أرسلَتْshe let loose لَيْلَthe night شَعرِهاof her hair منfrom عَقْصِbraiding
أرسلَتْ لَيْلَ شَعرِها من عَقْصِ
عَنaway from مُحَيّاًa face رَمىcharged البُدورَthe full moons بِنَقْصِwith imperfection
عَن مُحَيّاً رَمى البُدورَ بِنَقْصِ
She let loose the night of her hair from its braids,
Away from a face that charged the full moons with imperfection.
فأرَتْناso she showed us الصَّباحَthe morning فيin جُنْحِthe darkness of لَيْلٍnight
فأرَتْنا الصَّباحَ في جُنْحِ لَيْلٍ
يتَهادَىswaying gracefully ما(emphatic particle) بَيْنbetween غُصْنٍa bough ودِعْصِand a sand mound
يتَهادَى ما بَيْن غُصْنٍ ودِعْصِ
Thus she showed us morning in the darkness of night,
Swaying gracefully between a bough and a sand mound.
وتَصَدَّتْand she came forward برامِحاتِwith lance-like نُهودٍbreasts
وتَصَدَّتْ برامِحاتِ نُهودٍ
أُشْرِعَتْwere leveled للأَنامِat humankind مِنْfrom تَحْتِbeneath قُمْصِtunics
أُشْرِعَتْ للأَنامِ مِنْ تَحْتِ قُمْصِ
And she came forward with breasts like lances,
Leveled at humankind from beneath her tunics.
فَتَولَّتso retreated جُيوشُthe armies صَبْريof my patience انْهِزاماًin defeat
فَتَولَّت جُيوشُ صَبْري انْهِزاماً
وبوُدِّيthough I desired ذاكَthat اللِّقاءُencounter وحِرْصيand my eagerness
وبوُدِّي ذاكَ اللِّقاءُ وحِرْصي
So the armies of my patience retreated in defeat,
Though that encounter was my wish and keen desire.
ليسَis not كُلُّeveryone الَّذيwho يَفِرُّflees بِناجٍsafe
ليسَ كُلُّ الَّذي يَفِرُّ بِناجٍ
ربَّmany a طَعْنٍthrust فيهin it حَياةٌlife لشَخْصِfor a person
ربَّ طَعْنٍ فيه حَياةٌ لشَخْصِ
Not everyone who flees survives;
Many a thrust holds life for someone.
كيفَhow ليfor me بالسُّلوِّwith forgetting عنهاof her وقَلْبيwhile my heart
كيفَ لي بالسُّلوِّ عنها وقَلْبي
قَدْindeed هَوىhas fallen حِلُمهits reason بِمَهْوىًat a hanging-place لِخُرْصِof an earring
قَدْ هَوى حِلُمه بِمَهْوىً لِخُرْصِ
How can I forget her, when my heart
Has lost its reason where an earring hangs?
ماnever تعاطَيتُI put on ظاهِرَthe outward show الصَّبْرof patience إِلّاexcept that
ما تعاطَيتُ ظاهِرَ الصَّبْر إِلّا
رَدَّنيrefuted me جِيدُهاher neck بأوْضَحِwith the clearest نَصِّtext
رَدَّني جِيدُها بأوْضَحِ نَصِّ
Never did I put on a show of patience but
Her neck refuted me with the clearest text.
Sol 6.1