ألاAh ليتَif only شعرِيmy knowledge هلwhether تكُونينَyou will be مثَلهاlike her
ألا ليتَ شعرِي هل تكُونينَ مثَلها
خئونَةَfaithless عهدٍa pledge ماnot لدَيهَاwith her مُحَبِّبُanything endearing
خئونَةَ عهدٍ ما لدَيهَا مُحَبِّبُ
Ah, if only I knew: will you be like her,
Alas! If only I knew, will you be like her,
faithless to a pledge, with nothing to endear her?
Betraying the pact, having no lover,
ولكنand yet لِذاكfor that الحُسنِthe beauty طبعٌa nature مُهذَّبٌrefined
ولكن لِذاك الحُسنِ طبعٌ مُهذَّبٌ
وحاشاand far be it يخونُbetrays العهدَthe pledge طبعٌa nature مهذَّبُrefined
وحاشا يخونُ العهدَ طبعٌ مهذَّبُ
Yet that beauty has a refined nature,
But to that beauty is a refined nature,
and far be it from a refined nature to betray a pledge.
Never would a refined nature betray the pact.
أياO شَمسَsun أرضٍearth لاnot يغيبُvanishes ضِياؤُهاher radiance
أيا شَمسَ أرضٍ لا يغيبُ ضِياؤُها
ألاAh كيفَhow حالِيmy condition حينwhen عنيfrom me يُغَيَّبُis hidden
ألا كيفَ حالِي حين عني يُغَيَّبُ
O sun on earth, whose radiance never fades,
O sun of a land whose radiance never sets,
ah, how shall I fare when it is hidden from me?
Alas! How will I be when hidden from me?
دخلتَyou entered دخولَentering الظبِيthe gazelle مشياًin gait ولَفتةًand a glance
دخلتَ دخولَ الظبِي مشياً ولَفتةً
وأينَand where منfrom الظبِيthe gazelle الملاحةُthe loveliness تُسكَبُis poured forth
وأينَ من الظبِي الملاحةُ تُسكَبُ
You entered like a gazelle, in gait and glance;
You entered walking gently, shyly glancing,
and what gazelle has such loveliness poured forth?
Where in the gazelle is cunning ever poured?
وأينand where مِنَfrom الظُّبِيthe gazelle القَوامُthe figure كَبَانَةٍlike a bān tree
وأين مِنَ الظُّبِي القَوامُ كَبَانَةٍ
وأينَمِنand where from الظبِيthe gazelle الأردافُthe buttocks تُحجبُare concealed
وأينَمِن الظبِي الأردافُ تُحجبُ
And what gazelle has a figure like a bān tree?
Where in the gazelle is the stature of a flagon?
And what gazelle has buttocks concealed from view?
Where in the gazelle are hips concealed?
Sol 6.1