منwho لِعْينَّيfor my two eyes بالكَرىwith sleep
من لِعْينَّي بالكَرى
فأَرىso I may see الطيفَthe dream-phantom إِنif سرىit travels by night
فأَرى الطيفَ إِن سرى
Who will bring sleep to my eyes,
My eyes are filled with tears
so I may see the phantom, should it pass by night?
Whenever your image appears
طالhas grown long عهديmy time since last meeting فعادso became قلْبheart
طال عهدي فعاد قلْب
يmy لِطَرْفيto my gaze مُخَبِّراa bearer of tidings
ي لِطَرْفي مُخَبِّرا
Long has it been; my heart has become
After long absence, my heart returns
a bearer of tidings to my gaze.
To inform my eyes, it yearns
كُلَّماwhenever اشْتَقْتُI longed أَنto أَراI see
كُلَّما اشْتَقْتُ أَن أَرا
كyou أَطلتُI prolonged التَّفكُّراreflection
ك أَطلتُ التَّفكُّرا
Whenever I long to see
Whenever I longed to see your face
you, I dwell long in thought.
I lingered in thought's embrace
ياO هِلالاًa crescent moon وبانةًand a bān tree
يا هِلالاً وبانةً
وكَثِيباًand a sand dune وجُؤْذُراand an oryx calf
وكَثِيباً وجُؤْذُرا
O crescent moon and bān tree,
Like a crescent, bright and fair
and sand dune and oryx calf!
A sand dune, a hillock bare
لمdid not أَبُحْI divulge بالهوىof passionate love الخفـthe hidden (continued)
لم أَبُحْ بالهوى الخفـ
ـيّfinal part of 'hidden' اختياراًby choice فأُهْجَراand thus I would be shunned
ـيّ اختياراً فأُهْجَرا
I did not disclose my hidden love
I never confessed my love concealed
of my own accord, only to be spurned.
Lest I face rejection unhealed
إِنماit was only السُّقْمthe sickness نمّtold tales عنهabout it
إِنما السُّقْم نمّ عنه
ودمعيand my tears بهbecause of it جرىflowed
ودمعي به جرى
It was sickness alone that betrayed it,
Only my sickness gave away
and my tears flowed because of it.
What my tears can barely say
أَنتyou أَبديتَyou revealed ليto me بوجهـthrough the face (continued)
أَنت أَبديتَ لي بوجهـ
ـكyour عُذراًan excuse إلىbefore الورىall mankind
ـك عُذراً إلى الورى
You have shown me, through your face,
With your face you gave excuse
an excuse before all mankind.
To my love that time did use
أَنتyou فرّقتyou separated بينbetween أَجفـeyelids (continued)
أَنت فرّقت بين أَجفـ
ـانfinal part of 'eyelids' عَيْنَيَّmy two eyes والْكرىand sleep
ـان عَيْنَيَّ والْكرى
You have parted the eyelids
You parted my reluctant eyes
of my eyes from sleep.
From the one my heart so prized
دَعْlet نُوَدِّعْus bid farewell to خَدَّيْكyour two cheeks لَثْمkissing (continued)
دَعْ نُوَدِّعْ خَدَّيْك لَثْم
اًaccusative ending of 'kissing' وإنْand if شئتَyou wish مَنْظراa gaze
اً وإنْ شئتَ مَنْظرا
Let us bid your cheeks farewell with kisses—
Let me kiss your cheeks goodbye
or, if you wish, with a gaze—
One last glance before we die
قبلbefore أَنthat يكْمُلbecomes fully grown العِذاthe cheek-down (continued)
قبل أَن يكْمُل العِذا
رُfinal part of 'cheek-down' عليهupon it فماand so not يُرىit is seen
رُ عليه فما يُرى
before the down is fully grown
Before remorse obscures the scene
upon them, so they are seen no more.
Of your face that I have seen
Sol 6.1