دونَكَها نَرجِسيَّةَ الجَسَدِ
على أفانينِ مُسمِعٍ غَرِدِ
Take it, narcissus-bodied,
Your narcissistic body
to the varied strains of a tuneful singer.
Sings atop receptive ears.
فقد جَلا النَّرجِسُ الجَنِيُّ لنا
عن عِيشَةٍ في قُدومِهِ رَغَدِ
For freshly picked narcissus has revealed to us
The bright narcissus has revealed to us
a life of ease upon its arrival.
A life of ease in its coming.
يجمعُ ضِدَّيْنِ قَلَّ ما اجتَمَعا
من لَهَبٍ ساطعٍ ومن بَرَدِ
It unites two opposites that have seldom met:
It brings together two opposites, rarely joined -
blazing flame and hail.
Radiant flame and chill.
فهو كشُهْلِ العيونِ من كَثَبٍ
وهو كزُهْرِ النُّجومِ من بُعُدِ
So it is like hazel eyes up close,
It is like the kohl in eyes from desire,
and it is like radiant stars from afar.
And like the bloom of stars from afar.
أَظُنُّ نُجْلَ العيونِ تَحسُدُه
فَهْيَ مِراضٌ من شِدَّةِ الحَسَدِ
I think wide eyes envy it,
I think the kohl in eyes envies it -
for they are sick with intense envy.
A sickness from the intensity of envy.
قد قُلتُ إذ أنجدَ الزَّمانُ به
كتائبَ اللَّهْوِ غيرَ مُتَّئِدِ
I said, when time reinforced with it
When time was in anguish, I said
the battalions of revelry, without delay:
Troops of desire, unwearied:
أهلاً بما أمرضَ العيونَ فما
تُفْرَقُ من دائِها مَدَى الأَبَدِ
Welcome to what has sickened the eyes, for they shall not
Hello to what sickened the eyes, so
be parted from their ailment for all eternity.
Its disease will never diminish for eternity.
Sol 6.1