لذbecame sweet ليto me فيin حبكمloving you كلفيmy ardor
لذ لي في حبكم كلفي
وبكمand through you ليto me قدindeed حلاbecame sweet تلفيmy ruin
وبكم لي قد حلا تلفي
My ardor in loving you is sweet to me;
My devotion to you has burdened me,
And through you, my ruin has grown sweet to me.
And through you my ruin has come to be,
والذيand whatever ترضونyou approve منof شغفيmy passion
والذي ترضون من شغفي
ذاكthat عنديto me غايةthe height of الشرفhonor
ذاك عندي غاية الشرف
And whatever you approve of in my passion,
That which you are pleased with in my passion,
That, to me, is the height of honor.
Is to me the height of nobility,
عاذليmy reproacher متdie حسرةof heartbreak واسىand sorrow
عاذلي مت حسرة واسى
لمdid not تنلobtain منيfrom me سوىexcept الاسفgrief
لم تنل مني سوى الاسف
My reproacher, die of heartbreak and sorrow;
Reproachers blame me in sorrow and grief,
You have gained from me nothing but grief.
Gaining from me nothing but sadness,
كيفhow اسلوcan I forget عنabout محبتكمloving you
كيف اسلو عن محبتكم
لاno ولاno—by الآياتthe verses والصحفand the scriptures
لا ولا الآيات والصحف
How can I cease loving you?
How can I ask about your love,
No—by the verses and the scriptures!
No, not even by verses or scriptures,
يالقوميO my people, help! منagainst رشاa fawn غنجcoquettish
يالقومي من رشا غنج
تائهhaughty بالعجبwith conceit والصلفand arrogance
تائه بالعجب والصلف
O my people, help me against a coquettish fawn,
My people, from the one who sprinkled charm,
Haughty with conceit and arrogance,
Wandering in wonder and conceit,
حسنbeautiful الاوصافin features ذيpossessed of ترفdelicacy
حسن الاوصاف ذي ترف
حرتI was bewildered بينbetween الحسنbeauty والترفand delicacy
حرت بين الحسن والترف
Fair in features, endowed with delicacy;
The beauty of descriptions of splendor,
I am bewildered between beauty and delicacy.
I was confused between beauty and splendor,
بدرa full moon تمperfect قدindeed كلفتI became infatuated بهwith him
بدر تم قد كلفت به
جلis exalted أوصافاin qualities عنabove الكلفblemishes
جل أوصافا عن الكلف
A perfect full moon, with whom I have become infatuated,
The full moon that I was encumbered with,
Exalted in his qualities above all blemishes.
All descriptions fall short of depiction,
فهوfor he is ظبيa gazelle غيرnot ملتفتturning
فهو ظبي غير ملتفت
وهوand he is غصنa branch غيرnot منعطفbending
وهو غصن غير منعطف
For he is a gazelle that does not turn,
He is a gazelle, not paying attention,
And he is a branch that does not bend.
He is a branch, not bending,
كيفhow قلبيmy heart عنهaway from him اصرفهcan I turn it
كيف قلبي عنه اصرفه
وهواهand love for him غيرnot منصرفdeparting
وهواه غير منصرف
How can I turn my heart away from him,
How can I turn my heart away from him,
When love for him will not depart?
When his love is not turned away from me,
راحwine (possible reading) فيهwithin him راحhe walks معتدلاupright
راح فيه راح معتدلا
خلنيleave me منfree of قولthe words of منحرفone gone astray
خلني من قول منحرف
Wine is within him; he walks upright. (Reading uncertain.)
He went away composed and collected,
Spare me the words of one gone astray!
Leave me be, don’t speak pervertedly,
قدهhis figure بالشعرby the hair معتنقembraced
قده بالشعر معتنق
كاعتناقlike the embrace اللامof the letter lām بالالفwith the letter alif
كاعتناق اللام بالالف
His figure is embraced by his hair,
His stature in poetry is embraced,
As lām embraces alif.
Like the embrace of the lām by the alif,
عنهof him غصنa branch البانof the bān tree حدثناtold us
عنه غصن البان حدثنا
خلفa generation يرويهrelates it عنfrom خلفa generation
خلف يرويه عن خلف
Of him, the bān branch told us,
The myrtle branch narrated about him,
One generation relating it from another:
What came after relaying what came before,
انthat غصانbranches (apparently أغصان) النقاof the dunes نقلتborrowed
ان غصان النقا نقلت
عنهfrom him حسنthe beauty of اللينsuppleness والهيفand slenderness
عنه حسن اللين والهيف
That the branches of the dunes borrowed
That the branches of the naqā narrated,
From him the beauty of suppleness and slenderness.
About him the softness and bendability,
Sol 6.1