ماnot قمتُI rose حتىuntil دعانيcalled me صوتُهاher voice الغَرِدُmelodious
ما قمتُ حتى دعاني صوتُها الغَرِدُ
قُمُrise! فالصباحُfor the morning عليهover it الغيمُthe clouds يَطَّرِدُstream onward
قُمُ فالصباحُ عليه الغيمُ يَطَّرِدُ
I did not rise until her melodious voice called me:
Rise, for clouds are streaming over the dawn.
فقمتُso I rose والغَيْمُwhile the clouds فيat ريْعَانِthe height of شِرَّتِهِits fury
فقمتُ والغَيْمُ في ريْعَانِ شِرَّتِهِ
أبْغيI seek سُهاداًsleeplessness لأجْفَانيfor my eyelids فماbut not أجِدُI find
أبْغي سُهاداً لأجْفَاني فما أجِدُ
So I rose, while the clouds were at the height of their fury,
seeking wakefulness for my eyelids, but finding none.
فقابَلَتْنيthen she met me بمثلِwith the likeness of الشَّمْسِthe sun طالِعَةًrising
فقابَلَتْني بمثلِ الشَّمْسِ طالِعَةً
والغَيْمُwhile the clouds مُطَّرِدٌstreaming on والبدرُand the full moon مُفْتَقَدُmissing
والغَيْمُ مُطَّرِدٌ والبدرُ مُفْتَقَدُ
Then she met me with the likeness of the rising sun,
while clouds swept on and the full moon was missing.
تَسْعَىshe goes about عَلَيْهاover it بِجِسْمِwith a body of الماءِwater مُحْتَوِياًenclosing
تَسْعَى عَلَيْها بِجِسْمِ الماءِ مُحْتَوِياً
علىupon حُشَاشَةِa lingering spark of نارٍfire جسمُهَاits body بَرَدُhail
على حُشَاشَةِ نارٍ جسمُهَا بَرَدُ
She goes about serving it, bearing a body of water enclosing
a lingering spark of fire whose body is hail.
يَزيدُهاincreases it المَزْجُmixing وقْداًin burning فيin قرارتِهاits depths
يَزيدُها المَزْجُ وقْداً في قرارتِها
فَكُلَّماso whenever أُطْفِئَتْit is quenched بالماءِwith water تَتَّقِدُit blazes up
فَكُلَّما أُطْفِئَتْ بالماءِ تَتَّقِدُ
Mixing heightens the burning in its depths;
so whenever it is quenched with water, it blazes up.
كأنماas though بَطَّنَlined الياقوتُruby جَوْهَرةًa jewel
كأنما بَطَّنَ الياقوتُ جَوْهَرةً
جَوْفَاءَhollow صِيْغَwas fashioned لهاfor it منfrom فِضَّةٍsilver زَرَدُmail
جَوْفَاءَ صِيْغَ لها من فِضَّةٍ زَرَدُ
As though ruby had lined a jewel—
a hollow one, for which silver mail was wrought.
Sol 6.1