أَتَتْكَshe came to you وَدُنْيَايَand my world إِذْwhen أَقْبَلَتْshe approached
أَتَتْكَ وَدُنْيَايَ إِذْ أَقْبَلَتْ
كَإِسْعَافِlike the aid of دُنْيَاfortune وَإِقْبَالِهَاand its favor
كَإِسْعَافِ دُنْيَا وَإِقْبَالِهَا
She came to you, my world with her as she drew near,
like fortune's bounty and its favor.
تَمِيْسُshe sways gracefully مِنَof الوَشْيِbrocade فِيin حُلَّةٍa robe
تَمِيْسُ مِنَ الوَشْيِ فِي حُلَّةٍ
تُجَرِّرُshe trails مِنْfrom فَضْلِthe excess length أَذْيَالِهَاits hems
تُجَرِّرُ مِنْ فَضْلِ أَذْيَالِهَا
She sways in a robe of brocade,
trailing the ample length of its hems.
وَتَحْمِلُand she carries عُوْدَاًa lute فَصِيْحَeloquent in الجَوَابِreply
وَتَحْمِلُ عُوْدَاً فَصِيْحَ الجَوَابِ
يُحَاكِيit imitates اللُّحُونَthe melodies بِأَشْكَالِهَاin their forms
يُحَاكِي اللُّحُونَ بِأَشْكَالِهَا
And she carries a lute, eloquent in reply,
that echoes the melodies in their forms.
لَهُit has عُنُقٌa neck مِثْلُlike سَاقِthe leg of الفَتَاةِthe maiden
لَهُ عُنُقٌ مِثْلُ سَاقِ الفَتَاةِ
وَدَسْتَانُهُand its fret-band مِثْلُlike خَلْخَالِهَاher anklet
وَدَسْتَانُهُ مِثْلُ خَلْخَالِهَا
It has a neck like a maiden's leg,
and its fret-band is like her anklet.
فَظَلَّتْso she continued تُطَارِحُto exchange musical phrases with أَوْتَارَهُits strings
فَظَلَّتْ تُطَارِحُ أَوْتَارَهُ
بِأَهْزَاجِهَاwith her hazaj rhythms وَبِأَرْمَالِهَاand with her ramal rhythms
بِأَهْزَاجِهَا وَبِأَرْمَالِهَا
So she kept trading phrases with its strings,
with her hazaj and ramal rhythms.
وَتُعْمِلُand she employs جَسَّاًa probing touch كَجَسِّlike feeling العُرُوقِthe veins
وَتُعْمِلُ جَسَّاً كَجَسِّ العُرُوقِ
وَتَلْوِيand she twists المَلاَوِيthe tuning pegs بِأَمْثَالِهَاwith their like
وَتَلْوِي المَلاَوِي بِأَمْثَالِهَا
And she probes as one feels for a pulse,
and turns the tuning pegs with fingers like them.
Sol 6.1