الثورthe ox فيat الساقيهthe waterwheel
الثور في الساقيه
يمشيwalks خلفهbehind it ذنبa tail
يمشي خلفه ذنب
The ox is at the waterwheel;
The bull in the irrigation canal
a tail walks behind it.
Walks with his tail behind him
يسقيit waters الشجرthe trees فردstraightaway ماparticle completing 'straightaway'
يسقي الشجر فرد ما
تطرحthey bear الثمارthe fruit شيsomething عجبwondrous
تطرح الثمار شي عجب
It waters the trees; straightaway
Watering the solitary tree
they bear fruit—something wondrous:
Bearing fruits is a wonder
مشمشapricots وموزand bananas وشقيرand shuqayr (a stone fruit)
مشمش وموز وشقير
وخوخand peaches وتينand figs وعنبand grapes
وخوخ وتين وعنب
apricots and bananas and shuqayr,
Apricot, banana, and loquat
and peaches and figs and grapes,
Peach, fig, and grapes
وشيand some حويمضa little sour fruit كمانtoo
وشي حويمض كمان
فيin اللونcolor يعجبنيit pleases me
في اللون يعجبني
and some little sour fruit, too,
And some quince as well
whose color pleases me.
Its color delights me
فالمشمشfor the apricot أصفرyellower منthan
فالمشمش أصفر من
عينيmy eye وهزّand stirred الهوىdesire
عيني وهزّ الهوى
For the apricot is yellower than
The apricot is yellow like
my eye, and it stirred desire.
My eyes that passion shook
والموزand the banana قدalready قشروهthey peeled it
والموز قد قشروه
لماwhen حليit grew sweet واستوىand ripened
لما حلي واستوى
And the banana—they have peeled it
The banana they peeled
when it grew sweet and ripe.
When it ripened and straightened
وأماand as for الشقيرthe shuqayr fruit فذابso it melted
وأما الشقير فذاب
حينwhen بانappeared منهfrom it النوىthe fruit stones
حين بان منه النوى
And as for shuqayr, it melted
And the loquat melted away
when its stones came into view.
When its core appeared
وذاand this جزاهits reward كمhow often علىon
وذا جزاه كم على
الأغصانthe branches يحارننيit defies me
الأغصان يحارنني
And this is its reward—how often, on
And how much on the branches
the branches, it would defy me!
Does it perplex me
والخوخand the peach حينwhen صارit became خوخa peach
والخوخ حين صار خوخ
منfrom الشجرthe trees قلعوهthey plucked it
من الشجر قلعوه
And the peach, when it became a peach,
The peach when it became a peach
they plucked it from the trees.
They picked it from the tree
والتينand the fig لمّاwhen تعرّىit became bare
والتين لمّا تعرّى
وانفشخand it split open رفعوهthey lifted it
وانفشخ رفعوه
And the fig, when it became bare
The fig when it was bare
and split open, they lifted it.
And its skin split open they lifted it
وحينand when زببit turned to raisins علىon
وحين زبب على
أمهits mother العنبthe grapes قطعوهthey cut it off
أمه العنب قطعوه
And when they turned to raisins on
And when the grapes swelled
their mother, they cut off the grapes.
On their mother they cut it
ماhow أحلاهsweet it is منfrom بعدafter قطعهcutting it
ما أحلاه من بعد قطعه
حينwhen يواصلنيit joins me
حين يواصلني
How sweet they are after being cut,
How beautiful it is after being cut
when they join me!
When it reaches me
Sol 6.1