قَليلٌlittle عَلىupon ظَهرِsurface الفِراشِthe bed رُقادُهُhis sleep
قَليلٌ عَلى ظَهرِ الفِراشِ رُقادُهُ
إِذاwhen اِكتَحَلَتbecame lined with kohl أَجفانُناour eyelids بِرُقادِwith sleep
إِذا اِكتَحَلَت أَجفانُنا بِرُقادِ
He sleeps but little upon the bed,
Little is his slumber upon the couch
When our eyelids are lined with the kohl of sleep.
When our eyelids are darkened with slumber
وَبَيضاءَand a white blessing مِنfrom نُعماكَyour bounty لَمّاwhen جَحَدتُهاI denied it
وَبَيضاءَ مِن نُعماكَ لَمّا جَحَدتُها
أَبيتُI spend the night بِحَمراءِwith a red one القَميصِthe shirt تُناديshe calls out
أَبيتُ بِحَمراءِ القَميصِ تُنادي
And a white blessing from your bounty—when I denied it,
And I denied the white blessings from you
I spend the night with a red-shirted one calling out.
I refused with the red shirt calling
Sol 6.1