لوif زارَvisited طيفُthe phantom خيالِهِhis image
لو زارَ طيفُ خيالِهِ
للمُستهامِto the love-stricken lover الوالِهِthe distraught one
للمُستهامِ الوالِهِ
If the phantom of his image came
If the specter of his imagination
to the love-stricken, distraught lover,
Visited the passionate admirer,
بلَّwould slake الصَّدىthe thirst منfrom قلبِهhis heart
بلَّ الصَّدى من قلبِه
وشَفاهُand would heal him منof بَلبالهِhis turmoil
وشَفاهُ من بَلبالهِ
it would slake the thirst in his heart
His heart would cry out,
and heal him of his turmoil.
And his lips quiver with yearning.
رشأٌa young gazelle شمائِلُهُhis ways مُوَكَّentrusted (first part)
رشأٌ شمائِلُهُ مُوَكَّ
لةٌ(completes 'entrusted') بفَرطِwith the excess of مِلالهِhis boredom
لةٌ بفَرطِ مِلالهِ
A young gazelle whose ways are governed
Disheveled are his features,
by his excessive boredom.
Overcome with melancholy.
ليسis not الدَّليلُthe evidence لهconcerning him علىof الthe
ليس الدَّليلُ له على ال
هُجرانِestrangement غيرَexcept دَلالهِhis coyness
هُجرانِ غيرَ دَلالهِ
Nothing in him points to
He has no proof of abandonment
estrangement except his coyness.
Except his own misery.
البدرُthe full moon تحتَbeneath لِثامهشhis veil (apparent typo)
البدرُ تحتَ لِثامهش
والغُصنُand the bough فيin سِربالهِhis robe
والغُصنُ في سِربالهِ
The full moon is beneath his veil,
The moon is veiled,
and the bough within his robe.
The branch cloaked.
لمhas not يجلُdispelled ليلَthe night of صدودِهhis shunning
لم يجلُ ليلَ صدودِه
عنِّيfrom me بصبُحِwith the dawn of جَمَالهِhis beauty
عنِّي بصبُحِ جَمَالهِ
He has not dispelled the night of his shunning
The night did not unveil
from me with the dawn of his beauty.
Its rejection at his beauty's dawn.
إِنif عمَّoverwhelmed جسميmy body بالضنَّاwith wasting sickness
إِن عمَّ جسمي بالضنَّا
فَفِداءُthen a ransom نُقطةِthe dot of خالهِhis mole
فَفِداءُ نُقطةِ خالهِ
If he overwhelms my body with wasting sickness,
If sorrow has enveloped my body,
it is a ransom for the dot of his mole.
His beauty spot is my redemption.
ياO ثغرَهُhis mouth آهاًah! علىfor الthe
يا ثغرَهُ آهاً على ال
مَختومِsealed منof جريالهِhis crimson wine
مَختومِ من جريالهِ
O his mouth! Ah, for the
Oh his lips, alas,
sealed draught of his crimson wine!
Sealed away from his flow.
عَسلٌhoney حَماهُguarded it ماthat which يهُزُّbrandishes
عَسلٌ حَماهُ ما يهُزُّ
القَدُّthe slender figure منof عَسَّالهِhis quivering spear
القَدُّ من عَسَّالهِ
Honey, guarded by what is brandished
Honey protected what shakes
by his figure—his quivering spear.
The branches with bees.
يَسطوhe assails بطَرفٍwith a gaze فاترٍlanguid
يَسطو بطَرفٍ فاترٍ
لمhave not تنبُglanced off بِيضُthe bright ones of نِصالهِhis arrowheads
لم تنبُ بِيضُ نِصالهِ
He assails with a languid gaze;
With a listless glance,
his bright arrowheads have never glanced off.
His arrows did not shoot forth.
عنfrom قوسِthe bow of حاجبهhis eyebrow يُفوِّhe nocks (first part)
عن قوسِ حاجبه يُفوِّ
قُ(completes 'he nocks') صائباتِunerring نِبالهِhis arrows
قُ صائباتِ نِبالهِ
On the bow of his eyebrow he nocks
Above his brow he surpasses
his unerring arrows.
The arrows of his quiver.
ياO فاضحاًyou who shame قمرَthe moon of الدُّجاthe darkness
يا فاضحاً قمرَ الدُّجا
بالحُسنِwith beauty عندat كَمالهِits fullness
بالحُسنِ عند كَمالهِ
O you who shame the moon of night
Oh you who disgraced the moon
with your beauty when it is full,
With perfect beauty.
اللهGod! فيwith regard to صَبًa lovesick lover شَجِgrief-stricken
الله في صَبً شَجِ
أنتَyou العليمُthe one who knows well بحالهِabout his state
أنتَ العليمُ بحالهِ
for God's sake, pity a sorrowful lover:
My God, have mercy
you know his state full well.
You know his state.
لاnot يعرفُhe knows الشَّكوىcomplaining ولاnor
لا يعرفُ الشَّكوى ولا
يُصغيhe listens إلىto عُذَّالهِhis reproachers
يُصغي إلى عُذَّالهِ
He knows no complaining, nor
He knows no complaint,
does he listen to his reproachers.
Nor listens to blame.
ماnot حالَhe swerved عنfrom ميثاقِهhis pledge
ما حالَ عن ميثاقِه
لاno والنَّبيby the Prophet وآلهِand his family
لا والنَّبي وآلهِ
He has not swerved from his pledge—
He did not break his covenant,
no, by the Prophet and his family!
No, by God and His prophets.
Sol 6.1