هبتblew لناfor us ريحُwind الصَّباthe east wind فتعانَقتand they embraced
هبت لنا ريحُ الصَّبا فتعانَقت
فذكرتُso I recalled جيدَكِyour neck فيin العناقِthe embrace وجيديand my neck
فذكرتُ جيدَكِ في العناقِ وجيدي
The east wind blew upon us, and they embraced.
The morning breeze blew gently to us
So I recalled your neck in the embrace, and my own.
And I remembered your neck in that embrace and mine
وإِذاand when تألّفgathered فيon أعاليهاtheir tops النّدىthe dew
وإِذا تألّف في أعاليها النّدى
مالتthey bent بأعناقٍwith necks ولطفِand the slenderness of قدودَforms
مالت بأعناقٍ ولطفِ قدودَ
And when dew gathers on their tops,
When dew gathered in its heights
they bend their necks and slender forms.
It leaned with tenderness on the slender branches
وإِذاand when التقتthey met بالرّيحِwith the wind لمdid not تُبصِرyou see بهاin them
وإِذا التقت بالرّيحِ لم تُبصِر بها
إلاّbut خدوداًcheeks تلتقيmeeting بخدودِwith cheeks
إلاّ خدوداً تلتقي بخدودِ
And when they meet the wind, you see nothing among them
And when it met with the wind, it revealed
but cheeks meeting cheeks.
Nothing but cheeks meeting cheeks
فكانّso it is as though عُذرةَʿUdhra بينهاamong them تحكيportrays لناfor us
فكانّ عُذرةَ بينها تحكي لنا
صفةthe appearance of الخضوعِsubmission وحالةَand the state of المعمودِthe love-stricken one
صفة الخضوعِ وحالةَ المعمودِ
As though ʿUdhra among them were showing us
So the slender branches told us
the look of submission and the plight of the love-stricken.
Of submission and the state of the supple
تيجانُهاtheir crowns طلِّdew وفيand around أعناقِهاtheir necks
تيجانُها طلِّ وفي أعناقِها
منهُfrom it نظامُstrings of قلائدٍnecklaces وعقُودِand bead-strings
منهُ نظامُ قلائدٍ وعقُودِ
Their crowns are dew, and around their necks
Their crowns are dripping and around their necks
are necklaces and bead-strings strung from it.
Are strands of pearls and knots
فترشُنيso it sprinkles me منهُwith some of it الصِّباthe east wind فكأنّهُso it is as though it were
فترشُني منهُ الصِّبا فكأنّهُ
منof ماءِwater وردٍroses ليسis not للتَّصعيدِfor distillation
من ماءِ وردٍ ليس للتَّصعيدِ
So the east wind sprinkles me with it, as though it were
The morning breeze sprinkles me with it, as though
rosewater needing no distillation.
It were rose water not meant for dust
فكأنّماso it is as though فيهاamong them لطيمةُa perfume-laden caravan عاطرٍa perfumer
فكأنّما فيها لطيمةُ عاطرٍ
فتثيرُand it stirs up ناراًfire فيin مجامرِcensers عودِaloeswood
فتثيرُ ناراً في مجامرِ عودِ
As though a perfumer's caravan were among them,
As if in it is the scent of sweet basil
and it stirs up fire in censers of aloeswood.
Kindling a fire in the burning embers
شُغلتwere occupied بهاwith them الأنداءُthe dews حتّىuntil خِلتُهاI imagined them
شُغلت بها الأنداءُ حتّى خِلتُها
يَبسُطنَthey spread أنديةًdews بهاupon them للصيدِfor hunting
يَبسُطنَ أنديةً بها للصيدِ
The dews were busy with them, until I imagined them
The valleys were preoccupied with it until I found them
spreading dew upon them for the hunt.
Spreading in it meadows for the hunt
وتجلبَبتand they cloaked themselves زهراًin flowers فخِلتُso I imagined بأنّهاthat they were
وتجلبَبت زهراً فخِلتُ بأنّها
فوقيabove me نثائرُscattered tufts نادفٍa carder مجهُودِexhausted
فوقي نثائرُ نادفٍ مجهُودِ
And they cloaked themselves in flowers, so I thought they were
And it was adorned with flowers, so I thought
a weary carder's scattered tufts above me.
It was bursts of dew-laden clouds above me
وتمتعتand I delighted بذبابهاin their flies فرياضُهاand so their meadows
وتمتعت بذبابها فرياضُها
لبسِتwere clothed كمثلِlike المرتعِthe pasture المورودِfrequented
لبسِت كمثلِ المرتعِ المورودِ
And I delighted in their flies; their meadows
And I enjoyed its flies, so its meadows
were clothed like a frequented pasture.
Were clothed like a pasture in full bloom
غنّىit sang فأسمعَنيand made me hear وغابَand disappeared فلمso did not تَقعfall
غنّى فأسمعَني وغابَ فلم تَقع
عينيmy eye عليهِupon it فيin الكلاthe herbage المنضُودِclosely layered
عيني عليهِ في الكلا المنضُودِ
It sang and made me hear it, then vanished; never did
It sang, so I listened, and when it was hidden
my eye fall upon it amid the layered herbage.
My eyes did not spot it in the thicket
فكأنّso it is as though وترَthe string of الموصليَّal-Mawsili ومَعبدٍand Maʿbad
فكأنّ وترَ الموصليَّ ومَعبدٍ
بيديهِin its two hands فَهوand so it يصوغfashions كُلَّevery نشيدِsong
بيديهِ فَهو يصوغ كُلَّ نشيدِ
As though the string of al-Mawsili and Maʿbad
As if the strings of the musician and Ma'bad
were in its two hands, as it fashions every song.
Were in his hands, composing every song
يرقىit climbs إلىto وَرَقِleaves الكلاthe herbage وكأنّماand as though
يرقى إلى وَرَقِ الكلا وكأنّما
حيزومهُits breast منfrom لمّةِlocks of hair المولودِthe newborn
حيزومهُ من لمّةِ المولودِ
It climbs to the herbage's leaves, as though
Rising to the foliage of the thicket, as though
its breast were made of a newborn's locks.
Its bow was from the hide of a newborn
فكأنّهُso it is as though it were مشهّدٌone bearing witness أوor حاسبٌan accountant
فكأنّهُ مشهّدٌ أو حاسبٌ
فَنِكٌengrossed بعقدِin the finger-counting of حسابهِits reckoning المكدودِlabored
فَنِكٌ بعقدِ حسابهِ المكدودِ
As though it were a witness or an accountant,
As if it were a scene or a judge
absorbed in the finger-counting of its laborious reckoning.
Expert in calculating his counted sum
Sol 6.1