أدَّكyour figure أميرprince الأَغصانthe boughs
أدَّك أمير الأَغصان
منfrom غيرwithout مكابرone who disputes
من غير مكابر
Your figure is prince of the boughs,
You lead the branches
with none to dispute it.
Without pretense
وَوردand the rose خَدّكyour cheek سُلطانsultan
وَورد خَدّك سُلطان
علىover الأَزاهرthe blossoms
على الأَزاهر
And the rose of your cheek is sultan
And your rose cheeks rule
over the blossoms.
Over all flowers
وَالحبand love كلّهall of it أشجانsorrows
وَالحب كلّه أشجان
ياO البheart حاذرbeware
يا الب حاذر
And love is all sorrow—
And all love is passion
O heart, beware.
O heart, beware!
وَالصدand rejection وَيّاtogether with الهجرانabandonment
وَالصد وَيّا الهجران
جَزاrecompense المُخاطرthe risk-taker
جَزا المُخاطر
And rejection, along with abandonment,
Of rejection and estrangement
is the risk-taker's recompense.
The reward of risk-takers
ياO البheart ادindeed انتَyou حبّيتyou fell in love
يا الب اد انتَ حبّيت
وَرجعتand you returned تندمyou regret
وَرجعت تندم
O heart, you have indeed fallen in love,
O heart, if you have loved
and then came to regret it.
And returned regretting
صبحتyou began تَشكيyou complain مالإيتyou did not find
صبحت تَشكي مالإيت
لكfor you حدّanyone يرحمhas mercy
لك حدّ يرحم
You began to complain, unable to find
You started complaining of what I did
anyone to have mercy on you.
No one has sympathy for you
صَدّأتyou believed أولىmy words وَرإيتand you saw
صَدّأت أولى وَرإيت
ذلhumiliation المتيمthe lovesick one
ذل المتيم
You believed my words and saw
You saw the right course first
the lovesick one's humiliation.
And the humiliation of the longing one
ياماhow often نصحتكI advised you ونهيتand I warned
ياما نصحتك ونهيت
لوif كنتyou were تفهمyou understand
لو كنت تفهم
How often I advised you and warned you,
How much I advised you and warned you
if only you understood!
If only you would understand
أعرضlay out لحسنكfor your beauty أوراءpages
أعرض لحسنك أوراء
واكتبand write وادَوِّنand record
واكتب وادَوِّن
Lay out pages for your beauty,
Turn away from your beauty
and write and record:
And write it down
وَابتyou fell صريعstruck down الأَشواءthe longings
وَابت صريع الأَشواء
وَاحسبand reckon وَاخمّنand estimate
وَاحسب وَاخمّن
you fell, struck down by longing.
And spend the nights awake
And reckon and estimate:
Calculating and guessing
داهجرthis is abandonment وصبابهand yearning وفِراءand separation
داهجر وصبابه وفِراء
ياO ربLord هوّنmake it easier
يا رب هوّن
this is abandonment, yearning, and separation.
Wandering, distracted, and restless
O Lord, make it easier,
O Lord, make it easy!
وارحمand have mercy on الوبthe hearts العشّاءthe lovers
وارحم الوب العشّاء
داthis شيءsomething يجننdrives one mad
دا شيء يجنن
and have mercy on lovers' hearts.
And have mercy on the sleepless lover
This is something that drives one mad.
It's maddening
Sol 6.1