أيهاO (vocative) التركيthe Turk ماwhat عنbeginning of ‘you have’ (split word)
أيها التركي ما عن
دكending of ‘you have’ (split word) للصبfor the lovesick one النحيلthe slender one
دك للصب النحيل
O Turk, what have you
O Turk, cease not
for the slender, lovesick one?
To visit the slender youth
هلis there? إلىto ماwhat يسترconceals القرbeginning of ‘the tunic’ (split word)
هل إلى ما يستر القر
طقending of ‘tunic’ (split word) عنيfrom me منany (emphatic particle) سبيلway
طق عني من سبيل
Is there a way to what the tunic
Be he in a fortress afar
conceals from me?
Or nigh at hand
أشتهيI desire ذاكthat وأخشىand I fear
أشتهي ذاك وأخشى
صولةonslaught الليثthe lion الثقيلِthe heavy one
صولة الليث الثقيلِ
I desire that, and I fear
I yearn for him, yet fear
the heavy lion’s onslaught.
The onslaught of the vigilant lion
Sol 6.1