فتحتblossomed فيin روضهاher garden
فتحت في روضها
زهرةٌa flower تبسمshe smiles لكat you
زهرةٌ تبسم لك
In her garden has blossomed
A flower has blossomed in her garden
a flower that smiles at you,
That smiles at you
حلوةُsweet الحسنِin beauty أرىI see
حلوةُ الحسنِ أرى
حُسنهاher beauty قدindeed شغلكcaptivated you
حُسنها قد شغلك
sweet in beauty; I see
I see the sweetness of her beauty
her beauty has captivated you.
Has occupied you
قدindeed تجلتshe appeared لكto you منfrom
قد تجلت لك من
نورِthe light ربِّof the Lord العالمينof all worlds
نورِ ربِّ العالمين
She has appeared to you from
The mercy of the Lord of the two worlds
the light of the Lord of all worlds,
Has been revealed to you
رحمةًa mercy علويةًheavenly
رحمةً علويةً
إنهاindeed she الروحُthe spirit الأمينtrustworthy
إنها الروحُ الأمين
a heavenly mercy:
It is the honest soul
she is indeed the Trustworthy Spirit.
Engrossed in the meanings of the light in it
وتناغيand she gently coos فيin ابتساsmile (first part)
وتناغي في ابتسا
مِsmile (completion) معانيthe meanings النورِof the light فيهwithin it
مِ معاني النورِ فيه
And in a smile she softly voices
While it smiles
the meanings of the light within it.
At everything you wish for
وهيand she إماwhenever تبتسمsmiles
وهي إما تبتسم
كلevery شيءٍthing ترتجيهyou hope for it
كل شيءٍ ترتجيه
And whenever she smiles,
A star has risen
she is all that you hope for.
In the sky of the family
قدindeed أطلتhas appeared نجمةٌa star
قد أطلت نجمةٌ
فيin سماءِthe sky العائلهof the family
في سماءِ العائله
A star has appeared
I am the light of the home
in the family's sky:
Telling you
أناI نورُthe light البيتof the house أضحيbecame (verb fragment)
أنا نورُ البيت أضحي
تُI (verb ending) إليكمto you all قائلهsaying
تُ إليكم قائله
“I am the light of the house,” I now
And she is gentle when
say to you.
She used to shower her
وترفقand be gentle عندماwhen
وترفق عندما
قبلاًkisses تمطرُهاyou shower her
قبلاً تمطرُها
And be gentle when
You cannot endure while she is crying looking at her
you shower her with kisses;
The flower of the soft garden
لستyou are not تقوىable to bear وهيwhile she is باweeping (first part)
لست تقوى وهي با
كيةweeping (completion) تنظرهاyou look at her
كية تنظرها
you cannot bear, while she is
With the most fragrant scent
weeping, to look at her.
Always smile at me
زهرةَflower الروضِof the garden الأريضlush
زهرةَ الروضِ الأريض
بشذاwith the fragrance العطرof perfume اعبقbe fragrant
بشذا العطر اعبق
O flower of the lush garden,
Make me happy and make me last
be fragrant with perfume's scent.
Reveal a bloom
وابسميand smile ليfor me دائماًalways
وابسمي لي دائماً
واصبحينيand give me a morning draught واغبقيand give me an evening draught
واصبحيني واغبقي
And smile for me always,
I am the purpose of prostration
and give me a morning draught and an evening draught.
With light and beauty
أسفريunveil عنfrom طلعةٍa countenance
أسفري عن طلعةٍ
إننيindeed I حلفُa sworn ally السهودof sleeplessness
إنني حلفُ السهود
Unveil your face,
I fill this existence
for I am the sworn ally of sleeplessness.
Oh my nights, my nights
وبنورٍand with light وجمالٍand beauty
وبنورٍ وجمالٍ
املئيfill هذاthis الوجودexistence
املئي هذا الوجود
And with light and beauty,
Oh my nights, I am
fill this world.
And she is my goddess
ياO لييليlittle Layla ولييلاand little Layla (name fragment)
يا لييلي ولييلا
يmy (possessive suffix) لييلايmy little Layla أناI
ي لييلاي أنا
O little Layla, my little Layla,
And she is all my wishes
my little Layla, mine!
And my nights have passed
وهيand she ليto me معبودتيthe one I worship
وهي لي معبودتي
وهيand she ليfor me كلall المنىwishes
وهي لي كل المنى
And she is the one I worship,
A quarter of the year for her
and she is all I long for.
She smiled at me a smile
ولييلايand my little Layla مضىpassed
ولييلاي مضى
ربعa quarter الحولof the year لهاfor her
ربع الحول لها
And my little Layla has lived
Oh how beautiful it is
a quarter of a year.
We have extended her to you
بسمتshe smiled ليfor me بسمةًa smile
بسمت لي بسمةً
آهah ماhow أجملهاlovely it is
آه ما أجملها
She smiled a smile for me—
O Lord with both hands
ah, how lovely it is!
Keep Laila a delight
قدindeed بسطناهاwe stretched them out إليكtoward You
قد بسطناها إليك
ربناour Lord كلتاboth اليدينhands
ربنا كلتا اليدين
We have stretched them out toward You,
For the eyes of the parents
our Lord—both hands.
She smiled at me a smile
أبقpreserve ليلىLayla قرةًa delight
أبق ليلى قرةً
لعيونِfor the eyes الوالدينof the parents
لعيونِ الوالدين
Keep Layla a delight
With a smaller lip
to her parents' eyes.
She cooed at me
بسمتshe smiled ليfor me بسمةًa smile
بسمت لي بسمةً
عنrevealing ثغيرٍa tiny mouth أصغراtinier
عن ثغيرٍ أصغرا
She smiled a smile for me,
With a more beautiful twist
revealing a tiny mouth, smaller still;
Like the eyes of a bird
ورنتand she gazed ليtoward me رنوةًa glance
ورنت لي رنوةً
بطريفٍwith a little eye أحوراdark-pupilled and bright-white-eyed
بطريفٍ أحورا
and cast a glance toward me
When it looked up high
with a tiny eye of bright white and deep black,
With purity, beauty and
كعيونِlike the eyes الطيرof birds إذwhen
كعيونِ الطير إذ
نظرتthey looked نحوtoward العلاءthe heights
نظرت نحو العلاء
like birds' eyes when
Clarity and serenity
they look toward the heights,
If you see her sleeping
فيin نقاءٍpurity وجماand beauty (first part)
في نقاءٍ وجما
لٍbeauty (completion) وطهرٍand innocence وصفاءand clarity
لٍ وطهرٍ وصفاء
in purity and beauty,
In her crib
and in innocence and clarity.
All the light and beauty
لوif only تراهاyou see her وهيwhile she is ناsleeping (first part)
لو تراها وهي نا
ئمةٌsleeping (completion) فيin مهدهاher cradle
ئمةٌ في مهدها
If only you could see her as she
Came from her
sleeps in her cradle,
As I look at her
وجميعand all النورِthe light والحسand beauty (first part)
وجميع النورِ والحس
نbeauty (completion) أتىcame منfrom عندهاher presence
ن أتى من عندها
and all light and beauty
My eyes full of affection
have come from her,
And the whole world seemed intoxicated
وأناand I أنظرهاlook at her
وأنا أنظرها
وعيونيand my eyes منof حنانtenderness
وعيوني من حنان
while I look at her,
With the breeze of heaven
and my eyes are all tenderness,
Love got to know her
وبداand seemed ليto me الكونthe universe ضمخَwas perfumed
وبدا لي الكون ضمخَ
منfrom ريحthe fragrance الجنانof Paradise
من ريح الجنان
and the universe seemed to me perfumed
My heart took her path
with the scent of Paradise.
I wonder, is my Laila
عرفcame to know الحبlove بهاthrough her
عرف الحب بها
نهجَthe path قلبيof my heart فسلكso it followed it
نهجَ قلبي فسلك
Through her, love came to know
A human or an angel?
my heart's path, and followed it.
ليتif only شعريmy knowledge ألييلاis it little Layla? (name fragment)
ليت شعري ألييلا
يmy (possessive suffix) هذيthis one أمor ملكan angel
ي هذي أم ملك
I wonder—is it my little Layla,
this one here, or an angel?
Partial English translation: 57 of 60 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1