لكَyou have ثغرٌa mouth كلُؤلُؤِlike pearls فيin عَقيقِcarnelian
لكَ ثغرٌ كلُؤلُؤِ في عَقيقِ
ورُضابٌand saliva كالشهُّدِlike honey أوor كالرَّحيقِlike pure wine
ورُضابٌ كالشهُّدِ أو كالرَّحيقِ
You have a mouth like pearls set in carnelian,
Your lips are like gleaming rubies,
and saliva like honey or pure wine.
Your smile like honey or sweet nectar.
تِهتَyou glory حُسناًin beauty بكلِّwith every حظِّshare منَof الحُسbeauty (first part)
تِهتَ حُسناً بكلِّ حظِّ منَ الحُس
نِ(completes 'beauty') جليلٍample فيin كلِّevery معنىًquality دقيقِsubtle
نِ جليلٍ في كلِّ معنىً دقيقِ
You glory in beauty, with every share of beauty
You are endowed with every charm and grace,
ample in every subtle feature.
Exalted in meaning, refined and astute.
وتفرَّدتand you stood alone بالجمالِin beauty الذيthat خلاَّleft
وتفرَّدت بالجمالِ الذي خلاَّ
كَyou مُستَوحشاًlonely بِغَيرِwithout رفيقِa companion
كَ مُستَوحشاً بِغَيرِ رفيقِ
And you stand alone in the beauty that has left
You are peerless in your beauty, like
you lonely, without a companion.
A lonely one without a companion.
حمَّلتنيburdened me عيناكَyour eyes ماwhat لستُI am not يوماًever
حمَّلتني عيناكَ ما لستُ يوماً
فيin هَواهاlove for them لبعضِهeven part of it بمُطيقِable to bear
في هَواها لبعضِه بمُطيقِ
Your eyes have burdened me with what I could never
Your eyes burdened me with passion
bear even in part, in my love for them.
I have never been able to endure.
وسقَتنيand made me drink بماwith what تُديرُthey pass around كؤساًcups
وسقَتني بما تُديرُ كؤساً
أناI منهاfrom them ماas long as عشتُI live غيرَnot مُفيقِsober
أنا منها ما عشتُ غيرَ مُفيقِ
And they have made me drink cups of what they pass around,
You made me drink from a cup
from which I shall never sober as long as I live.
That left me dazed and confused.
ياO بخيلاًmiserly one عليَّtoward me حتَّىeven بنومِwith sleep
يا بخيلاً عليَّ حتَّى بنومِ
مُطمِعِoffering hope منهُfrom it فيof خيالِa phantom طَروقِvisiting by night
مُطمِعِ منهُ في خيالِ طَروقِ
O you who begrudge me even sleep
Stingy one, even in dreams
that offers hope of a phantom visiting by night:
You deny me the hope of attaining my desire.
باللِّحاظِby the glances التيwhich بهاwith them لمnot تزلcease تَرyou shoot (first part)
باللِّحاظِ التي بها لم تزل تَر
شُقُ(completes 'you shoot') قلبيmy heart وبالقَوامِand by the stature الرَّشيقِgraceful
شُقُ قلبي وبالقَوامِ الرَّشيقِ
by the glances with which you never cease
With your soft cheek my heart
to pierce my heart, and by your graceful stature,
You keep cleaving, and your graceful figure.
لاdo not تغَرbe jealous بالغُوَيرِin al-Ghuwayr إِذwhen تَتَثنَّىsway
لا تغَر بالغُوَيرِ إِذ تَتَثنَّى
فيهِwithin it أعطافُcurving flanks كلِّevery غُصنِbough وريقِleafy
فيهِ أعطافُ كلِّ غُصنِ وريقِ
do not be jealous in al-Ghuwayr when there sway
Do not be fooled by the bending
the curving flanks of every leafy bough.
Of each branch and leaf.
واثنِand turn aside مُحمرَّcrimson وَردٍrose خَدَّيكَyour cheeks واستُرand hide
واثنِ مُحمرَّ وَردٍ خَدَّيكَ واستُر
هُit وإلاَّor else ينشقُّwill split قلبُthe heart الشَّقيقِthe anemone
هُ وإلاَّ ينشقُّ قلبُ الشَّقيقِ
And turn aside the crimson rose of your cheeks and hide
Reveal your rosy cheeks and hide
it, or else the anemone's heart will split.
Them not, else a heart will break.
Sol 6.1