رأىsaw الواشيthe tale-bearer تباريحيmy torments
رأى الواشي تباريحي
فقلتُso I said الصبّthe lovesick one قدindeed جُنّاhas gone mad
فقلتُ الصبّ قد جُنّا
The tale-bearer saw my torments,
So I said, 'The lovesick one has gone mad.'
ولوand if أبصرhe saw وجناتٍcheeks
ولو أبصر وجناتٍ
تضيءilluminate الليلthe night إنif جنَاit grows dark
تضيء الليل إن جنَا
Yet had he seen cheeks
That light the night when it grows dark,
ووجهاًand a face لاnot ترىyou see للبدfor the full moon (continued)
ووجهاً لا ترى للبد
ر(completes 'full moon') إنif أبصرتَهyou beheld it معنىmeaning
ر إن أبصرتَه معنى
And a face—you would find the full moon,
If you beheld that face, of no account—
لأضحىhe would surely become فيin الهوىlove صَبًّاlovesick
لأضحى في الهوى صَبًّا
وأمسىand by evening became هائماًdistraught with love معناwith us
وأمسى هائماً معنا
He would have grown lovesick with passion,
And by evening been lost in love alongside us.
Sol 6.1