لاdo not تسـألونيask me... ماwhat اسمهhis name حبيبيmy beloved
لا تسـألوني... ما اسمه حبيبي
أخشىI fear عليكمfor you.. ضوعةwafting fragrance الطيوبthe perfumes
أخشى عليكم.. ضوعة الطيوب
Do not ask me... what my beloved’s name is.
Do not ask me what my beloved's name is.
I fear for you—the heady waft of perfumes.
I fear for you the waft of perfumes.
زقwineskin العـبيرthe fragrance.. إنif حـطمتموهyou shatter it
زق العـبير.. إن حـطمتموه
غـرقتمyou will drown بعاطـرٍin fragrant perfume سـكيبflowing abundantly
غـرقتم بعاطـرٍ سـكيب
The flask of fragrance—if you shattered it,
A wineskin of fragrance—if you shatter it,
you would drown in streaming perfume.
you will drown in gushing perfume.
واللهby God.. لوif بحـتI revealed بأيwith any حرفٍletter
والله.. لو بحـت بأي حرفٍ
تكدسwould pile up الليـلكthe lilac فيin الدروبthe paths
تكدس الليـلك في الدروب
By God... if I disclosed a single letter,
By God, if I revealed even a letter,
lilacs would heap up along the roads.
lilacs would pile up in the paths.
لاdo not تبحثواsearch عنهfor him هـناhere بصدريin my chest
لا تبحثوا عنه هـنا بصدري
تركتهI left him يجـريhe runs معwith الغـروبthe sunset
تركته يجـري مع الغـروب
Do not search for him here within my breast;
Do not search for him here in my chest;
I left him to run with the sunset.
I left him running with the sunset.
ترونهyou see him فيin ضـحكةlaughter السواقيthe streams
ترونه في ضـحكة السواقي
فيin رفةa flutter الفـراشةthe butterfly اللعوبplayful
في رفة الفـراشة اللعوب
You see him in the laughter of the streams,
You see him in the laughter of the streams,
in the flutter of the playful butterfly,
in the flutter of the playful butterfly,
فيin البحرthe sea، فيin تنفسbreathing المراعيthe pastures
في البحر، في تنفس المراعي
وفيand in غـناءsinging كلevery عندليـبnightingale
وفي غـناء كل عندليـب
in the sea, in the breathing of the meadows,
in the sea, in the breathing of the pastures,
and in the song of every nightingale,
and in the song of every nightingale,
فيin أدمعtears الشتاءwinter حينwhen يبكيit weeps
في أدمع الشتاء حين يبكي
وفيand in عطاءgiving الديمةthe steady rain السكوبpouring abundantly
وفي عطاء الديمة السكوب
in winter’s tears when it weeps,
in winter's tears when it weeps,
and in the bounty of the pouring rain.
and in the bounty of the steadily pouring rain.
لاdo not تسألواask عنabout ثغرهhis mouth.. فهلfor, have...?
لا تسألوا عن ثغره.. فهل
رأيتـمyou have seen أناقةelegance المغيـبthe sunset
رأيتـم أناقة المغيـب
Do not ask about his lips... for have
Do not ask about his mouth—for have you
you ever seen the elegance of sunset?
seen the elegance of sunset?
ومـقلتاهand his two eyes شاطـئاtwo shores of نـقاءٍpurity
ومـقلتاه شاطـئا نـقاءٍ
وخصرهand his waist تهزهزswaying القـضيبthe slender branch
وخصره تهزهز القـضيب
His eyes are two shores of purity,
And his eyes are two shores of purity,
and his waist is the swaying of a bough.
and his waist is the sway of a slender branch.
محاسنٌbeauties.. لاnot ضمهاhas contained them كتابٌa book
محاسنٌ.. لا ضمها كتابٌ
ولاnor ادعتهاclaimed them ريشةquill الأديبthe writer
ولا ادعتها ريشة الأديب
Beauties no book has ever contained,
Beauties no book has ever contained,
nor any writer’s pen laid claim to.
nor has a writer's quill claimed them.
وصدرهand his chest.. ونحرهand his throat.. كفاكمenough for you
وصدره.. ونحره.. كفاكم
فلنso will not أبـوحI reveal باسمهhis name حبيبيmy beloved
فلن أبـوح باسمه حبيبي
His magic... his throat... enough!
And his chest... and his throat... enough!
For I will never divulge my beloved’s name.
So I will not reveal my beloved's name.
Sol 6.1