تَعِدُpromise الملاحthe beauties وأهونُand the easiest الأthe (start of 'things')
تَعِدُ الملاح وأهونُ الأ
شياءِthings (word continuation) انto تعدَpromise الوعوداthe promises
شياءِ ان تعدَ الوعودا
The beauties promise, and the easiest of all
The sailor makes promises, though promises are the simplest things to make
things is to make promises.
And love, when it increases the hopes of lovers, increases them yet more
والحبُّand love إذاwhen زادَincreases الحبيبَthe beloved
والحبُّ إذا زادَ الحبيبَ
أمانيَhopes العشاقِof lovers زِيداis increased
أمانيَ العشاقِ زِيدا
And love, when the beloved increases
Beauty ensnares hearts most when it refuses to be generous
the lovers’ hopes, is increased.
Who can bear to look on loveliness, unless it remains at a distance?
والحسنُand beauty أعلقُmore firmly attached بالقلوto the hearts (word fragment)
والحسنُ أعلقُ بالقلو
بcompletion of 'hearts' إذاwhen تمنعَrefuses أنto يجوداgive freely
ب إذا تمنعَ أن يجودا
And beauty clings more firmly to hearts
All creation anticipates a holiday, for the sake of that which they name a feast
when it refuses to give freely.
Do not expect that your beloved will be pleased if you make it clear you desire him
منwho ذاthis one يطيقُcan bear يرىto see ذُكاDhukā (the sun)
من ذا يطيقُ يرى ذُكا
إلاexcept إذاwhen كانتshe is بعيداfar away
إلا إذا كانت بعيدا
Who can bear to gaze at Dhukā, the sun,
Truly, the miser, despite his wealth, lives miserably because of his miserliness
unless she is far away?
If there was loyalty in this world, the world would be perfect bliss
والعيدُand the festival يرقبهُawaits it الورىmankind
والعيدُ يرقبهُ الورى
منfor أجلِthe sake of ذاthis سموهُthey named it عيداa festival
من أجلِ ذا سموهُ عيدا
And all mankind awaits the festival;
for this reason they called it a festival.
لاdo not ترجُhope أنthat يرضىconsent الthe
لا ترجُ أن يرضى ال
حبيبُbeloved إذاwhen بداit occurs لكَto you انto تريداyou desire
حبيبُ إذا بدا لكَ ان تريدا
Do not hope for the consent of the
beloved when it occurs to you to desire.
إنَّindeed البخيلَthe miser علىdespite غناwealth
إنَّ البخيلَ على غنا
هُhis يعيشُlives بالبخلِin miserliness سعيداhappy
هُ يعيشُ بالبخلِ سعيدا
Indeed, the miser, for all the wealth
he has, lives happily in miserliness.
ولوand if أنَّthat فيin الدنياthe world وفاfaithfulness (word fragment)
ولو أنَّ في الدنيا وفا
ءًcompletion of 'faithfulness' كانتِwould be الدنياthe world سعوداgood fortune
ءً كانتِ الدنيا سعودا
And if there were faithfulness in the world,
the world would be all good fortune.
Partial English translation: 8 of 16 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1