فَتَنَتhave bewitched قَلبَكَyour heart العُيونُthe eyes المِلاحُlovely
فَتَنَت قَلبَكَ العُيونُ المِلاحُ
وَاِغتِباقٌand evening drinking بِقَهوَةٍwith wine وَاِصطِباحِand morning drinking
وَاِغتِباقٌ بِقَهوَةٍ وَاِصطِباحِ
Lovely eyes have bewitched your heart,
Your eyes enchanted my heart with their glances
and drinking wine in the evening and the morning,
Over coffee and pleasant conversation
وَقُدودٌand figures كَأَنَّهُنَّas though they were غُصونٌbranches
وَقُدودٌ كَأَنَّهُنَّ غُصونٌ
وَخُدودٌand cheeks كَأَنَّهاas though they were التُفّاحُapples
وَخُدودٌ كَأَنَّها التُفّاحُ
and figures as though they were branches,
Your cheeks like apple branches
and cheeks as though they were apples.
In your forties as beautiful as your twenties
أَنتَyou فيat الأَربَعينَforty مِثلَكَlike you فيat العِشtwen- (first part of 'twenty')
أَنتَ في الأَربَعينَ مِثلَكَ في العِش
رينَ-ty (completing 'twenty') قُلtell ليme مَتىwhen يَكونُwill come الفَلاحُsalvation
رينَ قُل لي مَتى يَكونُ الفَلاحُ
At forty, you are as you were at twen-
Tell me, when will my heart find peace?
ty—tell me, when will salvation come?
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1