خَطفَsnatched away اختصارَthe shortening of الصبَّرِpatience مُخطفُthe slender part of خَصرِهِhis waist
خَطفَ اختصارَ الصبَّرِ مُخطفُ خَصرِهِ
فَسرىso journeyed by night الفؤادُthe heart بأسرِهِin its entirety فيin أَسرهِhis captivity
فَسرى الفؤادُ بأسرِهِ في أَسرهِ
His slender waist snatched away my dwindling patience,
The slenderness of his waist captivated
so my whole heart journeyed by night into his captivity.
And my heart was entirely captivated by his captivation
أَضحىbecame أسيرَcaptive to سلاسلٍchains منof عارضٍcheek-down
أَضحى أسيرَ سلاسلٍ من عارضٍ
فيon خدِّهِhis cheek وسَلاسلِand chains منof شَعرِهِhis hair
في خدِّهِ وسَلاسلِ من شَعرِهِ
It became a captive of chains of cheek-down
I have become a prisoner of chains from his cheek
on his cheek, and chains of his hair.
And chains from his hair
لمَّاwhen أُصيبَit was afflicted بِعارِضٍwith an affliction منfrom عارِضٍcheek-down
لمَّا أُصيبَ بِعارِضٍ من عارِضٍ
عَزَّاهُconsoled it عارِضُthe rain cloud of دَمعِهِits tears فيin صَبرهِits patience
عَزَّاهُ عارِضُ دَمعِهِ في صَبرهِ
When it was stricken with an affliction from his cheek-down,
When struck by a glance from his glancing eyes
the rain cloud of its tears consoled it in its patience.
The streaming of his tears consoled him in his patience
قدindeed طالَhas lengthened ليليmy night فيin love for him هَواهُand not ولاI see أَرىline_8
قد طالَ ليلي في هَواهُ ولا أَرى
سَحراًdawn وهذاand this منamong أَدلَّةِthe proofs of سِحرهِhis magic
سَحراً وهذا من أَدلَّةِ سِحرهِ
My night has lengthened in love for him, and I see no
My night has been long in his love and I do not see
dawn—and this is among the proofs of his magic.
Dawn, which is proof of his sorcery
نَشوانُintoxicated عَربدَran riot طَرفُهُhis gaze لَمَّاwhen رأَىit saw
نَشوانُ عَربدَ طَرفُهُ لَمَّا رأَى
قَلبيmy heart وقدwhile already لَجَّpersisted الهَوىَpassion فيin سُكرِهِits drunkenness
قَلبي وقد لَجَّ الهَوىَ في سُكرِهِ
He is intoxicated; his gaze ran riot when it saw
Nashwan fluttered his eyelids when he saw
my heart, while passion persisted in its drunkenness.
My heart, drunk with passion within it
ووشىand it informed بِوَشيagainst the tracery of عِذارهِhis cheek-down فأظُنُّso I think أنَّthat الthe
ووشى بِوَشي عِذارهِ فأظُنُّ أنَّ ال
خَدَّcheek أَوقَفهُchecked it بلافِحِwith the scorching heat of جَمرهِits embers
خَدَّ أَوقَفهُ بلافِحِ جَمرهِ
And it informed against the tracery of his cheek-down, so I think that the
And he hinted with a wink of his coyness, so I think
cheek checked it with the scorching heat of its embers.
His cheek stopped it with a glowing ember
لاno غزوَinvasion إنif أَضحىhe became بقلبيin my heart نَازلاًa lodger
لا غزوَ إن أَضحى بقلبي نَازلاً
فيin ربعهِhis abode والقَلبُand the heart مَنزِلُthe dwelling of بَدرِهِhis full moon
في ربعهِ والقَلبُ مَنزِلُ بَدرِهِ
There is no invasion if he has come to dwell in my heart,
No conquest, if my heart has become engaged
in his abode—and the heart is his full moon's dwelling.
In its abode, while the heart is the abode of his full moon
ضَلَّيتُI lost my way منbecause of ليليmy night البهيمِpitch-black بِشعرهِthrough his hair
ضَلَّيتُ من ليلي البهيمِ بِشعرهِ
فيin حَيرةٍbewilderment وهِدايةٍand guidance منfrom ثَغرهِhis mouth
في حَيرةٍ وهِدايةٍ من ثَغرهِ
I lost my way through his hair in my pitch-black night,
I lost my way in his confusing hair during the ignorant night
in bewilderment, yet with guidance from his mouth.
Perplexed, but guided by his mouth
ماnot زالَceased يُبديhe reveals ليto me هُدىًguidance وَيُضلُّنيand he leads me astray
ما زالَ يُبدي لي هُدىً وَيُضلُّني
كُفراًinto unbelief فَخفتُso I feared علىfor الهُدىthe guidance منbecause of كُفرهِhis unbelief
كُفراً فَخفتُ على الهُدى من كُفرهِ
He keeps revealing guidance to me and leading me astray
He continued to show me guidance and lead me astray
into unbelief; so I feared for the guidance because of his unbelief.
To blasphemy, so I feared the guidance due to his blasphemy
Sol 6.1