خذواtake حديثtale غراميmy passion عنfrom ضَناwasting بدنيmy body
خذوا حديث غرامي عن ضَنا بدني
أَغنىhas sufficed لسانُtongue الهوىlove عنin place of دمعيَmy tears اللَّسِنِeloquent
أَغنى لسانُ الهوى عن دمعيَ اللَّسِنِ
Take the tale of my passion from my body's wasting.
Take my lovesick words about my body's grief
Love's tongue has made my eloquent tears needless.
The tongue of passion sings beyond my tearful eyes
وخبّرونيَand tell me عنabout قلبيmy heart ومالِكِهand its master
وخبّرونيَ عن قلبي ومالِكِه
فربّماfor sometimes أَشكلis obscure المعنىthe meaning علىto الفَطِنthe discerning person
فربّما أَشكل المعنى على الفَطِن
And tell me about my heart and its master,
And tell me of my heart and its possessor
For sometimes the meaning eludes the discerning.
Sometimes meaning bewilders even the keenest mind
هذاthis one الذيwho سلبstole العشّاقَthe lovers نومَهمtheir sleep
هذا الذي سلب العشّاقَ نومَهم
أَماdo you not ترىsee عينَهhis eye ملأَىfull منof الوَسَنdrowsiness
أَما ترى عينَه ملأَى من الوَسَن
This is the one who stole the lovers' sleep;
He who robbed the lovers of their sleep
Do you not see his eye brimming with drowsiness?
Do you not see his eyes brimming with tenderness?
أَمسىhas become غراميmy passion بذاكfor that القدّfigure يوهمنيmakes me imagine
أَمسى غرامي بذاك القدّ يوهمني
أَنّthat اعتلالlanguor الصَّباthe east wind شوقٌlonging إِلىtoward الغُصُنthe bough
أَنّ اعتلال الصَّبا شوقٌ إِلى الغُصُن
My passion for that figure now makes me imagine
My passion for that slender form makes me imagine
That the east wind's languor is longing for the bough.
That the bending branches reach for him in longing
أَرىI see الوفودَthe delegations رباعَdwellings الجودِgenerosity عامرةًpopulating
أَرى الوفودَ رباعَ الجودِ عامرةً
منfrom بعدafter ماthat وقفواthey halted منهاof them علىat دِمَنِruined traces
من بعد ما وقفوا منها على دِمَنِ
I see the delegations filling the dwellings of bounty,
I see the pilgrims to the shrine of generosity thronged
After they had halted at those dwellings' ruined traces.
After halting there at the sacred precinct
قومٌa people إِذاwhen ناظرواthey argue عنin defense of سَرْحgrazing herd جارهُمُtheir neighbor
قومٌ إِذا ناظروا عن سَرْح جارهُمُ
تكلّمتْspoke أَلسنُtongues الخطيّةspears of Khatt اللُّدُنِsupple
تكلّمتْ أَلسنُ الخطيّة اللُّدُنِ
A people: when they argue in defense of their neighbor's grazing herd,
A people who when they gaze past their neighbor's veil
The tongues of supple Khatt spears speak.
The ready tongues of scandal begin to wag
Sol 6.1