تشدو بعيدان الأراك حمامةٌ
شَدوَ القِيانِ عزفن بالأعوادِ
A dove sings among the arak’s boughs—
the song of singing-girls playing upon lutes.
مال النسيمُ بغصنه فتمايلت
مهتزة الأعطاف والأجياد
The breeze bent its bough, and she swayed,
her flanks and necks aquiver.
هذي تودع تلك توديع التي
قد أيقنت منها بوشكِ بعادِ
This one bids that one farewell—the farewell of one
who knows from her that separation is near.
واستعبرت لفراقهِ عينُ النَّدى
فابتلَّ مئزرُ غُصنِها الميَّادِ
And at his parting, the eye of dew burst into tears,
so the waistcloth of her swaying bough was soaked.
Sol 5.6