لِزَهرَةِfor the flower البُستانthe garden فيon غُصنِهاits branch
لِزَهرَةِ البُستان في غُصنِها
الفَينانlush and leafy عَرفٌa fragrance يَفوحwafts
الفَينان عَرفٌ يَفوح
The garden's flower, upon its bough,
lush and leafy, has a fragrance that wafts.
فَباكِرِso meet at dawn الخِلّانclose friends فيin رَوضَةِthe garden
فَباكِرِ الخِلّان في رَوضَةِ
الرَيحانbasil إِلىfor الصَبوحthe morning draught
الرَيحان إِلى الصَبوح
So join your friends at dawn in the garden
of basil, for the morning draught.
اِشرَبdrink عَلىto الأَلحانthe melodies
اِشرَب عَلى الأَلحان
مِنfrom كَفِّthe hand of مَيّاسٍa gracefully swaying one مُنَعَّمpampered
مِن كَفِّ مَيّاسٍ مُنَعَّم
Drink to the melodies
from the hand of a swaying, pampered youth,
قَدalready أَسكَرَintoxicated النُدمانthe drinking companions
قَد أَسكَرَ النُدمان
بِاللَحظِwith the glance وَالكاسِand the cup وَالمِبسَمand the smiling mouth
بِاللَحظِ وَالكاسِ وَالمِبسَم
who has already intoxicated the drinking companions
with his glance, the cup, and his smiling mouth.
مُعَطَّرُperfumed الأَردانthe sleeves
مُعَطَّرُ الأَردان
ذَكِيُّfragrant الأَنفاسِّthe breaths عَذبُsweet الفَمthe mouth
ذَكِيُّ الأَنفاسِّ عَذبُ الفَم
His sleeves are perfumed,
his breath fragrant, his mouth sweet.
لَيسَthere is no مِنَof السُلوانforgetting عَنof حُسbeginning of 'beauty'
لَيسَ مِنَ السُلوان عَن حُس
نِهِending of 'beauty' with 'his' الفَتّانbeguiling قَلبيmy heart قَريحwounded
نِهِ الفَتّان قَلبي قَريح
There is no forgetting his beauty,
so beguiling; my heart is wounded.
وَهاand behold مُغَطّىconcealed الأَشجانsorrows بِأَدمُعِthrough the tears
وَها مُغَطّى الأَشجان بِأَدمُعِ
الأَجفانthe eyelids بادٍmanifest صَريحplain
الأَجفان بادٍ صَريح
And behold, concealed sorrow, through the tears
of the eyelids, is manifest and plain.
كَمhow much لِلرِضاfor favor أَرتاحI delight
كَم لِلرِضا أَرتاح
وَكَمand how much مِنof اِستِرسالunreserved surrender
وَكَم مِن اِستِرسال
How I delight in your favor,
and how much unreserved surrender!
مَنwho مُنصِفُone who grants redress الأَرواحsouls
مَن مُنصِفُ الأَرواح
مِنagainst لَحظِكَyour glance القَتّالdeadly
مِن لَحظِكَ القَتّال
Who will give souls redress
against your deadly glance?
ياO شادِناًyoung gazelle يَلتاحgleams
يا شادِناً يَلتاح
فيin وَجهِهِhis face إِقبالgood fortune
في وَجهِهِ إِقبال
O young gazelle, there gleams
in your face good fortune.
أَسرَفتَyou have gone too far فيin الهِجرانabandonment فَلَيتَso would that
أَسرَفتَ في الهِجران فَلَيتَ
لَوif قَدalready حانَhas come due مَوتٌa death مُريحbringing rest
لَو قَد حانَ مَوتٌ مُريح
You have gone too far in forsaking me; would that
a restful death had already come!
لَمnot تُبقِleave لِلهَيمانfor the love-mad one لَواعِجُsearing pains
لَم تُبقِ لِلهَيمان لَواعِجُ
النيرانfires قَلباًa heart صَحيحunharmed
النيران قَلباً صَحيح
The love-mad one has not been left, by the searing pains
of fire, a heart unharmed.
Sol 6.1