أَضحىbecame فُؤادُكَyour heart نهبَprey الأَعيُنِthe eyes النُجُلِwide
أَضحى فُؤادُكَ نهبَ الأَعيُنِ النُجُلِ
وَضاعَand was lost صَبرُكَyour patience بَينَamong الرَكبِthe riders وَالإِبلِand the camels
وَضاعَ صَبرُكَ بَينَ الرَكبِ وَالإِبلِ
Your heart has become the spoil of wide, lovely eyes,
Your heart became prey to wide eyes.
And your patience was lost among the riders and camels.
And your patience was lost among the riders and camels.
وَهامَand became lovesick قَلبُكَyour heart بالأظعانِfor the departing camel-litters فَاِبتَدَرتso rushed forth
وَهامَ قَلبُكَ بالأظعانِ فَاِبتَدَرت
سَوابِقُthe first rushing drops الدَمعِof tears بَينَbetween العُذرِexcuse وَالعَذَلِand reproach
سَوابِقُ الدَمعِ بَينَ العُذرِ وَالعَذَلِ
Your heart wandered after the departing litters, whereupon
And your heart was lovesick for the departing camel-litters, so forth rushed
The foremost tears rushed forth, between excuse and reproach.
the first swift tears, between excuse and reproach.
لَمdid not تَدرِyou know يَومَon the day of سُلَيمىSulayma هَلwhether تُوَدِّعُهاyou bid her farewell
لَم تَدرِ يَومَ سُلَيمى هَل تُوَدِّعُها
أَمor هَلwhether تُوَدِّعُyou bid farewell to قَلباًa heart وَاهِيَfeeble in الحِيلِstrength
أَم هَل تُوَدِّعُ قَلباً وَاهِيَ الحِيلِ
On Sulayma’s day, you did not know whether you were bidding her farewell,
On Sulayma’s day, you did not know whether you were bidding her farewell,
Or bidding farewell to a heart helpless in all its devices.
or bidding farewell to a heart whose strength was failing.
أَتبَعتَهُمyou sent after them نَظَراتٍglances خَلفَهاbehind them كَبِدٌa liver
أَتبَعتَهُم نَظَراتٍ خَلفَها كَبِدٌ
تُسايرُkeeps pace with الرَكبَthe riders بَينَbetween الريثِlingering وَالعَجَلِand haste
تُسايرُ الرَكبَ بَينَ الريثِ وَالعَجَلِ
You followed them with glances, and behind those glances a liver
You sent glances after them, behind which a liver
Kept pace with the caravan, between delay and haste.
keeps pace with the riders, between lingering and haste.
راحُواthey departed وَفيand in كُلِّevery قَلبٍheart تَرحَةٌsorrow وَجَوىًand burning grief
راحُوا وَفي كُلِّ قَلبٍ تَرحَةٌ وَجَوىً
وَخَلّفُوكَand they left you behind بَقَلبٍwith a heart مِنكَof yours مُختَبَلِderanged
وَخَلّفُوكَ بَقَلبٍ مِنكَ مُختَبَلِ
They departed, while every heart held a wound and inward anguish,
They departed, and in every heart lay sorrow and burning grief,
And left you with a heart of your own gone mad.
and left you behind with your own deranged heart.
وَبِالفُؤادِand in the heart وَإِنand though قَلّis too little الفُؤادُthe heart لَهُfor him
وَبِالفُؤادِ وَإِن قَلّ الفُؤادُ لَهُ
ساجِيtranquil المَحاجِرthe eye sockets أَحوىdark-lipped ساحِرُbewitching المُقَلِthe eyes
ساجِي المَحاجِر أَحوى ساحِرُ المُقَلِ
And within the heart—though the heart is too small for him—
And in the heart—though the heart is too little for him—
Dwells one languid-eyed and dark-lipped, a bewitcher of eyes:
dwells a tranquil-eyed, dark-lipped one with bewitching eyes,
مُنَوَّعُvaried in الحُسنِbeauty ساجِيtranquil in الطَرفِthe gaze مُقلَتُهُhis eye
مُنَوَّعُ الحُسنِ ساجِي الطَرفِ مُقلَتُهُ
تُزريcasts scorn بِهارُوتَon Harut أَوor تَسبِيtakes captive بَنيthe sons of ثُعَلِThu'al
تُزري بِهارُوتَ أَو تَسبِي بَني ثُعَلِ
Manifold in beauty; his eye, languid in its gaze,
of manifold beauty and tranquil gaze; his eye
Puts Harut to shame—or captivates Banu Thuʿal.
puts Harut to shame, or takes the sons of Thu'al captive.
مَركّبُcomposed الجِسمthe body مِنfrom غُصنٍa bough وَمِنand from قَمَرٍa moon
مَركّبُ الجِسم مِن غُصنٍ وَمِن قَمَرٍ
مُقَسَّمُdivided اللَحظِthe gaze بَينbetween الغُنجِcoquetry وَالكَحَلِand naturally dark eye-rims
مُقَسَّمُ اللَحظِ بَين الغُنجِ وَالكَحَلِ
His body fashioned from a branch and from a moon,
His body is fashioned from a bough and a moon,
His glance apportioned between coy allure and kohl.
his gaze divided between coquetry and naturally dark eye-rims.
Sol 6.1