عَقليmy mind بِهِwith it لَعِبَtoyed العِذارُthe down on the cheeks الآسيmyrtle-like
عَقلي بِهِ لَعِبَ العِذارُ الآسي
وَلَمىand the lips' dusky hue الحَبيبِof the beloved لِجُرحِfor the wound of قلبيmy heart آسيa healer
وَلَمى الحَبيبِ لِجُرحِ قلبي آسي
The myrtle-like down on his cheeks has toyed with my mind.
My mind was toyed with by hopeless love
And the beloved's dusky lips are balm for my heart's wound.
And the beloved blamed my aching heart
ياO مَنone who فتنتَyou bewitched وَأَنتَwhile you are ظبيُa gazelle كُناسِa leafy lair
يا مَن فتنتَ وَأَنتَ ظبيُ كُناسِ
قسماًI swear بأهيفِby the slenderness of قدِّكَyour figure الميّاسِgracefully swaying
قسماً بأهيفِ قدِّكَ الميّاسِ
O you who have bewitched me, a gazelle in its leafy lair,
O you who enchanted while a gazelle fawn
I swear by your slender, swaying form:
I swear by your smooth neck and forearms
ماnot أَنتَyou إِلّاexcept فتنةٌa temptation للناسِfor people
ما أَنتَ إِلّا فتنةٌ للناسِ
لَيسَnot النَّواصِحُthe counselors فيin هَواكَlove for you تُريبُنيmake me doubt
لَيسَ النَّواصِحُ في هَواكَ تُريبُني
You are nothing but a temptation to people.
You are but temptation to people
The counselors do not make me doubt my love for you;
Counselors cannot deter me from loving you
فَهلِso will اللّواحِthe reproachers تَردّنيturn me back وتُعيبُنيand find fault with me
فَهلِ اللّواحِ تَردّني وتُعيبُني
ياO مَنone who عَلِمتَyou have learned بِحالَتيof my condition وتذيبنيand melt me
يا مَن عَلِمتَ بِحالَتي وتذيبني
So will the reproachers turn me back and find fault with me?
Can tablets and books really chastise me?
O you who know my plight and melt me away,
O you who know my state and make me melt
أشكوI complain إليكَto you صَبابتيmy ardent longing فتجيبُنيthen you answer me
أشكو إليكَ صَبابتي فتجيبُني
مِنfrom حبِّlove of أَولادِthe sons of الملوكِthe kings يُقاسيhe suffers
مِن حبِّ أَولادِ الملوكِ يُقاسي
I complain to you of my yearning, and you answer me:
I complain to you of my insomnia, answer me
One suffers from loving the sons of kings.
From the love of princely boys that torment me
كَيفَhow السّبيلُthe way إِلىto اللِّقاءِmeeting وَوصلِهِand union with him
كَيفَ السّبيلُ إِلى اللِّقاءِ وَوصلِهِ
لِمُتَيّمٍfor one enslaved by love فيهِfor him خَلاbecame bereft عَنof عَقلِهِhis reason
لِمُتَيّمٍ فيهِ خَلا عَن عَقلِهِ
What way is there to meet him and be united with him
How can I attain union and reach the beloved
for one enslaved by love for him, bereft of reason?
To a passionate lover, crazed and mindless
أَفَلاwill you not, then تَجودُyou give generously لِمَنْto one who نَأىhas gone far away عَنfrom أَهلِهhis family
أَفَلا تَجودُ لِمَنْ نَأى عَن أَهلِه
ياO مَنone who رَضيتُI accepted تَغرُّبيmy exile منfor أجلِهِhis sake
يا مَن رَضيتُ تَغرُّبي من أجلِهِ
Will you not be generous to one who has gone far from his family,
Will you not be generous to one exiled from his people
O you for whose sake I accepted exile,
O you for whom I accepted estrangement
وفراقَand separation from أوطانيmy homelands وبُعْدَand distance from أُناسيmy people
وفراقَ أوطاني وبُعْدَ أُناسي
and separation from my homelands, and distance from my people?
And the loss of my homeland and kin
Sol 6.1