لاdo not تَلُمنيblame me عَلىfor الهَوىlove
لا تَلُمني عَلى الهَوى
فَالهَوىfor love غالبُconquers الجَلدthe steadfast
فَالهَوى غالبُ الجَلد
Do not blame me for love,
for love conquers the steadfast.
أيّماwhat صالِحٍrighteous man مَضىlived before
أيّما صالِحٍ مَضى
بِهَوىthrough love of البيضِfair-skinned women ماnot فَسدwas corrupted
بِهَوى البيضِ ما فَسد
What righteous man has ever lived
whom love of fair-skinned women did not corrupt?
لَيسَnot يَنجوescapes مِنfrom أنbeing يصاcaught (word continues)
لَيسَ يَنجو مِن أن يصا
دَ(completes 'caught') بِحَبلby the cord of الهوىlove أَحدanyone
دَ بِحَبل الهوى أَحد
No one escapes being caught
in the cord of love.
أَناI أَهواهlove him ظالِماًunjust
أَنا أَهواه ظالِماً
مخلفاًreneging on ماwhat بهِof it وعدhe promised
مخلفاً ما بهِ وعد
I love him, though he wrongs me
and fails to keep his promise.
كلّماwhenever قُمتI rose طالباًseeking
كلّما قُمت طالباً
وَصلهُunion with him فيin الهَوىlove قَعدhe sat back
وَصلهُ في الهَوى قَعد
Whenever I rise to seek
union with him in love, he sits back.
وَإِذاand when ماemphatic particle نَفىhe banished وشرand drove away (word continues)
وَإِذا ما نَفى وشر
رَدَ(completes 'drove away') عنّيfrom me الكرىslumber رَقدhe slept
رَدَ عنّي الكرى رَقد
And when he has banished and driven
slumber away from me, he sleeps.
Sol 6.1