ياO عليلَlanguid الطَّرْفِof gaze رفقاًbe gentle
يا عليلَ الطَّرْفِ رفقاً
بِضَنىwith the wasting قلبٍof a heart عليلِailing
بِضَنى قلبٍ عليلِ
O you of languid gaze, be gentle
with the wasting of an ailing heart.
هوit راضٍcontent بَعدَafter أنْthat لمnot
هو راضٍ بَعدَ أنْ لم
يرضَaccept ماanything دونless than القليلِa little
يرضَ ما دون القليلِ
It is content, though once it would not
accept less than a little.
كمhow many لعينيكbelong to your two eyes ولمّاthough not yet
كم لعينيك ولمّا
تجنِyou commit a wrong فيناamong us منof قتيلِone slain
تجنِ فينا من قتيلِ
How many belong to your eyes—though you have yet
to wrong us—among the slain!
أنْتَyou فيin قلبيmy heart وإنْeven if غُيyou were hidden (first part)
أنْتَ في قلبي وإنْ غُي
يِبْتَyou were hidden (completion) عنfrom عينيmy sight نزيليmy guest
يِبْتَ عن عيني نزيلي
You dwell in my heart, though hidden
from my sight—a guest of mine.
أيُّwhat عذرٍexcuse مَعَwith إِمْكاability (first part)
أيُّ عذرٍ مَعَ إِمْكا
نِability (completion) العطاياgifts بالبخيلِfor the miser
نِ العطايا بالبخيلِ
What excuse, when able
to give, can a miser have?
وأحقُّand most bound النّاسof people بالإجْto gracious conduct (first part)
وأحقُّ النّاس بالإجْ
مالِgracious conduct (completion) ذوthe one with الوجهthe face الجميلِbeautiful
مالِ ذو الوجه الجميلِ
And none is more bound to act
graciously than one whose face is fair.
ماwhat الّذيthat which ضرّكharmed you لوif عاyou embraced me (first part)
ما الّذي ضرّك لو عا
نَقتنيyou embraced me (completion) يومَon the day of الرّحيلِdeparture
نَقتني يومَ الرّحيلِ
What harm would it have done you, had you embraced
me on the day of departure?
يومَthe day when لاnot يحفلُheeds لِيof mine سَمْhearing (first part)
يومَ لا يحفلُ لِي سَمْ
عٌhearing (completion) بعذلٍto reproach منfrom عذولِa faultfinder
عٌ بعذلٍ من عذولِ
The day when my hearing pays no heed
to a faultfinder's rebuke.
طالhas grown long منof يومٍa day فراقٌseparation
طال من يومٍ فراقٌ
لكمُfrom you غيرُnot طويلِlong
لكمُ غيرُ طويلِ
A single day's parting has seemed long—
a brief separation from you.
بأبيwith my father as ransom مَنthe one whose حملتْcarried كفhis two hands (first part)
بأبي مَن حملتْ كف
فاهhis two hands (completion) قلبيmy heart فيamong الحمولِthe camel litters
فاه قلبي في الحمولِ
May my father be ransom for him whose hands
carried my heart among the camel litters!
فهوso it منfrom بعدafter قرارٍrepose
فهو من بعد قرارٍ
منof وجيفٍtrotting وذميلِand ambling
من وجيفٍ وذميلِ
So, after stillness, it is all
trotting and ambling.
سَفَرٌa journey ماnot كانthere was ليfor me زاprovision (first part)
سَفَرٌ ما كان لي زا
دٌprovision (completion) بهon it غيرُother than عويليmy wailing
دٌ به غيرُ عويلي
A journey on which I had no
provision but my wailing.
ليسthere is not لِيfor me غيرother than الأسىsorrow عنwith you (first part)
ليس لِي غير الأسى عن
دكwith you (completion) والهَمّand grief الدّخيلِlodged within
دك والهَمّ الدّخيلِ
I have nothing but sorrow with
you, and grief that lodges within.
لاmay not حرمتُI be denied السُّولَwhat is sought ممّنْfrom the one who
لا حرمتُ السُّولَ ممّنْ
هوhe دونto the exclusion of الخلقall creation سوليmy desire
هو دون الخلق سولي
May I not be denied what I seek from him
who alone of all creation is my desire.
وإذاand if حَلّأتنيyou drive me away عَنْfrom
وإذا حَلّأتني عَنْ
كَyou فمنthen who يرويwill quench غليليmy burning thirst
كَ فمن يروي غليلي
And if you drive me away from
you, who will quench my burning thirst?
وإذاand if لمnot تُنِلِyou bestow الرِّفْbounty (first part)
وإذا لم تُنِلِ الرِّفْ
دَbounty (completion) فماthen there is no ليfor me منany مُنيلِgiver
دَ فما لي من مُنيلِ
And if you do not bestow
bounty, there is no giver for me.
Sol 6.1