إِنif كانَis (conditional) يُرضِيكُمpleases you بأَنwith the fact that أَبقىI remain كَذاlike this
إِن كانَ يُرضِيكُم بأَن أَبقى كَذا
رَهنَin thrall to الصبَّابَةِardent yearning والغَرامِand passion فَحبَّذاthen how welcome!
رَهنَ الصبَّابَةِ والغَرامِ فَحبَّذا
If it pleases you that I remain like this,
If you are pleased that I remain thus
in thrall to yearning and passion—how welcome that is!
Captive to passion and infatuation, then so be it
سَهلٌeasy بِكُمfor your sake هذاthis السَّقامُsickness وَهَيِّنٌand slight
سَهلٌ بِكُم هذا السَّقامُ وَهَيِّنٌ
فيin حُبِّكُمloving you ماwhatever أَلتَقيهِI encounter it منَof الأَذَىharm
في حُبِّكُم ما أَلتَقيهِ منَ الأَذَى
For your sake this sickness is easy to bear, and slight
With you this malady is easy and gentle
is whatever harm I encounter in loving you.
In your love what harm I encounter
ياO عاذِليmy reproacher ماnot العَذلُreproach ضَربةُa stroke لازِبٍsomething binding
يا عاذِلي ما العَذلُ ضَربةُ لازِبٍ
لِفَتىًfor a youth عَلَيهِover him غَداhas become الهَوىpassion مُستَحوذاdominant
لِفَتىً عَلَيهِ غَدا الهَوى مُستَحوذا
O my reproacher, reproach is no binding obligation
O reproacher, reproach is no blow of a rival
toward a youth over whom passion has gained control.
To a man enthralled by love the next day
ليmine لاnot لكَyours القَلبُthe heart الَمشوقُlonging وَأَدمُعيand my tears
لي لا لكَ القَلبُ الَمشوقُ وَأَدمُعي
لاَدمعُكَnot your tears الجاريflowing فَمَنso who يُصغيlistens إِذاthen
لاَدمعُكَ الجاري فَمَن يُصغي إِذا
The longing heart is mine, not yours, and my tears,
Mine, not yours, is the loving heart, and my tears
not yours, are what flow—so who would listen, then?
Not your tears that flow, so who would listen when
ليI have شادِنٌa young gazelle لاَnot قَيَّضَgrant اللهُGod الذيwho
لي شادِنٌ لاَ قَيَّضَ اللهُ الذي
أَبلَىtried me بِهِthrough him مِنfrom أَسرهِhis captivity لِيَfor me مأخَذاa way out
أَبلَى بِهِ مِن أَسرهِ لِيَ مأخَذا
Mine is a young gazelle; may God not grant—He who
Mine is the embrace, not assigned by God to one
has tried me through him—a way for me out of his captivity.
Who wore away by it, refuge for me to take
لَيلِيُّnightlike لَونِcolor of الشَّعرِthe hair صُبِحيُّdawnlike السَّناradiance
لَيلِيُّ لَونِ الشَّعرِ صُبِحيُّ السَّنا
خُوطيُّlike a tender branch لينِsuppleness of القَدِّthe figure مِسكيُّmusklike الشَّذاfragrance
خُوطيُّ لينِ القَدِّ مِسكيُّ الشَّذا
Night-dark in hair, dawn-bright in radiance,
My hair night-black, my chin morn-bright
supple as a tender branch in figure, fragrant as musk.
My figure slender, my scent sweet musk
لَوif قابَلَhe faced القَمرَthe moon الُمنيرَshining وَقِيلَand it were said ليto me
لَو قابَلَ القَمرَ الُمنيرَ وَقِيلَ لي
هَذاكَthat one أَمor هذاthis one الهِلالُthe crescent لَقُلتُthen I would say ذاthis one
هَذاكَ أَم هذا الهِلالُ لَقُلتُ ذا
If he faced the shining moon, and I were asked,
If set against the brilliant moon and asked
"Is that one the crescent, or this?" I would say, "This."
Is this it or is this the crescent, I'd say this
ياO مَنyou who لَهُhe has خَدٌّa cheek غَداhas become مُتَنَزِّهاًunblemished
يا مَن لَهُ خَدٌّ غَدا مُتَنَزِّهاً
ياfirst fragment of 'its ruby' قوتُهُremaining fragment of 'its ruby' عَنfrom أَنto يكونَbecome زُمُرُّذاemerald
يا قوتُهُ عَن أَن يكونَ زُمُرُّذا
O you whose cheek has become unblemished,
O you whose cheek tomorrow goes unveiled
its ruby kept from becoming emerald.
O you whose strength keeps you from being effeminate
Sol 6.1