وَمَحبوبَةٍand a beloved one فيin القَيظِsummer’s heat لَمdid not تَخلُbe devoid مِنof يَدٍa hand
وَمَحبوبَةٍ في القَيظِ لَم تَخلُ مِن يَدٍ
وَفيand in القَرِّthe cold تَسلوهاforget her أَكُفُّthe hands الحَبائِبِthe loved ones
وَفي القَرِّ تَسلوها أَكُفُّ الحَبائِبِ
And a beloved one, never without a hand in summer’s heat,
A beloved in the heat who's never without a friend
Yet in the cold, the hands of loved ones forget her.
And in the cold, hands of lovers comfort her
إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle الهَوىlove المَقصورُending in alif without hamza هَيَّجَstirred عاشِقاًa lover
إِذا ما الهَوى المَقصورُ هَيَّجَ عاشِقاً
أَتَتshe came بِالهَوىwith air المَمدودِending in hamza after alif مِنfrom كُلِّevery جانِبِside
أَتَت بِالهَوى المَمدودِ مِن كُلِّ جانِبِ
When love—the shortened form—stirs a lover,
When confined passion stirs up a lover
She brings air—the lengthened form—from every side.
It comes to her from all sides with outstretched passion
Sol 6.1