وممشوقةِand slender القدّin figure معشوقةٍbeloved
وممشوقةِ القدّ معشوقةٍ
تُعَذِّبُtorments أنفُسَthe souls of عُشّاقهاher lovers
تُعَذِّبُ أنفُسَ عُشّاقها
And a slender-figured beloved
With legs like date palms swaying
Torments the souls of her lovers
She torments her lovers' souls
بعينٍwith an eye إذاwhen سَحَرَتْit bewitches بالفتورwith languor
بعينٍ إذا سَحَرَتْ بالفتور
بداappears للمهاto the oryxes بعضsome of أحداقهاher pupils
بدا للمها بعض أحداقها
With an eye that, when it bewitches with languor,
With eyes that when languid
Reveals to the oryxes a glimpse of her eyes;
Reveal but some of their depths
وقدٍّand a figure يميتُkills حياةthe life of الغصونthe boughs
وقدٍّ يميتُ حياة الغصون
فتذويso withers نَضَارةُthe freshness of أوراقهاtheir leaves
فتذوي نَضَارةُ أوراقها
And a figure that kills the boughs' vitality,
With a figure that kills the vitality of branches
So the freshness of their leaves withers;
Melting the freshness of their leaves
وشدوٍand a song يقومraises لفرطthrough an excess of السّرُورjoy
وشدوٍ يقوم لفرط السّرُور
بنفسِwith the soul of الحزينthe sorrowful one علىupon ساقهاits leg
بنفسِ الحزين على ساقها
And a song that raises, through overwhelming joy,
With a voice that rises with excessive joy
The sorrowful soul to its feet.
In the sad soul on her legs
تهيمُare enraptured بهby it الهيمُthe thirst-maddened camels عنaway from شربهاtheir drinking
تهيمُ به الهيمُ عن شربها
زُلالاًclear water لإحياءِto revive أرماقِهاtheir last breaths
زُلالاً لإحياءِ أرماقِها
Thirst-maddened camels are so entranced by it that they forsake drinking
She fascinates with her charm as she sips
Clear water to sustain their last breaths.
Reviving her parched throat
وتخلعُand bestow إنif سمِعَتْهُthey hear it الحَمامُthe doves
وتخلعُ إن سمِعَتْهُ الحَمامُ
عليهاupon her قلائدَnecklaces of أطواقهاtheir neck-rings
عليها قلائدَ أطواقها
And the doves, if they hear it, bestow
And if she hears the doves' coos
Upon her the necklaces of their neck-rings.
She adorns herself with necklaces
فمنwho, then لشجٍfor a grieving man سَهْلُgentle أخلاقِهِhis nature
فمن لشجٍ سَهْلُ أخلاقِهِ
يُعَذّبُهُtorments him وَعْرُthe roughness of أخلاقهاher nature
يُعَذّبُهُ وَعْرُ أخلاقها
Who, then, will help a lovelorn man of gentle nature,
So one gentle of nature though he be
Tormented by the roughness of her nature?
Is tormented by her difficult nature
ترىyou see صَدَّهاher rejection عاقلاًbinding رُوحَهُhis soul
ترى صَدَّها عاقلاً رُوحَهُ
فياso, O وَصْلَهاunion with her جُدْbe generous بإطْلاقِهاin freeing it
فيا وَصْلَها جُدْ بإطْلاقِها
You see her rejection binding his soul;
You see her rejection drive his soul mad
So, O union with her, grant it freedom!
So seek her embrace, set her free
Sol 6.1