سَيِّديmy master بِالَّذيby Him who أَمدكendowed you بِالحُسwith beauty (first part)
سَيِّدي بِالَّذي أَمدك بِالحُس
نِcompletion of 'beauty' وَأضولاكَand granted you (apparent typo) بهجةradiance وَجمالاand loveliness
نِ وَأضولاكَ بهجة وَجمالا
My master, by Him who endowed you with beauty
and granted you radiance and loveliness,
وَالَّذيand the One who فيin كُسورfolds جفنَيكyour eyelids قَدindeed أَوplaced (first part)
وَالَّذي في كُسور جفنَيك قَد أَو
دَعcompletion of 'placed' لِلعاشِقينَfor lovers سِحراmagic حَلالاlawful
دَع لِلعاشِقينَ سِحرا حَلالا
and by Him who placed within the folds of your eyelids
lawful magic for lovers,
وَالَّذيand the One who خَصfavored وُجنَتَيكَyour cheeks بِشَيءwith something
وَالَّذي خَص وُجنَتَيكَ بِشَيء
قَدindeed أَطالَprolonged العُشّاقthe lovers فيهover it الجِدالاdebate
قَد أَطالَ العُشّاق فيه الجِدالا
and by Him who favored your cheeks with something
over which lovers have long debated:
صَلgrant union to محباa lover يَرىregards الصَبابَةardent longing فَرضاa duty
صَل محبا يَرى الصَبابَة فَرضا
لازِماbinding وَالسلوّand detachment عَنكfrom you محالاimpossible
لازِما وَالسلوّ عَنك محالا
grant union to a lover who deems longing a duty
binding upon him, and forgetting you impossible.
ياO غَزالاgazelle بَلrather أَجلّmore exalted ومنand from أيwhere (first part)
يا غَزالا بَل أَجلّ ومن أي
نَcompletion of 'where' وَبِالجيدand with the neck قَدindeed فَضَحتَyou put to shame الغَزالاthe gazelle
نَ وَبِالجيد قَد فَضَحتَ الغَزالا
O gazelle—no, more exalted! How could you be one,
when, with your neck, you have put the gazelle to shame?
ياO سَمَيّnamesake of الخَليلthe Friend (Abraham) ناركyour fire بَردcoolness
يا سَمَيّ الخَليل نارك بَرد
لكِنbut القَلبthe heart زادَgrew مِنهاfrom it اِشتِعالاin burning
لكِن القَلب زادَ مِنها اِشتِعالا
O namesake of the Friend, your fire is cool,
yet the heart burns all the more because of it.
أَنتَyou عَلِمتَyou taught (contextual reading) منfrom معاطفكyour body's curves الغُصthe bough (first part)
أَنتَ عَلِمتَ من معاطفك الغُص
نcompletion of 'bough' فَلَمّاthen when رَآكَit saw you قَدalready مِلتَyou swayed مالاit swayed
ن فَلَمّا رَآكَ قَد مِلتَ مالا
You taught the bough to sway with your supple curves;
so when it saw you sway, it swayed.
اِنَّماonly عُصبَةthe company of الجَمالِbeauty نُجومstars
اِنَّما عُصبَة الجَمالِ نُجوم
أَنتَyou قَدindeed صِرتَyou have become فَوقَهُنَّabove them هِلالاa crescent moon
أَنتَ قَد صِرتَ فَوقَهُنَّ هِلالا
The company of beauties are but stars;
you have become a crescent moon above them.
كُلevery قَلبheart سكنتهyou inhabited it لمdid not تَدعyou leave فيin
كُل قَلب سكنته لم تَدع في
هِit لِشَىءfor anything غَيرother than الغَرامpassionate love مَجالاroom
هِ لِشَىء غَير الغَرام مَجالا
In every heart you have inhabited, you have left
no room for anything but passionate love.
ياO حَبيبيmy beloved بِاللَهِby God صِلنيgrant me union فَاِنّيfor indeed I
يا حَبيبي بِاللَهِ صِلني فَاِنّي
ذُبتُI melted وَجداwith longing وَلاand do not تَقُلsay ليto me لالاno, no
ذُبتُ وَجدا وَلا تَقُل لي لالا
O my beloved, by God, grant me union, for I
have melted with longing; do not tell me, 'No, no.'
ياO حَبيبيmy beloved دَعleave off الصُدودturning away وَراعِand be mindful of اللَGod (first part)
يا حَبيبي دَع الصُدود وَراعِ اللَ
هcompletion of 'God' فيناconcerning us سبحانهglory be to Him وَتَعالىand exalted is He
ه فينا سبحانه وَتَعالى
O my beloved, stop turning away, and be mindful of God
in how you treat us—glorified and exalted is He.
كُلَّماwhenever زادَincreased عاشِقوكَyour lovers اِنمِحاقاin dwindling away
كُلَّما زادَ عاشِقوكَ اِنمِحاقا
زِدتyou grew ياO بَدرfull moon فيin العُيونthe eyes كَمالاin perfection
زِدت يا بَدر في العُيون كَمالا
The more your lovers dwindle away,
the more perfect you grow in every eye, O full moon.
لاdo not تَبلغlet attain أَعدايَmy enemies فيin مَناهُمtheir wishes
لا تَبلغ أَعدايَ في مَناهُم
فَيَزيدand so increases الغَرامpassionate love بيfor me اِشكالاin perplexity
فَيَزيد الغَرام بي اِشكالا
Do not let my enemies attain their wishes,
lest love grow still more perplexing for me.
تهbe haughty دَلالاcoquettishly وَهلand can ...? يقالbe said لِمَنto one who أَمhas become (first part)
ته دَلالا وَهل يقال لِمَن أَم
سىcompletion of 'has become' فَريداًpeerless فيin عَصرِهِhis age تهbe haughty دَلالاcoquettishly
سى فَريداً في عَصرِهِ ته دَلالا
Be proudly coy! Yet can one tell someone who has become
peerless in his age, 'Be proudly coy'?
Sol 6.1