تعلقهاfell in love with her قلبيmy heart ولمand did not أدْرِknow ماwhat اسْمُهاher name
تعلقها قلبي ولم أدْرِ ما اسْمُها
وفيand in عيْنهاher eye ماwhat بيis within me وماand not سمعتْshe has heard باسميof my name
وفي عيْنها ما بي وما سمعتْ باسمي
My heart fell in love with her, though I did not know her name.
And her eyes hold what I feel, though she has never heard my name.
وماand not كانwas الاّexcept فيon الطريقِthe road لقاوناour meeting
وما كان الاّ في الطريقِ لقاونا
ولحظٌand a glance كباقيlike the rest of الناسpeople يرْميshoots ولاbut does not يُصميstrike dead
ولحظٌ كباقي الناس يرْمي ولا يُصمي
And we met only on the road,
With a glance like anyone else's, shooting but not killing.
أَماis it not عجبٌa wonder والأرضُwhile the earth مَلأىis full بمثلهاof women like her
أَما عجبٌ والأرضُ مَلأى بمثلها
هُياميmy mad passion بهاfor her دونَto the exclusion of الحسانِthe beautiful women علىdespite رغميmy unwillingness
هُيامي بها دونَ الحسانِ على رغمي
Is it not strange, when the earth is full of women like her,
That, against my will, I am mad for her rather than the beauties?
وماand what بالُهاis the matter with her لمhas not تحملbear الوجْدَardent longing والهوىand love
وما بالُها لم تحمل الوجْدَ والهوى
لغيريfor someone other than me لهُto it روحيmy soul ولمْand has not يعدُهُgone beyond it جسميmy body
لغيري لهُ روحي ولمْ يعدُهُ جسمي
And why has she not borne longing and love
For another? My soul belongs to love; my body has not escaped it.
أراهاI see her فلمand did not أملِكْcontrol تَهالُكthe collapse of واهنٍa weakling
أراها فلم أملِكْ تَهالُك واهنٍ
بجنبيَّwithin me مسلوبِrobbed of الجراءَcourage (word fragment) ةِ(feminine noun ending) والعزمand resolve
بجنبيَّ مسلوبِ الجراءَ ةِ والعزم
I see her and cannot control a weakling's collapse
Within me, robbed of courage and resolve.
فيخطفُand so steals لوْنيmy color فرطُthe intensity of ماwhat أناI واجدٌam feeling
فيخطفُ لوْني فرطُ ما أنا واجدٌ
بهاfor her وبماand at what يُلقىcasts هواهاlove for her علىupon وهميmy imagination
بها وبما يُلقى هواها على وهمي
Then the intensity of what I feel steals my color,
For her, and at what my love for her casts upon my imagination.
يُخيَّلُit seems ليto me أنيthat I دنوتُdrew near فأعرضتْthen she turned away
يُخيَّلُ لي أني دنوتُ فأعرضتْ
فاصرفُso I turn وجهيmy face مثقلweighed down الصدرin the breast بالغمَwith grief
فاصرفُ وجهي مثقل الصدر بالغمَ
It seems to me that I drew near and she turned away,
So I turn my face away, my breast heavy with grief.
ظننتُI thought بهاof her سوءاًill ولمand had not تجنِcommit بعدماyet anything that
ظننتُ بها سوءاً ولم تجنِ بعدما
يُظنُّis suspected بهon its account ماhow أشبهakin الظنّsuspicion بالإثمِto sin
يُظنُّ به ما أشبه الظنّ بالإثمِ
I thought ill of her, though she had not yet done anything
To warrant suspicion—how like sin suspicion is!
ويُعربُand speaks عنof سِرِّthe secret of الضُّلوعِthe ribs شحوبُهاher pallor
ويُعربُ عن سِرِّ الضُّلوعِ شحوبُها
إذاwhen ما(emphasis) تلاقيناwe meet فبئْسَso, how bad إذنْthen زَعْميmy supposition
إذا ما تلاقينا فبئْسَ إذنْ زَعْمي
And her pallor reveals the secret within her ribs
Whenever we meet—how wrong, then, is my suspicion!
وأُقسِمُand I swear لوif حدثتهاI spoke to her وتكشَّفتْand were revealed
وأُقسِمُ لو حدثتها وتكشَّفتْ
سرائِرناour secrets ماnot شَذَّwould differ عنfrom همِّهاher cares هميmy cares
سرائِرنا ما شَذَّ عن همِّها همي
And I swear, if I spoke to her and there were laid bare
Our secrets, my cares would be no different from hers.
هوىlove ألّفَتْhas united شتَّىdisparate القلوبِhearts يمينُهits right hand
هوى ألّفَتْ شتَّى القلوبِ يمينُه
وكْمand how many قَطعَتْhas severed يُسراهُits left hand مِنof صِلةِa bond of الرَّحمِkinship
وكْم قَطعَتْ يُسراهُ مِن صِلةِ الرَّحمِ
Love—its right hand has united disparate hearts,
And how many bonds of kinship its left hand has severed!
إذاif كانit is فيin دنياthe world of الهوىlove مثلماjust as أرىI see
إذا كان في دنيا الهوى مثلما أرى
فأيُّthen what عجيبٍstrangeness فيin هوىthe love of العُميthe blind والصمِّand the deaf
فأيُّ عجيبٍ في هوى العُمي والصمِّ
If things in the world of love are as I see them,
Then what is strange about the love of the blind and the deaf?
Sol 6.1