ياO رشأًfawn مسكنهُhis dwelling فاسFez
يا رشأً مسكنهُ فاس
أَلشمسُthe sun مهماwhenever لُحتَyou appear نبراسُa lamp
أَلشمسُ مهما لُحتَ نبراسُ
O fawn whose dwelling is Fez,
O fragrance whose dwelling is Fez
the sun, whenever you appear, is but a lamp.
However the sun rises, it is outshone
صدغاكَyour two sidelocks فيon خدَّيكَyour two cheeks ماwhat لاحappeared أَمْor
صدغاكَ في خدَّيكَ ما لاح أَمْ
أُنبِتَwas made to grow فيهin it الوردُthe roses والآسand the myrtle
أُنبِتَ فيه الوردُ والآس
Are those your sidelocks appearing on your cheeks, or
By your temples in your cheeks that revealed
have roses and myrtle been planted there?
Where roses and myrtle were planted
وعطفكَand your waist اللَّدْنُsupple انثنىbent نشوةًin intoxication
وعطفكَ اللَّدْنُ انثنى نشوةً
أمor غُصُنٌa bough للأيكِof the grove مَيّاسswaying gracefully
أم غُصُنٌ للأيكِ مَيّاس
And has your supple waist bent in intoxication,
And your soft waist that bent with delight
or is it a swaying bough of the grove?
Is it a branch for a doe to graze?
حسبيَenough for me أجفانُكyour eyelids خمراًas wine وخدَّand cheek-
حسبيَ أجفانُك خمراً وخدَّ
اك-s of yours (dual suffix) ومنand from ريَّاكَyour fragrance أنفاسbreaths
اك ومن ريَّاكَ أنفاس
Your eyelids suffice me as wine, and your cheeks,
Your lashes suffice as wine, and your cheek
and breaths of your fragrance.
From which your breath flows
لاdo not تسقنيgive me to drink الخمرَthe wine إذاًthen بعدهاafter them
لا تسقني الخمرَ إذاً بعدها
قدalready فعلتْthey have done ماwhat تفعلُdoes الكاسthe cup
قد فعلتْ ما تفعلُ الكاس
Then give me no wine to drink after them;
Give me no wine after them
they have already done what the cup does.
For they have done what cups do
ومهفهفٍand a slender-waisted youth أحوىdark اللَّمىlip-darkness ذيpossessing مقلةٍan eye
ومهفهفٍ أحوى اللَّمى ذي مقلةٍ
تُرديbring death ظُباهاits blade-edges بالكميِّupon the armored warrior الفارسِthe horseman
تُردي ظُباها بالكميِّ الفارسِ
And a slender, dark-lipped youth, with an eye
A smooth-cheeked doe with a lovely glance
whose blades lay the armored horseman low—
She feeds her fawns in the thickets
فَعلتْacted شمائلُهُhis qualities العذابُsweet بمهجتيupon my heart
فَعلتْ شمائلُهُ العذابُ بمهجتي
فعلَthe action النسائمِof breezes بالقضيبِupon the slender branch المائسswaying
فعلَ النسائمِ بالقضيبِ المائس
his sweet qualities did to my heart
His attributes did to my heart such torment
what breezes do to a swaying bough.
As the breeze does to the pliant branch
كالغُصنِlike a bough هُزَّwas shaken علىupon كثيبٍa sand dune أَهْيَلٍloose-sanded
كالغُصنِ هُزَّ على كثيبٍ أَهْيَلٍ
كالصبحِlike dawn أُطْلِعَwas made to rise تحتbeneath ليلٍa night دامسpitch-dark
كالصبحِ أُطْلِعَ تحت ليلٍ دامس
Like a bough shaken upon a dune of loose sand,
Like a bough shaken over a hillock
like dawn brought forth beneath a pitch-dark night.
Like dawn risen beneath a gloomy night
أأباO Abu الوليدِal-Walid لقدindeed أَدَرْتَyou turned لواحظاglances
أأبا الوليدِ لقد أَدَرْتَ لواحظا
رَسَخَتْlodged firmly سهامُarrows قسيِّهاtheir bows فيin البائسthe wretched one
رَسَخَتْ سهامُ قسيِّها في البائس
O Abu al-Walid, you have indeed cast glances
Abu al-Walid, you have understood a passionate lover
whose bows' arrows have lodged deep in the wretched one.
Whose harsh arrows pierce the miserable
Sol 6.1