ياAh رُبَّmany a لَيلٍnight قَدindeed نَعِمتُI delighted بِهِin it
يا رُبَّ لَيلٍ قَد نَعِمتُ بِهِ
يَسعىcomes عَلَيَّto me بِكَأسِهِwith its cup البَدرُthe full moon
يَسعى عَلَيَّ بِكَأسِهِ البَدرُ
Ah, many a night I have delighted in,
O Lord of a night I have enjoyed
The full moon coming to me with its cup,
The full moon comes to me with his cup
فيamid نَرجِسٍnarcissus غَضٍّtender نَواظِرُهُits eyes
في نَرجِسٍ غَضٍّ نَواظِرُهُ
بَينَbetween الجُفونِthe eyelids عُيونُهاtheir eyes صُفرُyellow
بَينَ الجُفونِ عُيونُها صُفرُ
Amid narcissus whose eyes are tender,
In a narcissus flower, its eyes are tender
Their eyes yellow between their lids.
Between the eyelids, their eyes are yellow
فَإِذاthen, when النَميمَةُgossip لِلرِياحِof the winds جَرَتflowed
فَإِذا النَميمَةُ لِلرِياحِ جَرَت
ماthe space بَينَهُنَّbetween them وَخانَهاand betrayed them الصَبرُpatience
ما بَينَهُنَّ وَخانَها الصَبرُ
Then, when the winds' gossip flowed
So when the gossip went to the winds
Among them, and patience betrayed them,
Between them, patience betrayed them
ظَلَّتthey remained لِمُعتَنِقٍfor one embracing وَمُفتَرِقٍand one parting
ظَلَّت لِمُعتَنِقٍ وَمُفتَرِقٍ
يُدنيdraws close الرَضىcontentment وَيُساعِدُand helps الهَجرُestrangement
يُدني الرَضى وَيُساعِدُ الهَجرُ
They lingered, some embracing and others parting:
It stayed for an embracer and a separator
Contentment draws them close, and estrangement helps them part.
Contentment comes near and separation helps
مَلَأَتthey filled مَدائِنَهاtheir cities ثَرىًmoist earth فَتَرىso you see
مَلَأَت مَدائِنَها ثَرىً فَتَرى
أَعناقَهاtheir necks مِنfrom ثِقلِهِits weight صُغرُsmall
أَعناقَها مِن ثِقلِهِ صُغرُ
They filled their cities with earth, so you see
It filled its cities with sand so you see
Their necks small beneath its weight.
Their necks bent under its weight
أَبدىrevealed الرَبيعُspring بِصَوبِthrough the downpour of وابِلِهاits heavy rain
أَبدى الرَبيعُ بِصَوبِ وابِلِها
سَرَّthe secret البِلادِthe land فَبَطنُهاso its belly ظَهرُback
سَرَّ البِلادِ فَبَطنُها ظَهرُ
Spring, through the downpour of its heavy rain, revealed
Spring showed its direction with its heavy rain
The land's secret—its belly became its back.
It delighted the land so its interior surfaced
Sol 6.1