لاdo not تجزعنdespair بقلبكover your heart المفتونthe love-stricken
لا تجزعن بقلبك المفتون
وتوقand guard yourself منfrom حدقpupils الظباءthe gazelles العينwide-eyed
وتوق من حدق الظباء العين
Do not despair over your love-stricken heart,
Do not grieve with your infatuated heart,
and beware the pupils of the wide-eyed gazelles.
And yearn for the eyes of the shy gazelle.
أياكهنbeware of them فكلfor every موقعpoint of impact لحظةٍglance
أياكهن فكل موقع لحظةٍ
تنبئكtells you أنthat ورأهbehind it ريبperils منونdeath
تنبئك أن ورأه ريب منون
Beware of them: every place a glance strikes
Beware, for every moment
tells you that behind it lies death's menace.
Tells you his abode is surely desolate.
ألزمتyou charged طرفكyour gaze حفظguarding قلبكyour heart ضلةًin folly
ألزمت طرفك حفظ قلبك ضلةً
لقدindeed ائتمنتyou entrusted عليهwith it غيرone not أمينtrustworthy
لقد ائتمنت عليه غير أمين
In folly, you charged your gaze with guarding your heart;
Your gaze confined your heart, going astray,
you have indeed entrusted it to one untrustworthy.
For I had entrusted it to one unfaithful.
ورأىand saw الغرامpassion قتيلa slain victim منwhom قتلkilled الهوىlove
ورأى الغرام قتيل من قتل الهوى
فلذاكand therefore أقعدI refrain عنfrom طلابclaiming ديونيmy dues
فلذاك أقعد عن طلاب ديوني
And passion saw the victim whom love had slain;
And love saw a slain victim killed by passion,
and therefore I refrain from claiming my dues.
Thus I refrain from seeking my loans.
لاdo not تنكرنdisapprove عليon my part فيضthe flood مدامعيmy tears
لا تنكرن علي فيض مدامعي
فالدمعfor tears ينقعquench غلةburning thirst المحزونthe sorrowful
فالدمع ينقع غلة المحزون
Do not reproach me for the flood of my tears,
Do not deny me the outpouring of my tears,
for tears quench the burning thirst of the sorrowful.
For tears wash away the bitterness of the grieved.
بخلwas miserly الغمامthe clouds وماand never حللتI alighted بمعهدٍat a familiar haunt
بخل الغمام وما حللت بمعهدٍ
إلاexcept that حللتI untied عليهover it عقدthe knots جفونيmy eyelids
إلا حللت عليه عقد جفوني
The clouds were miserly; at no familiar haunt did I alight
The clouds were stingy and my abode
without untying over it the knots of my eyelids.
Was not graced except by the knots of my eyelids.
وبمهجتيand in my heart ياO صاحبيmy two companions مدللٌa pampered one
وبمهجتي يا صاحبي مدللٌ
أناI بالحياةwith life عليهtoward him غيرnot ضنينstingy
أنا بالحياة عليه غير ضنين
And in my heart, O my two companions, is a pampered beloved;
And with my love, my friend is spoiled,
I do not begrudge him my life.
In life, I do not resent him.
وأبيكand by your father لوif تسقىyou were given to drink المدامwine وريقهand his saliva
وأبيك لو تسقى المدام وريقه
لجهلتyou would surely not know أيهماwhich of the two ابنةdaughter الزرجونthe vine
لجهلت أيهما ابنة الزرجون
And by your father, were you given wine and his saliva to drink,
And were your father to drink wine and its froth,
you would not know which was the daughter of the vine.
He would not know which of us is the son of vineyard keepers.
ولوand if أنthat باديةًa Bedouin maiden برملةin the sands of عالجٍʿĀlij
ولو أن باديةً برملة عالجٍ
تعدpromises الوصالunion لزالwould surely vanish فرطthe excess جنونيmy madness
تعد الوصال لزال فرط جنوني
And if a Bedouin maiden in the sands of ʿĀlij
Had the desert I traverse to seek union
promised union, my excessive madness would subside.
Valued connection, my madness would have waned.
بيضٌfair maidens إذاwhen هزsways الدلالcoquetry قدودهاtheir figures
بيضٌ إذا هز الدلال قدودها
سكنتgrew still غصونboughs البانthe bān tree فيin نيرينNayrin
سكنت غصون البان في نيرين
Fair maidens—when coquetry sways their figures,
White ones, when the allurer shakes their branches,
the bān boughs in Nayrin grow still.
Calm the boughs of the jujube tree in euphoria.
ماnot أنat all برحتI ceased أزورهنI visit them أوانساًcharming maidens
ما أن برحت أزورهن أوانساً
مثلlike الكواكبstars فيin اللياليthe nights الجونpitch-dark
مثل الكواكب في الليالي الجون
I never ceased visiting them, charming maidens,
No sooner do I visit them as confidantes,
like stars in the jet-black nights,
Like stars in darkened nights.
حتىuntil سمعتI heard خدورهنtheir curtained chambers تقولsaying ليto me
حتى سمعت خدورهن تقول لي
أرأيتhave you seen? مثلthe like of أهلتيmy crescents وغصونيand my boughs
أرأيت مثل أهلتي وغصوني
until I heard their curtained chambers say to me:
Until I heard their twittering say to me,
"Have you seen the like of my crescents and my boughs?"
“Have you seen the like of my kith and boughs?”
أوماand is it not كفانيsufficed me أنthat أرانيI see myself واقفاًstanding
أوما كفاني أن أراني واقفاً
أمليmy hope ببابكat your gate ياO صلاحSalah الدينal-Din
أملي ببابك يا صلاح الدين
And is it not enough that I see myself standing,
Is it not enough for me to see myself standing,
my hope at your gate, O Salah al-Din,
Filling your doorstep, O Saladin?
أتلوI recite صفاتthe qualities مجدكyour glory ناظماًstringing verses لكfor you
أتلو صفات مجدك ناظماً لك
مثلlike عقدa necklace اللؤلؤpearls المكنونthe hidden
مثل عقد اللؤلؤ المكنون
reciting the qualities of your glory, stringing for you
Reciting your glorious traits, composing for you,
something like a necklace of hidden pearls?
Like a concealed pearl necklace.
إنيindeed I لأعجزam surely unable عنto مدائحكpraises of you التيwhich
إني لأعجز عن مدائحك التي
جلتare exalted عنbeyond التكييفdefining qualities والتكوينand giving form
جلت عن التكييف والتكوين
I am truly unequal to your praises, which
I am too weak to praise you in ways
are too exalted to be defined or given form.
That transcend all composition and creation.
لكto you دانsubmitted هذاthis الملكthe kingdom بعدafter إيابهits return
لك دان هذا الملك بعد إيابه
وانقادand yielded طوعwillingly يديكyour two hands غيرnot حرونstubborn
وانقاد طوع يديك غير حرون
This kingdom submitted to you after its return,
To you this kingdom owes fealty after its return,
and yielded willingly to your hands, without resistance.
And willingly submitted to your hands unopposed.
ولأنتand you indeed أولthe first منwho أقرmade firm عمودهits pillar
ولأنت أول من أقر عموده
وأجابand answered دعوةthe summons ملكهits king الميمونthe auspicious
وأجاب دعوة ملكه الميمون
And you were indeed the first to set its pillar firm,
For you were the first to establish its pillar,
and answer the summons of its auspicious king.
And answered the call of its auspicious king.
Sol 6.1