ياO بَريقَgleam الحَياthe rain وَياand O عَذبَsweet الباthe bān tree (word continues)
يا بَريقَ الحَيا وَيا عَذبَ البا
نِcompletes 'bān tree' لَقَدindeed هجتُماyou two stirred لِقَلبيَfor my heart وَجداyearning
نِ لَقَد هجتُما لِقَلبيَ وَجدا
O flash of life-giving rain, O graceful bā—
O gleam of rain, and O sweet bān tree,
—n tree, indeed you two have stirred passion in my heart.
you two have indeed stirred yearning in my heart.
زِدتُمانيyou two increased me شَوقاًlonging لظبيٍfor a gazelle غَريرٍinnocent
زِدتُماني شَوقاً لظبيٍ غَريرٍ
حينwhen أشبهتُماهُyou two resembled him ثغراًin mouth وَقَدّاand stature
حين أشبهتُماهُ ثغراً وَقَدّا
You have increased my longing for a guileless gazelle
You two have increased my longing for an innocent gazelle,
when you resembled him in smile and stature.
when you resembled him in mouth and stature.
هَكَذاthus كُلُّevery مُغرمٍlover إِنif سَرىtraveled by night البرthe lightning (word continues)
هَكَذا كُلُّ مُغرمٍ إِن سَرى البر
قُcompletes 'lightning' وهزَّand stirred النَسيمُthe breeze باناًa bān tree ورَنداand laurel
قُ وهزَّ النَسيمُ باناً ورَندا
So it is with every lover: when the light—
Thus every lover, when lightning travels through the night
—ning courses and the breeze stirs bān and fragrant rand,
and the breeze stirs bān trees and laurel,
يَستجدُّrenews الأَشواقَthe longings وجداًin yearning وَيزداand increases (word continues)
يَستجدُّ الأَشواقَ وجداً وَيزدا
دُcompletes 'increases' بِتذكارِهthrough remembering him علىupon الوَقدِthe fire وَقداfire
دُ بِتذكارِه على الوَقدِ وَقدا
he finds his longings renewed in ardor and grows ever mo—
renews his longings in yearning, and burns still more
—re aflame at remembering him—fire upon passion.
at the memory of him—flame upon flame.
لاnot أَخصُّI single out النَسيمَthe breeze والبرقَand the lightning والباand the bān tree (word continues)
لا أَخصُّ النَسيمَ والبرقَ والبا
نَcompletes 'bān tree' وإِنeven though جدَّدَتthey renewed لِشَوقيَfor my longing عَهداa covenant
نَ وإِن جدَّدَت لِشَوقيَ عَهدا
I do not single out the breeze, the lightning, or the bā—
I do not single out the breeze, the lightning, and the bān tree,
—n, though they have renewed a covenant with my longing.
though they have renewed the covenant of my longing.
كُلُّall ماthat فيin الوجودexistence يُصبيcaptivates المعنّىthe tormented lover
كُلُّ ما في الوجود يُصبي المعنّى
بهوىwith love for ذلكthat الجمالِthe beauty المُفدّىfor whom one would sacrifice oneself
بهوى ذلك الجمالِ المُفدّى
Everything in existence entrances the tormented lover
Everything in existence enthralls the love-tormented one
through love of that beauty, for whom one would sacrifice oneself.
with love for that beauty for whom one would give one's life.
Sol 6.1