأْهيبٍ وتأهيلِ

18. Leave the methods of lineage and take
In the legends of legends

١٨. دَعْ أَساليبَ النَّسيبِ وَخُذْ
في أَساطيرِ الأَساطِيلِ

19. Sisters of horses swimming
Of adornment and ornament

١٩. أخَواتُ الخَيْلِ سَابِحَةً
ذَاتُ تَزْيين وَتَزْييلِ

20. And daughters of water hunting
Like crawling snakes

٢٠. وَبَنَاتُ الماءِ صَائِلَةً
كالأفَاعِيِّ الأَفاعيلِ

21. She raised the salty bitter so what
You want of resolve and determination

٢١. علتِ المِلْحَ الأُجاجَ فَما
شِئْتَ مِنْ تَشْمير وَتَشْمِيلِ

22. The non-Arabs still render it obscure
The fold of inability and haste

٢٢. لا تَزَالُ العُجْمُ تَعْجُمُها
طَيَّ تَعْجيزٍ وَتَعْجيلِ

23. And you find from her limbs
Freedom of leaping and lengthening

٢٣. وَتُلاقِي مِنْ بَوارِحِها
بَرْحَ تَطْويحٍ وتَطْويلِ

24. She circled exalted with them
The evil of rising and analysis

٢٤. حَلَّقَتْ مُحْتَلَّةً بِهِمُ
شَرَّ تَحليقٍ وتَحْليلِ

25. The rise of the ferocity of war made them vile
Every concealment and enablement

٢٥. وَسَلتْ بَحْرَ المَجازِ بِما
طَرِبَتْ كالنِّيب للسيلِ

26. What they imagined failed so they did not stop
People of disappointment and imagining

٢٦. عَزمُها والرّوم بالعُدْوَى
بَيْنَ تَجديدٍ وتَجديلِ

27. If they were given the Quran, they would not
Resolve from the nation of the Gospel

٢٧. هامَهُم أبْقَتْ وَحَدَّهُمُ
رَهْنَ تَفْليقٍ وتَضْليلِ

28. For the created maidens for them
Flow of choosing and testing

٢٨. لَم تَدَعْ يَوْماً أعادِيَها
دونَ تَعْقِيرٍ وَتَعقيلِ

29. She originated from a victorious group
After decrease and killing

٢٩. مُذْ رَمَتْهُم قَدْ رَمَتْ بِهِمُ
وَسْطَ سجِّينٍ بِسِجِيلِ

30. So they are from glory and guidance
Absence of humiliation and confusion

٣٠. سَاوَرَتْهُم فَاغْتَدَوْا مَثَلاً
سُؤْرَ تَنْفِيرٍ وَتَنْفيلِ

31. The extension of the shade of security increased them
After decrease and scarcity

٣١. نَهْضُ عَضِّ البَأْس بَزَّهُمُ
كُلَّ تَمْوِيه وَتَمويلِ

32. In the cause of God her swimming
Under emphasis and entrusting

٣٢. خَابَ ما خَالُوا فَلا بَرِحوا
أَهْل تَخْييبٍ وتَخْييلِ

33. She created John, his creation
Beauty of influence and interpretation

٣٣. ما أُولُوا القُرْآن إنْ صَدَقُوا
عَزْمَهُم مِن جِيلِ إنْجِيلِ

34. And on his management she depended
In the futilities of allegations

٣٤. بِالجَوارِي المُنْشَآتِ لَهُمْ
جَرْيُ تَبْتِيرٍ وَتَبْتيلِ

35. She deferred what she provoked for them
Any provocation and delay

٣٥. صَدَرَتْ عَنْ مَعْشَرٍ نُصِرَتْ
إثْرَ تَقْتيرٍ وتَقتيلِ

36. And she folded, folding with what she did
Truth of habit and reliance

٣٦. فَهُمُ مِنْ عِزَّةٍ وهُدىً
غِبّ تَذْلِيلٍ وتَضْلِيلِ

37. A king surpassing kings extensively
Towards praise and undertaking

٣٧. مَدُّ ظِلِّ الأَمْنِ كَثَّرَهُمْ
بَعْدَ تَقْليصٍ وتَقليلِ

38. So they fell behind and he excelled over them
Excess of endearment and achievement

٣٨. فِي سَبيلِ اللَّهِ مَسْبَحُها
تَحْتَ تَوْكِيدٍ وتَوْكيلِ

39. His supreme hand and hearing
Harmony of reconciling and explaining

٣٩. خَالَقَت يَحْيى خَليقَتُهُ
حُسْنَ تَأثِير وَتأثِيلِ

40. It dispelled astrology, he was fortunate
Matter of enumeration and adjustment

٤٠. وَعَلى تَدْبيرِه اعْتَمَدَتْ
في أبابيلِ الأباطيلِ

41. Or how is the world by his empire
Full of assurance and expectation

٤١. أَجَّلَت ما أجّجَت لَهُمُ
أَيَّ تَأْجِيجٍ وَتَأْجِيلِ

42. It was perfected when it was perfected in generosity
Much of hiding for perfection

٤٢. وانْثَنَتْ تَثْنِي بِمَا صَنَعَتْ
صِدْقَ تَعْويدٍ وَتَعْويلِ

43. From an enemy in its rolling
Enough elevation and sublimation

٤٣. مَلِكٌ فاتَ المُلوكَ مَدىً
نَحْوَ تَحْميدٍ وَتَحْميلِ

44. He charged the Most High and crowned it
Best of imposition and crowning

٤٤. فَرَّطُوا وَامْتَازَ دُونَهُمُ
فَرْطَ تَحْسينٍ وَتَحْصِيلِ

45. So he is of nobility and knowledge
Lord of education and reasoning

٤٥. يَدُهُ الطّولَى وَمَسْمَعُهُ
إلْفُ تَأليفٍ وَتَألِيلِ

46. He has refrained from praise that glorifies him
Reciting downgrade and dishonor

٤٦. كَفَتِ التَّنْجِيمَ أسْعُدُهُ
أمْرَ تَعْديدٍ وَتَعْديلِ

47. Where is the eulogy to describe him
Description of reverence and revelation

٤٧. أَو مَا الدّنْيَا بدَوْلَتِهِ
مِلْءُ تَأمِينٍ وَتَأمِيلِ

48. He remains a full moon and sea of bounty
Between enlightenment and bestowal

٤٨. كُمِّنَتْ إِذْ كُمِّلَتْ كَرَماً
رُبَّ تَكْمِينٍ لِتَكْميلِ

٤٩. مِنْ عَدِيٍّ في ذُؤَابَتِهَا
حَسْبَ تَرْفيعٍ وَتَرْفيلِ

٥٠. كَلَّفَ العَلْيَا وَكَلَّلَهَا
خَيْرَ تَكْلِيفٍ وَتَكْلِيلِ

٥١. فَهْوَ مِنْ عُرْفٍ وَمَعْرِفَةٍ
رَبُّ تَعْليمٍ وَتَعْلِيلِ

٥٢. جَلَّ عَنْ مَدْحٍ يُجَلِّلُه
تِلْوَ تَنْخيبٍ وَتَنْخِيلِ

٥٣. أيْنَ مِنْ وَصْفِ القَريضِ لَهُ
وَصْفُ تَنْزِيهٍ وَتَنْزِيلِ

٥٤. لا يَزَلْ بَدْراً وَبَحْرَ نَدىً
بَيْنَ تَنْوِيرٍ وَتَنْوِيلِ