أَماis there not عندwith هذاthis القَوامthe stature الرُّدَيْنيRudaynian-spear-like
أَما عند هذا القَوام الرُّدَيْني
سجيّةُa disposition عَطْفtenderness تقاضاهdemanded of him دضيْنيunclear as written; perhaps 'my due'
سجيّةُ عَطْف تقاضاه دضيْني
Has this figure, like a Rudaynian spear,
With this slender, bending body,
no tender disposition that [my due?] has demanded of him?
Its gentle nature craves an embrace,
وأَحسبُand I think ماnot طالhas grown long هذاthis المِطاthe delay (word continues)
وأَحسبُ ما طال هذا المِطا
لword-ending of 'delay' إِلاّexcept ليلحقso as to join حَيْناًone death بحَيْنِwith another death
ل إِلاّ ليلحق حَيْناً بحَيْنِ
And I think this delay has dragged on
I think this prolonged separation
only to join one death to another.
Is only to join two moments in time.
ومنand of عَجَبٍwonder أَننيthat I أَشتكيI complain
ومن عَجَبٍ أَنني أَشتكي
قساوةَthe cruelty of غُصنٍa branch منof البانthe bān tree لَيْنِsupple
قساوةَ غُصنٍ من البان لَيْنِ
And it is strange that I should complain
Strangely I complain of the harshness
of the cruelty of a supple bān-tree branch.
Of a tender bough of acacia,
رمانيhe shot me بسهميْنwith two arrows منfrom ناظريْنtwo eyes
رماني بسهميْن من ناظريْن
عنfrom مَتْنِthe back of قوسيْنtwo bows منof حاجبينِtwo eyebrows
عن مَتْنِ قوسيْن من حاجبينِ
He shot me with two arrows from two eyes,
With two glances like arrows
from the backs of two bows—his two eyebrows.
Shot from two bows of eyebrows.
وإِنْand if أَنكرتdeny مقلتاهhis two eyes دميmy blood
وإِنْ أَنكرت مقلتاه دمي
فسائلْthen ask بهabout it حُمرةَthe redness of الوَجْنتيْنِthe two cheeks
فسائلْ به حُمرةَ الوَجْنتيْنِ
And if his two eyes deny shedding my blood,
If my tearful eyes deny it
then question the redness of his cheeks about it.
Ask the blush of my two cheeks,
وَلِمْand why لاnot تُناكرُنيdeny knowing me عينُهhis eye
وَلِمْ لا تُناكرُني عينُه
وقدand indeed علمتit knows كيفhow إِقرارthe confession of عيْنيmy eye
وقد علمت كيف إِقرار عيْني
And why should his eye not deny knowing me,
Why do his eyes not refute me
when it knows how my own eye confesses?
When they know the admission of my eyes?
وماليَand I have no خصمٌadversary سوىexcept ناظريmy eye
وماليَ خصمٌ سوى ناظري
فهلthen is there حاكمa judge بينbetween عَيْنيmy eye وبيْنيand me
فهل حاكم بين عَيْني وبيْني
And I have no adversary but my own eye;
I have no opponent but my own eyes,
is there, then, a judge between my eye and me?
Is there an arbitrator between my eyes and me?
أَصَبْتَyou struck عِدىًfoes فملأتَso you filled القلوبthe hearts
أَصَبْتَ عِدىً فملأتَ القلوب
وصُبْتَand you rained يداًin hand (generosity) فملأْتso you filled اليديْنboth hands
وصُبْتَ يداً فملأْت اليديْن
You struck foes and filled hearts;
You have wronged and filled hearts with pain,
and your hand rained bounty, filling both hands.
You have poured cruelty and filled hands.
كأَنّكas though you لستَyou are not ترىyou see راحةًrest
كأَنّك لستَ ترى راحةً
سوىexcept حَثْوِscattering by the handful مالِكyour wealth بالرّاحَتيْنwith both palms
سوى حَثْوِ مالِك بالرّاحَتيْن
It is as though you find no rest
It's as if you see no comfort
except in scattering your wealth by handfuls with both palms.
Other than rubbing salt into my wounds.
فداؤكyour ransom باكٍone who weeps علىover مالهhis wealth
فداؤك باكٍ على ماله
بكاءَthe weeping of اليتيمthe orphan علىfor الوالديْنboth parents
بكاءَ اليتيم على الوالديْن
May one who weeps over his wealth be your ransom,
I ransom you with one weeping
as an orphan weeps for both parents.
Over his lost fortune like an orphan over his parents.
Sol 6.1