باتتshe spent the night تُعاطينيshe offers me حُميَّاهاher heady wine
باتت تُعاطيني حُميَّاها
بيضاءُfair-skinned كالبدرlike the full moon مُحيَّاهاher face
بيضاءُ كالبدر مُحيَّاها
She spent the night offering me her heady wine,
Her affection showers me with its whiteness
A fair-skinned woman, her face like the full moon.
as white as the full moon is her greeting
جاءَتshe came منfrom الفردوسِParadise تهديoffering لناto us
جاءَت من الفردوسِ تهدي لنا
نفحةَa fragrant waft كافورٍcamphor بمسراهاon her night journey
نفحةَ كافورٍ بمسراها
She came from Paradise, bringing us
She came from Paradise to give us
A waft of camphor on her passage by night.
a camphor-scented breeze with her delight
لوif لمnot تكنshe were منamong حُورِهاits houris لمnot يكنthere would be
لو لم تكن من حُورِها لم يكن
رحيقُهاher nectar بينbetween ثناياهاher front teeth
رحيقُها بين ثناياها
Were she not one of its houris, there would be no
Had she not been one of its maidens, her nectar
Nectar of hers between her front teeth.
would not have been between her sides
ذاتُpossessing قوامٍa figure حبَّذاhow lovely بانةًa bān (moringa) tree
ذاتُ قوامٍ حبَّذا بانةً
منهfrom it نسيمُthe breeze الدلِّof coquetry ثناهاbent it
منه نسيمُ الدلِّ ثناها
She has a figure—what a lovely bān-tree,
Of a stature made perfectly for yearning
Formed from it, bent by the breeze of coquetry.
from which blows the breeze of ardency bending her
ووجنةٌand a cheek تُغنيكsatisfies you فيin شمِّهاsmelling it
ووجنةٌ تُغنيك في شمِّها
عنfrom شمِّكyour smelling الوردَroses بريَّاهاwith its fragrance
عن شمِّك الوردَ بريَّاها
And a cheek that, when you smell it, leaves no need
With a cheek that makes you forget in its fragrance
To smell roses, thanks to its own fragrance.
the smelling of roses and lilies combined
بتُّI spent the night كماas شئتُI wished بهاwith her ناعماًin bliss
بتُّ كما شئتُ بها ناعماً
مُعانقاًembracing مُرتشفاًsipping فاهاher mouth
مُعانقاً مُرتشفاً فاها
I spent the night with her in bliss, as I wished,
I remained as I wished with her, gentle
Embracing her, sipping at her mouth.
embracing, sipping her mouth
فيin روضةٍa garden تَرويrecounts صَباهاits east wind الشذاfragrance
في روضةٍ تَروي صَباها الشذا
عنfrom حَسنٍHasan لاnot عنfrom خُزاماهاits lavender
عن حَسنٍ لا عن خُزاماها
In a garden whose east wind recounts fragrance
In a meadow whose youth is watered by fascination
From Hasan, not from its lavender.
not from beauty but from her refinement
مَنhe who لمdid not يدعleave للفخرِfor glory منany غايةٍgoal
مَن لم يدع للفخرِ من غايةٍ
إلاَّexcept وقدand already أحرزَattained أقصاهاits furthest reach
إلاَّ وقد أحرزَ أقصاها
He who left no goal of glory
Whoever did not supplicate the Pride
Without having attained its furthest reach.
except that he attained its furthest end
لمdid not تجرrace أهلُthe people of السبقprecedence فيin شأوهِhis course
لم تجر أهلُ السبق في شأوهِ
إلاَّexcept that غداbecame العجزُincapacity قُصاراهاtheir utmost attainment
إلاَّ غدا العجزُ قُصاراها
The foremost racers never raced along his course
The people of precedence did not go about his affair
Without failure becoming their utmost achievement.
except that inability became too short for it
ذوpossessing راحةٍa palm أغزرُmore bountiful منthan ديمةٍsteady rain
ذو راحةٍ أغزرُ من ديمةٍ
تجلُهاhonors it كفُّthe hand of نعاماهاits south wind
تجلُها كفُّ نعاماها
He has a palm more bountiful than steady rain;
Of a tranquility richer than a riverbed
The hand of its south wind honors it.
shaded by the palm of her ostrich
تُنميهِclaims him by lineage منfrom حيِّthe tribe of العُلىeminence أسرةٌa family
تُنميهِ من حيِّ العُلى أسرةٌ
أحلىsweeter منthan الشهدِhoney سجاياهاits character traits
أحلى من الشهدِ سجاياها
A family from the tribe of eminence claims him,
A family nurtures him from the living of the Most High
Its qualities sweeter than honey.
sweeter than honey are its morsels
همthey أنجمُstars الأرضِof the earth بأنوارِهمwith their lights
هم أنجمُ الأرضِ بأنوارِهم
أضاءَshone أقصاهاits farthest reaches وأدناهاand its nearest reaches
أضاءَ أقصاها وأدناها
They are the earth's stars; with their lights
They are the stars of the earth with their lights
Its farthest and nearest reaches have shone.
illuminating its furthest and nearest parts
Sol 6.1