أَيُّwhat ذَنبٍsin فيin هَواكمlove for you أَذنَبهhe committed it
أَيُّ ذَنبٍ في هَواكم أَذنَبه
مغرَمٌa lovestruck man لمhas not يقضِfulfilled منكمfrom you أَربَهhis desire
مغرَمٌ لم يقضِ منكم أَربَه
What sin has he committed in loving you—
What sin in loving you has he committed,
A lovestruck man who has not obtained what he desires from you?
A passionate lover whose thirst was never quenched,
أَوجبَcaused البينُseparation لهfor him فَرطَexcess of الأَسىsorrow
أَوجبَ البينُ له فَرطَ الأَسى
بجفاكمthrough your coldness ياoh تُرىone wonders ماwhat أَوجبَهcaused it
بجفاكم يا تُرى ما أَوجبَه
Parting has brought him overwhelming sorrow
Separation made intense sorrow obligatory,
Through your coldness—what, I wonder, brought it on?
By your aloofness - I wonder - what did it necessitate?
لَيسَis not نُكراًstrange بكُمُfor you إِعجابُهُhis admiration
لَيسَ نُكراً بكُمُ إِعجابُهُ
منwhoever رأَىsaw شَيئاًsomething عَجيباًwondrous أَعجبَهit delighted him
من رأَى شَيئاً عَجيباً أَعجبَه
His admiration for you is nothing strange;
Your admiration is no novelty to them,
Whoever sees something wondrous is charmed by it.
Whoever saw something wondrous admired it,
لاdo not تَلوموهblame him إِذاif هامَbecame love-distraught بكمover you
لا تَلوموه إِذا هامَ بكم
وَصَباand yearned شَوقاًwith longing وأَبدىand revealed وَصَبَهhis suffering
وَصَبا شَوقاً وأَبدى وَصَبَه
Do not blame him if he is lost in love with you,
Do not blame him if he is infatuated with you
And yearns with longing, and reveals his suffering.
And poured passion and expressed his fervor,
ماhow أَلَذَّsweet الوَجدَpassionate longing فيin حبِّكُمُlove for you
ما أَلَذَّ الوَجدَ في حبِّكُمُ
وَعَذابيand my torment فيكُمُfor you ماhow أَعذبَهsweet it is
وَعَذابي فيكُمُ ما أَعذبَه
How sweet is passionate longing in loving you!
How sweet is ecstasy in loving you!
And my torment for you—how sweet it is!
And my torment in you - how sweet it is!
ياO نزولَdwellers الخَيفِal-Khayf ماwhat ضَرَّكمُwould harm you
يا نزولَ الخَيفِ ما ضَرَّكمُ
لَوif وَصَلتمyou renewed ties with منthe one قَطعتُمyou severed سَبَبهhis bond
لَو وَصَلتم من قَطعتُم سَبَبه
O dwellers of al-Khayf, what harm would it do you
O my descending fear! How did you harm them
If you renewed ties with the one whose bond you severed?
If you had united those whom you separated?
مُستهامٌdistraught with love خانَهbetrayed him الصَبرُpatience فمذand since
مُستهامٌ خانَه الصَبرُ فمذ
بعُدتwent far away أَظعانُكمyour caravans ماnot قَربَهcame near him
بعُدت أَظعانُكم ما قَربَه
A man distraught with love, betrayed by patience; and since
Yearning betrayed him so since
Your caravans went far away, it has not come near him.
Your absence prolonged, he lost composure,
كُلَّماwhenever لاحَflashed بَريقٌa gleam شاقَهstirred his longing
كُلَّما لاحَ بَريقٌ شاقَه
وإذاand when هبَّblew نَسيمٌa breeze أَطرَبَهenraptured him
وإذا هبَّ نَسيمٌ أَطرَبَه
Whenever a gleam flashed, it stirred his longing,
Whenever a smile shone, he was stupefied
And when a breeze blew, it enraptured him.
And if a breeze blew, it elated him
منذُsince أَقصَتهُdrove him far away النَوىseparation عنfrom داركمyour abode
منذُ أَقصَتهُ النَوى عن داركم
ماnot أَساغَmade palatable الدَهرُtime يَوماًfor a single day مَشرَبَهhis drink
ما أَساغَ الدَهرُ يَوماً مَشرَبَه
Since separation drove him far from your abode,
Since destiny distanced him from your homes
Not for a single day has time made his drink palatable.
No day has been palatable to him
وإذاand when رامَsought هُجوعاًslumber طَرفهhis eye
وإذا رامَ هُجوعاً طَرفه
هزَّهshook him الشَوقُlonging إليكمfor you فاِنتَبَهand so he awoke
هزَّه الشَوقُ إليكم فاِنتَبَه
And when his eye sought slumber,
And if his glance attempted to return
Longing for you shook him, and he awoke.
Yearning for you shook him and he was alert
وَبشرقيَّand in the eastern part of الحِمىthe protected grounds منof ضارِجٍDarij
وَبشرقيَّ الحِمى من ضارِجٍ
بَدرُa full moon حُسنٍbeauty منهof him فيin البدرthe full moon شَبَهa likeness
بَدرُ حُسنٍ منه في البدر شَبَه
And in the eastern part of the protected grounds of Darij,
The crescent of beauty resembles him
Is a full moon of beauty, whose likeness the full moon bears.
A bright moon - from it - has its likeness
أَضرَمset aflame الأَحشاءthe entrails وَجداًwith longing وأَسىًand sorrow
أَضرَم الأَحشاء وَجداً وأَسىً
وَسَبىand captured العَقلَthe mind غَراماًwith passion وَسَبَهand bewildered it
وَسَبى العَقلَ غَراماً وَسَبَه
He set the inward depths aflame with longing and sorrow,
Passion and sorrow have ignited his entrails
And captured the mind with passion and bewildered it.
And love has captivated his reason and seized it
أَسمَرٌa dusky one لوif غالبَcontended with اللَيلُnight بهwith his aid
أَسمَرٌ لو غالبَ اللَيلُ به
هاجمَthe assailing الصُبحdawn عليهagainst it غَلبَهwould defeat it
هاجمَ الصُبح عليه غَلبَه
A dusky one: were night, with his aid, to challenge
A dark complexioned man - if night overcomes him
The dawn assailing it, it would defeat it.
Dawn attacks him and defeats him
لاnot يَرىhe sees فيin الحُبِّlove عتباًreproach وإذاand when
لا يَرى في الحُبِّ عتباً وإذا
عتبَreproached الصبُّthe lovesick lover دَلالاًin coy playfulness أَعتَبَهhe appeased him
عتبَ الصبُّ دَلالاً أَعتَبَه
He sees no cause for reproach in love; and when
He sees no blame in love and if
The lovesick lover chides him coyly, he appeases him.
The lover blames - he finds it flirtatious
مزجَhe mingled الدلَّcoquetry بأَعراضwith signs of الجَفاcoldness
مزجَ الدلَّ بأَعراض الجَفا
وَحَكىand mimicked الإِدلالُcoquettish airs منهon his part غضبَهhis anger
وَحَكى الإِدلالُ منه غضبَه
He mingled coquetry with signs of coldness,
He mixed coquetry into aloofness
And his coquettish airs mimicked his anger.
And told of flirtation from it out of anger
فإذاand so if رامsought محبٌّa lover عتبَهُreproaching him
فإذا رام محبٌّ عتبَهُ
خَفيwas obscure الأَمرُthe matter عليهto him واِشتبَهand became ambiguous
خَفي الأَمرُ عليه واِشتبَه
So if a lover sought to reproach him,
So if a lover intends to blame
The matter was obscure to him and ambiguous.
The matter becomes confusing for him and indistinct
Sol 6.1