لمnot ألْقَI found بيْنamong لياليَّmy nights التيwhich سَلَفَتْhad passed
لم ألْقَ بيْن لياليَّ التي سَلَفَتْ
كلَيْلةٍlike a night بِتُّهاI spent it فيin دْيرa monastery قدِّيسِa saint
كلَيْلةٍ بِتُّها في دْير قدِّيسِ
I have found none among my nights gone by
I have not spent between the nights that are past
like the night I spent in a saint's monastery.
A night like that one in the monastery of a saint
ضَمَمْتُI embraced حسناءَa beautiful woman لمnot يُخْلَقْwas created لهاfor her مَثَلٌan equal
ضَمَمْتُ حسناءَ لم يُخْلَقْ لها مَثَلٌ
بيْنamong الحسانthe beautiful women ولاnor حورِthe houris الفراديسِthe paradises
بيْن الحسان ولا حورِ الفراديسِ
I embraced a beauty whose equal has never been created
I held in my arms a beauty the like of which has not been created
among beautiful women or the houris of Paradise.
Among the beauties nor the houris of paradise
ماnot عرشُthe throne بلقيسBilqis فيin إبَّانthe time of دولتهاher reign
ما عرشُ بلقيس في إبَّان دولتها
ولاnor سليمانSolomon مزفوفاًescorted in wedding procession لبلقيسِto Bilqis
ولا سليمان مزفوفاً لبلقيسِ
Neither Bilqis's throne during her reign
Not the throne of Bilqis in the days of her kingdom
nor Solomon, led in wedding procession to Bilqis,
Nor Solomon brought in procession to Bilqis
يوْماًever بأعظمany greater منَّاthan us فيin السَّريرthe bed وقدand indeed
يوْماً بأعظم منَّا في السَّرير وقد
دامlasted العناقُthe embrace إلىuntil قرعthe ringing of النوَّاقيسِthe bells
دام العناقُ إلى قرع النوَّاقيسِ
was ever greater than we were in bed, while
One day with someone greater than us in bed and
our embrace lasted until the ringing of the bells.
The embrace lasting to the ringing of bells
Sol 6.1