أَفديI would ransom غَزالاًa gazelle مِنfrom آلِthe house of لَيثٍLayth
أَفدي غَزالاً مِن آلِ لَيثٍ
تَمَّتbecame complete لَهُfor him دَولَةُthe reign of الجَمالِbeauty
تَمَّت لَهُ دَولَةُ الجَمالِ
I would ransom a gazelle of the house of Layth;
I ransom a gazelle from the family of lions
Beauty's reign is wholly his.
The fate of beauty has been completed for him
تَفعَلُdo أَلحاظُهُhis glances بِقَلبيto my heart
تَفعَلُ أَلحاظُهُ بِقَلبي
ماwhat يَفعَلُdoes اللَيثُthe lion بِالغَزالِto the gazelle
ما يَفعَلُ اللَيثُ بِالغَزالِ
His glances do to my heart
His glances do to my heart
What the lion does to the gazelle.
What a lion does to a gazelle
ذاpossessing حاجِبٍan eyebrow خُطَّdrawn تَحتَbeneath صَلتٍa smooth forehead
ذا حاجِبٍ خُطَّ تَحتَ صَلتٍ
مُنَوِّرٍradiant بِالجَمالِwith beauty حالِadorned
مُنَوِّرٍ بِالجَمالِ حالِ
With an eyebrow drawn beneath a smooth forehead,
With an eyebrow drawn under well-connected hair
Radiant and adorned with beauty—
Illuminated with the state of beauty
كَأَنَّas though أَيديthe hands of فَتىthe youth of هِلالٍHilāl
كَأَنَّ أَيدي فَتى هِلالٍ
عَرَقنَthey traced نوناًa letter nūn عَلىupon هِلالِa crescent
عَرَقنَ نوناً عَلى هِلالِ
As though the hands of the youth of Hilāl
As if the hands of a crescent moon young man
Had traced a nūn upon a crescent.
Dripped a noon on a crescent moon
ياO مُشبِهَyou who resemble البَدرِthe full moon حينَwhen يَبدوit appears
يا مُشبِهَ البَدرِ حينَ يَبدو
فيin النورِradiance وَالبُعدِand remoteness وَالكَمالِand perfection
في النورِ وَالبُعدِ وَالكَمالِ
O you who resemble the full moon when it appears,
O you who resemble the full moon when it rises
In radiance, remoteness, and perfection:
In light, remoteness and perfection
أَفديكَI would ransom you ياO مَنthe one whom تَراهُsees him عينيmy eye
أَفديكَ يا مَن تَراهُ عيني
فيin كُلِّevery يَومٍday بِسوءِin a bad حالِstate
في كُلِّ يَومٍ بِسوءِ حالِ
I would ransom you, O you whom my eye sees
I ransom you, O you whom my eyes see
Every day in a wretched state,
Every day in a bad state
وَكُلَّand every يَومٍday بِبَطنِin the belly of سِجنٍa prison
وَكُلَّ يَومٍ بِبَطنِ سِجنٍ
وَكُلَّand every آنٍmoment بِبابِat the door of واليa governor
وَكُلَّ آنٍ بِبابِ والي
And every day in the belly of a prison,
And every day in the belly of a prison
And every moment at a governor's door.
And every moment at the door of a governor
كَيفَhow أَتَواthey delivered بِالسِياطِwith whips ضَرباًblows
كَيفَ أَتَوا بِالسِياطِ ضَرباً
مِنfrom فَوقِabove أَردافِكَyour buttocks الثِقالِheavy
مِن فَوقِ أَردافِكَ الثِقالِ
How could they deliver blows with whips
How did they bring whips to strike
Upon your heavy buttocks?
From over your heavy hips
فَأَثَرواand so they left فَوقَهاupon them رُسوماًmarks
فَأَثَروا فَوقَها رُسوماً
كَأَنَّهاas though they were الطُرُقُthe paths فيin الجِبالِthe mountains
كَأَنَّها الطُرُقُ في الجِبالِ
And so they left marks upon them,
So they left marks above them
As though they were paths in the mountains.
As if they were the roads in the mountains
Sol 6.1