وَلَيلَةٍand one night عانقتُI embraced فيin جُنحهاits darkness
وَلَيلَةٍ عانقتُ في جُنحها
ثالثةَthe third (feminine) الشَمسthe sun وَبدرَand the full moon التَمامfullness
ثالثةَ الشَمس وَبدرَ التَمام
And one night, in its darkness, I embraced
In the night's embrace, I held
her, the third beside the sun and the full moon.
The crescent moon and the full moon.
فَلَمyet not يَطِبwas pleasant ليto me ضمُّهاembracing her ساعَةًfor a moment
فَلَم يَطِب لي ضمُّها ساعَةً
حتّىuntil ضممتُI clasped السَيفَthe sword عندat المنامbedtime
حتّى ضممتُ السَيفَ عند المنام
Yet embracing her gave me no pleasure for even a moment,
Yet her embrace did not please me an hour
until I clasped the sword at bedtime.
Before I held my sword in slumber.
فاِستنكرتthen she found strange ضمّيmy clasping لهof it بينناbetween us
فاِستنكرت ضمّي له بيننا
وَقَدand already صَفاbecame untroubled الوَصلُthe union وطابand was sweet اللِزامthe close embrace
وَقَد صَفا الوَصلُ وطاب اللِزام
Then she found it strange that I held it between us,
She disapproved my holding it between us
though our union was untroubled and our close embrace sweet.
Though the union was chaste and binding.
قالَتshe said فَدتكَmay it ransom you النَفسُthe soul منas a حازِمٍprudent man
قالَت فَدتكَ النَفسُ من حازِمٍ
ماwhat تصنعُare you doing الآنnow بِهَذاwith this الحُسامthe keen sword
ما تصنعُ الآن بِهَذا الحُسام
She said, "May my soul ransom you, prudent man—
She said, "May the soul protect you from Hāzim,
what are you doing now with this keen sword?
Why do you hold this sword now?"
يُغنيكَsuffices for you عنهin its stead لاmay ... not خشيتَyou fear العدىthe foes
يُغنيكَ عنه لا خشيتَ العدى
مهنَّدُthe Indian-steel sword اللَحظthe glance ورمحُand the spear القوامthe stature
مهنَّدُ اللَحظ ورمحُ القوام
You have no need of it—may you never fear foes—
You have no need of it. You fear no foe.
with the Indian-steel sword of my glance and the spear of my stature."
Languid of glance, erect of stature.
Sol 6.1