أودكI love you وُدّاًa love ليسthere is not فيهin it غضاضةٌshame
أودك وُدّاً ليس فيه غضاضةٌ
وبَعضُand some مودّاتaffections الرجالmen سرابُa mirage
وبَعضُ مودّات الرجال سرابُ
I love you with a love in which there is no shame;
I wish you a cordial affection devoid of any pretense
yet some men's affections are a mirage.
For some men's affections are but a mirage
وأمحضنكand I will sincerely give you النصحcounsel الصريحfrank وفيand within الحشاthe breast
وأمحضنك النصح الصريح وفي الحشا
لودكfor my love of you نقشan inscription ظاهرclear وكتابُand a written record
لودك نقش ظاهر وكتابُ
And I will give you sincere, frank counsel; and within my breast
I offer you sincere and candid advice, though in private
there is a clear inscription and a written record of my love for you.
My fondness for you is evident and manifest
فلوso if كانwere فيin روحيmy soul هواكmy love for you اقتلعتهُI would wrench it out
فلو كان في روحي هواك اقتلعتهُ
ومزقand would be torn بالكفينwith both hands عنهfrom it أهابُskin (reading إهاب)
ومزق بالكفين عنه أهابُ
Were my love for you within my soul, I would wrench it out,
If any passion for you lay in my soul, I would uproot it
and its skin would be torn away with both hands.
And with both hands tear off its covers
وماand not ليfor me غيرother than الودِّaffection منكfrom you إرادةa desire
وما لي غير الودِّ منك إرادة
ولاnor فيconcerning سواهanything other than it ليfor me إليكto you خطابُan address
ولا في سواه لي إليك خطابُ
And I desire nothing from you but affection,
I desire from you nothing but affection
nor do I address you concerning anything else.
And my words to none but you are addressed
إذاwhen حزتهI have gained it فالأرضthen the earth جمعاءentire والورىand humankind
إذا حزته فالأرض جمعاء والورى
هباءَdust وسكانand the inhabitants البلادthe lands ذبابُflies
هباءَ وسكان البلاد ذبابُ
Once I have gained it, the whole earth and humankind
If it departs, then the entire earth and all its inhabitants
are dust, and the inhabitants of the lands are flies.
Are mere dust, and the people but flies
Sol 6.1