كلevery يومٍday ليfor me شكاةa complaint
كل يومٍ لي شكاة
بكلامin the language of العبراتtears
بكلام العبرات
Every day I have a complaint,
Every day I have a complaint
In the language of tears.
With words of sadness
أطمعmade hopeful القلبthe heart وماand did not زودprovide
أطمع القلب وما زود
غيرother than الحسراتregrets
غير الحسرات
He raised the heart’s hopes, yet gave it
I aspire the heart but it increased
Nothing but regrets—
Nothing but regrets
منamong ذويthose possessing الحسنbeauty غريرٌa guileless one
من ذوي الحسن غريرٌ
متناهيextreme in الغفلاتheedlessness
متناهي الغفلات
A guileless one among the beautiful,
Of the beautiful ones, he is charming
Utterly heedless.
Exceedingly heedless
غرسplanted الوجدpassion وأجنىand brought to fruition الشوlonging (first part)
غرس الوجد وأجنى الشو
قcompletes 'longing' ممرورmade bitter الجناةthe fruit
ق ممرور الجناة
He planted passion and made longing yield
He planted passion and I reaped longing
Bitter fruit,
As the procession of funerals passed
معرضاًturning away فيin غيرthe absence of صدrejection
معرضاً في غير صد
دانياًdrawing near غيرnot مؤاتyielding
دانياً غير مؤات
Turning away without rejecting,
Averting from me without intimacy
Drawing near, but not yielding,
Bestowing upon others without reciprocity
ثافراًshying away (likely نافراً) وهوwhile he is قريبnear
ثافراً وهو قريب
وهوand he is جمfull of اللفتاتglances
وهو جم اللفتات
Shying away, though he is near,
Elusive yet so near
And casting many a glance.
Overflowing with glances
أتمناهI long for him ولكنand yet
أتمناه ولكن
كيفhow ليfor me بالأهباتwith the equipment
كيف لي بالأهبات
I long for him, and yet
I desire him but how can I attain
How can I obtain the equipment?
With such weak attempts
ضعفproved too weak الصائدthe hunter عنfor ظبيa gazelle
ضعف الصائد عن ظبي
كثيرfrequent in الوثباتleaps
كثير الوثبات
The hunter proved too weak for a gazelle
The hunter is too feeble for the nimble gazelle
That leaps so often.
To pluck its ripe fruits
لقطفناهwe would have plucked him لوif أنthat الحسbeauty (first part)
لقطفناه لو أن الحس
نcompletes 'beauty' دانيwithin reach الثمراتthe fruits
ن داني الثمرات
We would have plucked him, had beauty
Oh what a heart oft swooning
Borne fruit within reach.
For the beautiful one
آهah منfor قلبٍa heart إلىtoward الحسbeauty (first part)
آه من قلبٍ إلى الحس
نcompletes 'beauty' كثيرfull of الصبواتamorous yearnings
ن كثير الصبوات
Ah, for a heart turned toward beauty,
O companions with unreliable eyes
So full of amorous yearnings!
They complain of love not like my burning embers
ياO صحاياvictims (likely ضحايا) أقصدتهمstruck them dead
يا صحايا أقصدتهم
أعينٌeyes غيرnot ثقاةtrustworthy
أعينٌ غير ثقاة
O victims, struck down
In a time of awakened sorrows
By eyes that cannot be trusted,
And abundant harm
يتشاكونthey complain to one another غراماًpassion
يتشاكون غراماً
غيرnot كأبيfading (likely كابي) الجمراتthe embers
غير كأبي الجمرات
They complain to one another of passion
I am apt to complain
Whose embers never fade,
So leave me be with my lament
فيin زمانٍan age يقظwakeful الآpains (first part)
في زمانٍ يقظ الآ
لامcompletes 'pains' موفورabundant in الأذاةhurt
لام موفور الأذاة
In an age whose pains are wakeful
And delight yourselves with the nearness
And whose hurt is abundant.
Of a gazelle or alluring beauty
أناI بالشكوىin complaining خليقjustified
أنا بالشكوى خليق
فدعونيso leave me وشكاتيand my complaint
فدعوني وشكاتي
I am justified in complaining;
So leave me with my complaint,
وأهنأواand be happy أنتمyou (plural) بقربin nearness
وأهنأوا أنتم بقرب
منto غزالa gazelle أوor مهاةan oryx doe
من غزال أو مهاة
And you—find happiness in being near
To a gazelle or an oryx doe.
Partial English translation: 26 of 30 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1