ياAh رُبَّmany a ظَمآنِthirsty (suggesting a slender waist) الوِشاحِthe sash
يا رُبَّ ظَمآنِ الوِشاحِ
يَفتَرُّsmiles عنrevealing بَردِcoolness الأَقاحيthe daisies
يَفتَرُّ عن بَردِ الأَقاحي
Ah, many a one whose sash is thirsty,
O Lord of the thirsty pilgrim's garb
smiles, revealing the cool whiteness of daisies.
Relenting from the cold rocks
ماnot زِلتُI ceased أَلثُمُI kiss ثَغرَهُhis mouth
ما زِلتُ أَلثُمُ ثَغرَهُ
ما(particle introducing 'between') بَينَbetween رَيحانٍsweet basil وَراحِand wine
ما بَينَ رَيحانٍ وَراحِ
I kept kissing his mouth
Still do I kiss his lips
amid sweet basil and wine,
Amid basil and meadowsweet
فيin لَيلَةٍa night لَمnot تَتَّسِعhad room
في لَيلَةٍ لَم تَتَّسِع
لِعِناقِناfor our embrace مِنهاof it النَواحيthe reaches
لِعِناقِنا مِنها النَواحي
on a night that had too little room
On a night not wide enough
in its reaches for our embrace.
For our embrace in all directions
ماnot لاحَshone وَجهُthe face عَشائِهاof its evening
ما لاحَ وَجهُ عَشائِها
حَتّىuntil بَداappeared وَجهُthe face الصَباحِof morning
حَتّى بَدا وَجهُ الصَباحِ
No sooner had its evening's face shone
Not until her evening face appeared
than the face of morning appeared.
Did the face of morning arise
Sol 6.1