منwho أطلعَmade rise الصبُّحَthe dawn فيin داجٍdarkness الشَّعرِthe hair
من أطلعَ الصبُّحَ في داجٍ الشَّعرِ
ومنand who تثنَّىswayed كخوُطِlike a shoot البانةِthe bān tree النَّضرِfresh
ومن تثنَّى كخوُطِ البانةِ النَّضرِ
Who made dawn rise in the darkness of hair,
Who let the dawn break in the dark of poetry,
and who swayed like a fresh shoot of the bān tree,
And who bent like the soft green twigs?
ومنand who سقىgave to drink البدرَthe full moon جريالاًruby-red wine مُعتَّقةًwell-aged
ومن سقى البدرَ جريالاً مُعتَّقةً
حتىuntil أغارَmade sink نجومَthe stars الراحِthe wine فيin قَمَرِa moon
حتى أغارَ نجومَ الراحِ في قَمَرِ
and who gave the full moon well-aged ruby-red wine,
Who gave the full moon a draught of wine
until he sank wine's stars within a moon?
Until the stars of the sky envied the moon?
حتىeven عيونَthe eyes ظباءِgazelles لاnot تَشيمُdraw ظُباًblades
حتى عيونَ ظباءِ لا تَشيمُ ظُباً
وإنَّماand only تقتلُkill العشّاقَthe lovers بالنَّظرِwith a glance
وإنَّما تقتلُ العشّاقَ بالنَّظرِ
Even gazelles' eyes draw no blades,
Until the gazelles would not look at the wild bucks -
but kill lovers only with a glance.
Nay, but slay lovers with a glance.
وأَحورٍand a dark-eyed one صادَنيensnared me فيin لَحظهِhis glance حَوَرٌblack-and-white eye beauty
وأَحورٍ صادَني في لَحظهِ حَوَرٌ
والحُورُand the dark-eyed تَقتنصُsnare الآسادَthe lions بالحَورِwith black-and-white eye beauty
والحُورُ تَقتنصُ الآسادَ بالحَورِ
And a dark-eyed one—his eyes' beauty ensnared me in his glance;
A fawn enticed me with her glance, and houris
and the dark-eyed snare lions with their eyes' beauty.
Ensnare lions with their allure.
كأنَّماas though وجهُهُhis face بدرٌa full moon ومنطِقهُand his speech
كأنَّما وجهُهُ بدرٌ ومنطِقهُ
دُرٌّpearls يروحُare spent لهُfor him العُشِّاقُthe lovers كالبدَرِlike purses of coins
دُرٌّ يروحُ لهُ العُشِّاقُ كالبدَرِ
It is as though his face were a full moon, and his speech
Her face is like the moon, her talk
pearls; lovers are spent for him like purses of coins.
Is pearls that spellbind lovers like the moon.
منwho ليfor me ببدرٍwith a full moon لهُfor him فيin القلبِthe heart منزلةٌa dwelling
من لي ببدرٍ لهُ في القلبِ منزلةٌ
أهدىsent as a gift إِلىto الطَّرفِthe eye منهاfrom it وابلَa downpour المطرِthe rain
أهدى إِلى الطَّرفِ منها وابلَ المطرِ
Who will bring me a full moon with a dwelling in my heart,
Who will lend me a moon whose place is in my heart,
from which he sent a downpour of rain to my eyes?
And who sends down showers from her eyes to my eyes?
للهِfor God! (exclamation) ماwhat صنعتdid عيناهُhis two eyes بيto me ولكَمand how often
للهِ ما صنعت عيناهُ بي ولكَم
أَسكرتَنيyou intoxicated me منfrom حُميَّاintoxicating potency ريقهِhis saliva الخَصِرِcool
أَسكرتَني من حُميَّا ريقهِ الخَصِرِ
God, what his eyes have done to me! And how often
By God, her eyes have worked magic on me, and how
you have intoxicated me with the potency of his cool saliva!
Her slender waist has made me drunk!
هَلis there ليfor me سَبيلٌa way إِلىto لَدنِsupple القَوامِthe figure عَسَىperhaps
هَل لي سَبيلٌ إِلى لَدنِ القَوامِ عَسَى
أضمُّI embrace غُصناًa bough وأَجنيand I pluck يانعَripe الثَّمرِthe fruit
أضمُّ غُصناً وأَجني يانعَ الثَّمرِ
Is there a way for me to that supple figure? Perhaps
Is there a way to the presence of the lithe one, that I might
I may embrace a bough and pluck ripe fruit.
Pluck a branch and gather the ripe fruits?
Sol 6.1