هكذاthus كلُّevery جميلهbeautiful woman
هكذا كلُّ جميله
ليسthere is no ليfor me فيin; concerning الغدرbetrayal حيلهrecourse
ليس لي في الغدر حيله
So it is with every beautiful woman:
Such is every beautiful woman.
where betrayal is concerned, I have no recourse.
I have no defense against betrayal.
أنجُescape منهاfrom her وامضِand go away عنهاaway from her
أنجُ منها وامضِ عنها
أخذتshe took قلبكyour heart غيلهby stealth
أخذت قلبك غيله
Escape her and leave her behind—
Escape from her, and go away from her;
she took your heart by stealth.
She took your heart by stealth.
بعدafter هاتيكthose اللياليthe nights
بعد هاتيك الليالي
المطمئِنَّاتtranquil الظليلهshaded
المطمئِنَّات الظليله
After those nights,
After those nights,
peaceful and shaded,
Tranquil and shaded,
بخلتshe withheld ليلاكyour Layla حتىeven
بخلت ليلاك حتى
بالتعلاتِthe consoling excuses القليلهthe few
بالتعلاتِ القليله
your Layla withheld even
Your Layla withheld even
the slightest excuses.
The few consoling excuses.
لمnot تَدَعshe left للقلبfor the heart منfrom; because of طوlong duration (first part of طول)
لم تَدَع للقلب من طو
لcompletion of طول, 'long duration' التباريحthe torments وسيلهrecourse
ل التباريح وسيله
She left the heart no recourse
She left the heart, amid long—
against its long-drawn torments.
—lasting torments, no recourse.
لمnot تدعshe left للقلبfor the heart ماanything that يشheals (first part of يشفي)
لم تدع للقلب ما يش
فيcompletion of يشفي, 'heals' منfrom الوجدpassionate longing غليلهits burning thirst
في من الوجد غليله
She left the heart nothing
She left the heart nothing to re—
to cure its burning ache of longing.
—lieve its burning thirst born of longing.
لمnot تدعshe left إلاexcept رفيفاًa flutter
لم تدع إلا رفيفاً
منof نسيمٍa breeze فيin خميلهa thicket
من نسيمٍ في خميله
She left only a flutter
She left nothing but a flutter
of breeze in a leafy grove,
Of a breeze in a thicket,
وخيالاتٍand visions يُداويheals
وخيالاتٍ يُداوي
طيفُهاtheir phantom نفسيmy soul العليلهailing
طيفُها نفسي العليله
and fancies whose phantom heals
And visions whose phantom heals
my ailing soul,
My ailing soul,
والرسالاتِand the letters اللواتيwhich
والرسالاتِ اللواتي
والأكاذيبَand the lies النّبيلهnoble
والأكاذيبَ النّبيله
and those messages which...
And the letters that...
and the noble lies.
And the noble lies.
Sol 6.1