بأبيmay my father be his ransom قضيبbough البانthe moringa tree يثنيهbends it الصباyouth
بأبي قضيب البان يثنيه الصبا
عوضinstead of الصباthe east wind فيin الروضةthe garden الغناءluxuriant
عوض الصبا في الروضة الغناء
May my father be ransom for the moringa bough that youth bends,
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instead of the east wind in the luxuriant garden.
نادمتهI drank with him سحراbefore dawn فامتعand he delighted مسمعيmy hearing
نادمته سحرا فامتع مسمعي
بترنمwith singing كترنمlike the cooing of الورقاءthe gray dove
بترنم كترنم الورقاء
I drank with him before dawn, and he delighted my ear
with singing like the gray dove’s cooing.
وكأنماand as though اكامهhis hillocks فيin رقصهhis dancing
وكأنما اكامه في رقصه
تتعلمlearn الخفقانfluttering منfrom احشائيmy entrails
تتعلم الخفقان من احشائي
And it is as though his hillocks, as he dances,
learn to flutter from my entrails.
ويمرand he passes يلتقطpicks up الزجاجthe glasses بذيلهwith his hem
ويمر يلتقط الزجاج بذيله
مرّthe passing of النسيمthe breeze علىover حبابbubbles of الماءthe water
مرّ النسيم على حباب الماء
And he passes, picking up the glasses with his hem,
as the breeze passes over bubbles on the water.
Partial English translation: 1 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1