ياO بحرsea ياO مليحlovely
يا بحر يا مليح
أشكعتunclear verb in the supplied text ناظريmy gaze
أشكعت ناظري
O sea, O lovely one,
O beautiful sea
You have [unclear verb] my gaze.
You have dazzled my eyes
خليتنيyou left me طريحprostrate
خليتني طريح
بينamid المناظرthe sights
بين المناظر
You left me prostrate
You made me helpless
Amid the sights.
Among the sights
مرّتينtwice فيكin you بدورby dwellings
مرّتين فيك بدور
يحلوis sweet بهاin them المقامthe stay
يحلو بها المقام
Twice I passed by dwellings within you,
I wandered in you twice
Where it is sweet to stay.
Where staying is sweet
سكانهاtheir inhabitants بُدُورfull moons
سكانها بُدُور
قدhave حركواthey stirred الغرامpassion
قد حركوا الغرام
Their inhabitants are full moons
Whose dwellers are Beduoins
Who have stirred passion.
They have stirred up passion
خلونيthey left me فيكin you بَدُورI roam
خلوني فيك بَدُور
فيin اليقظةwakefulness والمنامand sleep
في اليقظة والمنام
They left me roaming within you
Let me wander in you
In wakefulness and dreams.
Awake and in dreams
والموزand the banana فيكin you أراهI see it
والموز فيك أراه
عامswam فيamong فطايرpastries
عام في فطاير
And I see the banana in you,
And I see bananas in you
Swimming among pastries.
Floating in pancakes
خضتI waded in أناI وراهafter it
خضت أنا وراه
حينwhen لاقappealed بخاطريto my fancy
حين لاق بخاطري
I myself waded in after it
I followed them
When it took my fancy.
When they came to my mind
البدرthe full moon قدhas سطعshone forth
البدر قد سطع
ياO بحرsea واستنارand grew radiant
يا بحر واستنار
The full moon has shone forth,
The moon has risen
O sea, and grown radiant.
O sea, it got illuminated
ياoh بختgood fortune منwhoever بلعswallowed
يا بخت من بلع
نزلهits fare منduring النهارthe daytime
نزله من النهار
Lucky is whoever swallowed
Blessed is he who swallowed
Its fare in daylight.
Its descent from daytime
ذاكthat بدرa full moon وإنand if طلعit rises
ذاك بدر وإن طلع
فيكin you يخلعcasts off العذارthe bridle
فيك يخلع العذار
That is a full moon, and if it rises
That moon, though it rose
In you, it casts off the bridle
In you takes off embellishment
للبسطfor merriment لاnot يُرىis seen
للبسط لا يُرى
فيamong الناسthe people بفاكرas one brooding
في الناس بفاكر
For merriment—not seen
For the beach, unseen
Among the people brooding—
Among people in ideas
مطروحlaid out علىupon الثرىthe earth
مطروح على الثرى
بينamong الجزائرthe islands
بين الجزائر
Laid out upon the earth
Lying on the ground
Among the islands.
Among islands
ياO صاحبseller of الخبيصkhabīs (a sweet dish)
يا صاحب الخبيص
أنتyou تبيعsell فينwhere
أنت تبيع فين
O seller of khabīs,
O owner of the barge
Where do you sell?
Where do you sell
إنif كانis ذاthis رخيصcheap
إن كان ذا رخيص
املاfill ليfor me الصُّحَينthe little dish
املا لي الصُّحَين
If this is cheap,
If it is cheap
Fill the little dish for me.
Fill two jugs for me
واقلعand I will take off لكfor you القميصthe shirt
واقلع لك القميص
عندكwith you عليهfor it رهينa pledge
عندك عليه رهين
And I will take off my shirt for you,
And take off your shirt
A pledge with you for it.
You have it as collateral with me
لمnot يبقَremain ليto me سواهanything but it
لم يبقَ لي سواه
راحتare gone ذخائريmy treasures
راحت ذخائري
Nothing remains to me but it;
Nothing is left for me
My treasures are gone.
Except it, my treasures are gone
قمget up هاتbring بهin exchange for it ماwhat اشتهاهcraved it
قم هات به ما اشتهاه
قلبيmy heart وبادرand hurry
قلبي وبادر
Get up; bring in exchange for it what is craved
Come on, bring what
By my heart—and hurry!
My heart desired, hurry up
Sol 6.1