صَبَا لِرُّبَى الأَرَاكِ وَحَيِّ هِنْدِ
طَرِيحُ صَبَابَةٍ وَحَليِفُ وَجْدِ
He yearned for the arak-clad hills and Hind’s encampment—
He yearned for the hills of arak trees and Hind's encampment,
a man laid low by passion, the sworn companion of rapture.
Laid low by passion, a companion of longing.
وَهَاجَتْهُ البُروُقُ فَحَنَّ شَوَقْاً
إِلى رَشْفِ الَّلمَى مِنْ ثَغْرِ هِنْدِ
The lightning flashes stirred him, and he cried out in longing
And lightning flashes stirred him, so he pined with longing
to sip the dusky sweetness from Hind’s mouth.
To sip the dusky hue from Hind's lips.
سَكِرْتُ وَمِنْ شَمَائِلِهَا شَمُولِي
وَمِنْ وَجَنَاتِهَا آسِي وَوَرْدِي
I grew drunk, and from her graces came my wine;
I grew drunk, and my wine comes from her graces;
from her cheeks came my myrtle and my rose.
And from her cheeks come my myrtle and my roses.
مُحَجَّبَةٌ وَلَكِنْ في ضَمِيرِي
بِمَوْطِنِ صَبْوَتي وَمَحَلِّ وُدِّي
She is veiled, yet she dwells within my heart,
She is veiled, yet within my heart,
in the homeland of my yearning, the abode of my love.
In the abode of my yearning and the dwelling of my love.
وَأَشْهَدَنِي تَذَكْرُهَا جَمَالاً
أُنَزِّهُ وَصْفَهُ عَنْ كُلِّ حَدِّ
Remembering her revealed to me a beauty
And remembering her made me behold a beauty
whose description I exalt beyond every bound.
Whose description I hold beyond every limit.
إِذَا أَبْدَى التَّبَسُّمُ نَظْمُ عِقْدٍ
أُعَانِقُهُ فَأَنْثُرُ كُلَّ عِقْدِي
Whenever her smile reveals a necklace’s pearly strand,
When a smile reveals a strung necklace,
I embrace it, and every knot within me comes undone.
I embrace it, then scatter my whole necklace.
وَبِتُّ فَلاَ تَسَلْ عَنْ عَيْشِ صَبٍّ
حَظَى بِالوَصْلِ بَعْدَ جَفاً وَصَدِّ
I passed the night—ask not what life is like for a lover
And I spent the night—so ask not of a lovesick lover's life,
who won union after estrangement and rebuff.
Who was favored with union after estrangement and rejection.
Sol 6.1