جلبbrought البرقُthe lightning لقلبيto my heart
جلب البرقُ لقلبي
إذas سرىit coursed by night بَرْحاًanguish طويلاprolonged
إذ سرى بَرْحاً طويلا
The lightning brought to my heart,
The lightning brought joy
as it coursed, prolonged anguish.
To my heart as it flashed a long smile
سَلّit unsheathed لِلعَينينfor both eyes فيin جُنْwing (word continues)
سَلّ لِلعَينين في جُنْ
حcompletion of 'wing' الدُّجىthe darkness سيفاًa sword صقيلاpolished
ح الدُّجى سيفاً صقيلا
It drew before my eyes, beneath the wing
It unsheathed for my eyes in the shade
of darkness, a polished sword.
Of dusk a polished sword
وهدانيand it guided me فيduring سُرىa night journey اللّيthe night (word continues)
وهداني في سُرى اللّي
لِcompletion of 'the night' وقدand already جُرتُI had strayed السّبيلاthe path
لِ وقد جُرتُ السّبيلا
And guided me on a journey by night,
And guided me on my night journey
when I had strayed from the path.
Though I had lost my way
وأرانيand it showed me منfrom بعيدٍafar
وأراني من بعيدٍ
ذلكthat الحيَّthe tribe الحُلولاencamped
ذلك الحيَّ الحُلولا
And showed me from afar
And showed me from afar
that encamped tribe,
That sweet oasis alive
وخياماًand tents حلهنّdwelt in them الthe
وخياماً حلهنّ ال
حسنُbeauty صَعْباًuntamed وذَلولاand tame
حسنُ صَعْباً وذَلولا
and tents inhabited by
With tents where Beauty resides
beauty, untamed and tame.
Proud yet gentle
لمnot (past negation) أزلْI cease أسألI plead فيهنin them (word continues)
لم أزلْ أسأل فيهن
نَcompletion of 'in them' علىdespite الفقرpoverty بخيلاa miser
نَ على الفقر بخيلا
I never ceased to plead within them,
I never ceased begging there
despite my poverty, with one miserly
For wealth in my poverty
وعزيزاًand a proud one صرتُI became فيin الحبlove (word continues)
وعزيزاً صرتُ في الحب
بِcompletion of 'love' لهto him عبداًa slave ذليلاabject
بِ له عبداً ذليلا
and proud; in love I became
And in love I grew dear
his abject slave.
Though to it I was a lowly slave
كلّماwhenever اِستبدلhe took a substitute منّيinstead of me
كلّما اِستبدل منّي
لمnot (past negation) أردْI want منهinstead of him بديلاa substitute
لم أردْ منه بديلا
Whenever he chose another in my place,
Whenever it took from me
I wanted no other in his place.
I wanted no substitute
Sol 6.1