وافتcame بهwith him غفلةinattention الرَّقيبthe watcher
وافت به غفلة الرَّقيب
والنجمand the star قدhad مالinclined للغروبِtoward setting
والنجم قد مال للغروبِ
The watcher's inattention brought him,
He came stealthily, the guardian unawares,
And the star had inclined toward setting.
And the star had declined towards setting.
نشوانtipsy قدhad هزَّتswayed الحميَّاwine's heat
نشوان قد هزَّت الحميَّا
منهin him قضيباًa bough علىupon كثيبِa sand dune
منه قضيباً على كثيبِ
Tipsy, wine's fire had swayed
The spears were shaken, exciting the zebra
A bough in him atop a sand dune.
With a rod on the hillock.
يعثرhe stumbles فيover ذيلهhis hem فيحكيso he echoes
يعثر في ذيله فيحكي
عثرةthe stumbling عينيهhis two eyes فيin القلوبِthe hearts
عثرة عينيه في القلوبِ
He stumbles over his hem, echoing
Stumbling in its tail, it tells
His eyes' stumbling within hearts.
Of the stumbling of their eyes in hearts.
واللهby God لوif نالتshe attained الثُّرياthe Pleiades
والله لو نالت الثُّريا
ماwhat نالhe attained منof بهجةٍsplendor وطيبِand sweetness
ما نال من بهجةٍ وطيبِ
By God, had the Pleiades attained
By Allah, did the Pleiades attain it,
The splendor and sweetness he attained,
It would not attain such joy and fragrance.
دناdrew near إليهاto her الهلالthe crescent moon حتىuntil
دنا إليها الهلال حتى
قبَّلkissed فيon كفهاher palm الخضيبِhenna-dyed
قبَّل في كفها الخضيبِ
The crescent moon would have drawn near to her until
The crescent approached her until
It kissed her henna-dyed palm.
It kissed her reddened palm.
Sol 6.1