وَراحَتْand she began تَشْتكيcomplaining عَتَبيmy reproach، فَقُلْتُso I said:
وَراحَتْ تَشْتكي عَتَبي، فَقُلْتُ:
عَسانيmay I بَعْدَafter هذاthis ماnot عَتِبْتُI reproached
عَساني بَعْدَ هذا ما عَتِبْتُ
She began to complain of my reproach, so I said:
And she began to complain of my reproach, so I said:
May I never reproach again after this,
May I never reproach again after this,
ولاnor أَبكَىmade weep كَلامِيmy words عَينَeye خِلٍa dear friend
ولا أَبكَى كَلامِي عَينَ خِلٍ
فإنِّيfor indeed I بعْدَafter هذاthis الّلوْمِthe blame تُـبْتُI repented
فإنِّي بعْدَ هذا الّلوْمِ تُـبْتُ
nor may my words make a dear friend’s eye weep;
nor may my words make a dear friend's eye weep,
for after this blame, I have repented.
for after this blame, I have repented.
فقالَتso she said: أَنْتَyou عَيْنيmy eye مُذْsince عَشِقْناwe fell in love
فقالَت: أَنْتَ عَيْني مُذْ عَشِقْنا
فقُلْتُso I said: العَينُthe eye تَبكيweeps، ثُمَّthen فِضْتُI overflowed
فقُلْتُ: العَينُ تَبكي، ثُمَّ فِضْتُ
She said, “You have been my very eye since we fell in love.”
So she said: 'You have been my eye since we fell in love.'
I said, “The eye weeps”—then it overflowed.
So I said: 'The eye weeps'; then I overflowed.
كأنَّيas though I were فيin دِلاءِbuckets الحُزْنِsorrow دمعٌtears
كأنَّي في دِلاءِ الحُزْنِ دمعٌ
جَرَىflowed مِنْfrom عَيْنِهاher eye لمّاwhen بَكيْتُI wept
جَرَى مِنْ عَيْنِها لمّا بَكيْتُ
As though in sorrow’s buckets I were a tear
As though I were tears in the buckets of sorrow,
flowing from her eye when I wept.
that flowed from her eye when I wept.
تمادَتwent ever further فيin الجمالbeauty وفارقتنيand left me
تمادَت في الجمال وفارقتني
غداةَon the morning مشَىwalked الطريقُthe road... وماand not مَشيْتُI walked
غداةَ مشَى الطريقُ... وما مَشيْتُ
She went beyond all bounds in beauty, and left me
She grew ever more beautiful and left me
at dawn, when the road walked on ... though I did not.
the morning the road walked... and I did not walk.
كماlike كأْسٍa cup تَجلَّىshone forth الرَّاحُthe wine فيهاin it
كما كأْسٍ تَجلَّى الرَّاحُ فيها
لهاshe has خَصْرٌa waist يَشِفُّis translucent إذاwhen نظَرْتُI looked
لها خَصْرٌ يَشِفُّ إذا نظَرْتُ
Like a goblet in which wine reveals itself,
Like a cup in which the wine shone forth,
she has a waist that shows through when I look.
she has a waist that is translucent when I look.
ومِنand of عَجَبٍwonder تَشِفُّshe is translucent إذاwhen مَلاهاit filled her
ومِن عَجَبٍ تَشِفُّ إذا مَلاها
ومِنand of عَجَبٍwonder تَشِفُّshe is translucent إذاwhen شَرِبْتُI drank
ومِن عَجَبٍ تَشِفُّ إذا شَرِبْتُ
And, wonder of wonders, she turns translucent when it fills her,
And strangely, she is translucent when it fills her,
and, wonder of wonders, she turns translucent when I drink.
and strangely, she is translucent when I drink.
Sol 6.1