وَلَمّاand when اِلتَقيناwe met بالغويرat al-Ghuwayr عشيَّةًone evening
وَلَمّا اِلتَقينا بالغوير عشيَّةً
وَفازَand attained بماwhat يَرجوhe hopes for مشوقٌone filled with longing وَشائقُand one who inspires longing
وَفازَ بما يَرجو مشوقٌ وَشائقُ
And when we met at al-Ghuwayr one evening,
When we met at Al-Ghuwayr one evening,
and both the yearning lover and the one who stirred longing gained what they hoped for,
And the one who hoped attained what he yearned for,
تبسَّمsmiled منthe one whom أَهوىI love فَقُلتُso I said لصاحبيto my companion
تبسَّم من أَهوى فَقُلتُ لصاحبي
بلغتُI attained المنىthe wishes هَذاthis العذيبُal-ʿUdhayb وَبارقُand Bāriq
بلغتُ المنى هَذا العذيبُ وَبارقُ
he whom I love smiled, and I said to my companion:
The one I love smiled, so I said to my friend,
"I have attained my wishes: here are al-ʿUdhayb and Bāriq."
“I have reached my wish, this enchanter and dazzler.”
وَلاحand he shone فقالso it said الصبحُthe dawn هَذاthis تبلُّجيmy radiance
وَلاح فقال الصبحُ هَذا تبلُّجي
أَيكذبُdoes it lie? هَذاthis الصُبحthe dawn والصبحُand the dawn صادقُtruthful
أَيكذبُ هَذا الصُبح والصبحُ صادقُ
And he shone forth, and dawn said, "This is my radiance."
Dawn shone and morning said, “This is my gleaming.”
Does this dawn lie, when dawn is truthful?
Does morning lie while it is truthful?
وَفاحَand he gave off fragrance فقالso it said الروضُthe garden نافحُwafting عبقتيmy fragrance
وَفاحَ فقال الروضُ نافحُ عبقتي
وَهَلand have ...? نفحتwafted بالمسكwith musk قطُّever حَدائقُgardens
وَهَل نفحت بالمسك قطُّ حَدائقُ
And he gave off fragrance, and the garden said, "He wafts my scent."
The meadow diffused its fragrance and said, “This is my scent.”
And have gardens ever breathed forth musk?
Do gardens ever emit musk?
وَماسَand he swayed فقالso it said الرمحُthe spear تلكthose مَعاطِفيmy curves
وَماسَ فقال الرمحُ تلك مَعاطِفي
مَتىwhen أَزهرتbloomed فوقَabove الرِماحthe spears الشَقائقُthe anemones
مَتى أَزهرت فوقَ الرِماح الشَقائقُ
And he swayed, and the spear said, "Those are my curves."
The spear sparkled and said, “This is my sheen.”
When have anemones bloomed atop spears?
When did flowers bloom atop the slender spears?
وَفاهَand he spoke بِنُطقٍwith speech خالَهthought it الدرُّthe pearls نظمَهits stringing
وَفاهَ بِنُطقٍ خالَه الدرُّ نظمَه
وَهَلand has ...? لَفَظَuttered الدرَّthe pearls المنظَّمstrung ناطِقُa speaker
وَهَل لَفَظَ الدرَّ المنظَّم ناطِقُ
And he spoke words that pearls thought were their own ordered string.
Pearls strung themselves and the necklace said, “This is my stringing.”
And has any speaker uttered strung pearls?
Does the strung pearl utter articulate speech?
وأَرخىand he let fall أَثيثاًluxuriant hair أَوهمَdeceived الليلَthe night لونُهits color
وأَرخى أَثيثاً أَوهمَ الليلَ لونُه
ومنand from أَينَwhere للَّونfor the hue البَهيمpitch-black مَفارِقُhair partings
ومن أَينَ للَّون البَهيم مَفارِقُ
And he let fall luxuriant hair whose color deceived the night.
The night cast down its carpets and their hue suggested, “This is my color.”
And how can a pitch-black hue have hair partings?
Whence comes hue to the insensate?
وَأَبدىand he revealed لحاظاًglances أَقسمَswore الريمُthe gazelle أَنَّهاthat they
وَأَبدى لحاظاً أَقسمَ الريمُ أَنَّها
لواحظُهits glances لَولاwere it not for السِهامُthe arrows الرَواشقُpiercing
لواحظُه لَولا السِهامُ الرَواشقُ
And he revealed glances that the gazelle swore were
Lightning flashed and lightning swore, “Those are my flashes.”
its own glances, were it not for the piercing arrows.
Had it not been for the quick bolts!
وَكلُّهمand all of them قدindeed كادَcame close to يَحكيهresemble him مُشبِهاًin likeness
وَكلُّهم قد كادَ يَحكيه مُشبِهاً
ولكنَّbut منthe one whom أَهوىI love علىover الكلِّall فائقُsurpassing
ولكنَّ من أَهوى على الكلِّ فائقُ
And all of them came close to mirroring his likeness,
And all of them almost portrayed him in likeness,
but he whom I love surpasses them all.
But the one I love surpasses all in excellence.
Sol 6.1