لقد نزعت من عقد ثغرك درة
وما ذاك إلا أنها شانت العقدا
You have indeed plucked a pearl from the necklace of your mouth,
You have plucked a pearl from the necklace of your smile,
and that was only because it marred the necklace.
And that is only because it outshone the necklace.
وجوهرة لو خضت سبعة أبحر
لتعتاض منها ما وجدت لها ندا
And a jewel it was—had you plunged into seven seas
If a gem were to traverse seven seas,
to find its replacement, you would have found no equal to it.
It would not find anything comparable to match it.
تكدر ماء الحسن في جنباتها
وكانت على الأيام صافية جدا
The water of beauty grew cloudy within it,
It troubles the serenity of beauty in its sides,
though it had remained perfectly clear through the days.
And it was extremely pure in days gone by.
وكيف فساد الأقحوان وعيبه
وريقك يسقيه المدامة والشهدا
And how could the chrysanthemum decay or be blemished,
How can the buds be defective and flawed
when your saliva waters it with wine and honey?
When your saliva waters it with wine and honey?
وفاض دم لما تضوع نشره
قمرنا به العود القماري والندا
And blood flowed; when its fragrance wafted abroad,
Blood overflowed when its unfolding was ripped apart
with it we bested Qamari aloeswood and nadd incense.
By our moon-shaped lute and flute.
كأنك إذ أودعته الأرض جلمدا
نثرت على وجه التراب به وردا
It was as though, when you laid it—a hard stone—in the earth,
It is as if when you buried it as a frozen corpse in the earth,
you scattered roses with it over the face of the dust.
You strewed rose petals on the face of the soil.
إذا ما ثناياك العذاب تألفت
فبعدا لضرس لا يشاكلها بعدا
When your sweet front teeth come together in harmony,
When the torture of your cheeks comes together in a fold,
then away with a molar that does not match them—away!
Away with any tooth that does not equal it in brilliance.
Sol 6.1