هَلis there? نَحوكُمtoward you لقصَّتيfor my tale إِبلاغُa conveying
هَل نَحوكُم لقصَّتي إِبلاغُ
أَمor هَلis there? لِظلالِfor the shades of وَصلكمunion with you إِسباغُample spreading
أَم هَل لِظلالِ وَصلكم إِسباغُ
Can my tale be conveyed to you?
Is there for my tale a ready ear
Or can the shades of union with you be spread wide?
Or for your shadows shall I draw near
إِلّاif not يَكُbe طَيَّwithin the fold of كَفّيَmy palm الأَصداغُthe temple-locks
إِلّا يَكُ طَيَّ كَفّيَ الأَصداغُ
فيin القَلبِthe heart لَهُنَّfor them عَقرَبٌa scorpion لَدّاغُfiercely stinging
في القَلبِ لَهُنَّ عَقرَبٌ لَدّاغُ
If the temple-locks are not clasped in my palm,
But to cup palms would bring a ache severe
In the heart, they have a fiercely stinging scorpion.
Within my heart for them resides a sting severe
Sol 6.1