وَغَزالٍand a gazelle عَلِقتُهُI fell in love with him
وَغَزالٍ عَلِقتُهُ
يَومَon the day of دَيرِthe monastery of الثَعالِبِthe foxes
يَومَ دَيرِ الثَعالِبِ
And a gazelle I fell in love with,
I hunted a gazelle
on the day at Dayr al-Thaʿālib,
The day I was at the monastery of foxes
مِنfrom among ظِباءِthe gazelles of الصَريمِthe thicket يَخfirst part of 'he struts'
مِن ظِباءِ الصَريمِ يَخ
طُرُrest of 'he struts' فيin زِيِّthe garb of راهِبِa monk
طُرُ في زِيِّ راهِبِ
one of the gazelles of the thicket, he
Appearing from the elevated plains of Sarim
struts in a monk's garb.
Walking proudly like a monk in his habit
كَالقَضيبِlike a slender branch يوfirst part of 'weakens him'
كَالقَضيبِ يو
هيهِrest of 'weakens him' حَملُthe weight of الذَوائِبِthe tresses
هيهِ حَملُ الذَوائِبِ
Like a slender branch, he is
With erect spear
weakened by the weight of his tresses.
Woe to whoever bears the blame!
شَدَّhe tightened زُنّارَهُhis girdle فَحَلfirst part of 'and so untied'
شَدَّ زُنّارَهُ فَحَل
لَrest of 'untied' عُقودَthe knots of المَذاهِبِthe creeds
لَ عُقودَ المَذاهِبِ
He tightened his girdle, and so
He tightened his belt and so
untied the knots of creeds.
Undid the knots of creeds
ماnever رَمىshot طَرفُهُhis glance بِسَهfirst part of 'with an arrow'
ما رَمى طَرفُهُ بِسَه
مٍrest of 'an arrow' هَوىًlove غَيرِnot صائِبِhitting the mark
مٍ هَوىً غَيرِ صائِبِ
Never did his glance shoot an
His glance shot no arrow
arrow of love that missed its mark.
Except for the sake of proper aims
بِتُّI spent the night مِنbecause of حُبِّهِlove of him عَلىon
بِتُّ مِن حُبِّهِ عَلى
مِثلِthe likeness of شَوكِthe sharp stings of العَقارِبِthe scorpions
مِثلِ شَوكِ العَقارِبِ
I spent the night, for love of him, on
I pine for love of him
what felt like scorpions' stings.
As if bitten by the thorns of scorpions
Sol 6.1