خطرتshe swayed past فغناهاthen sang to her حمامdoves نضارِnuḍār trees
خطرت فغناها حمام نضارِ
بدويةa Bedouin woman كالذابلlike a slender spear الخطارِswaying
بدوية كالذابل الخطارِ
She swayed past, and the doves of the nuḍār trees sang to her—
a Bedouin woman, like a slender, swaying spear.
تسعىshe walks فتحسبهاso you think her للينbecause of the suppleness of قوامهاher figure
تسعى فتحسبها للين قوامها
سكرىdrunk وماand not وردتshe came علىto خمارa wine-seller
سكرى وما وردت على خمار
She walks, and from her figure’s suppleness you would think her
drunk, though she has not visited a wine-seller.
قالتshe said وقدand already دعتcalled السقاةthe cupbearers بهاfor her لكاto cups (word begins)
قالت وقد دعت السقاة بها لكا
ساتcompletion of ‘cups’ الطلاwine لبنmilk اللقاحmilch she-camels عقاريmy wine
سات الطلا لبن اللقاح عقاري
She said, when the cupbearers summoned her to cups
of wine, ‘The milk of milch camels is my wine.’
واللَهand by God لوif شربتshe drank لأصبحwould surely become درهمٌa silver dirham
واللَه لو شربت لأصبح درهمٌ
منfrom لونهاher hue أغلىmore precious منthan الدينارthe gold dinar
من لونها أغلى من الدينار
By God, were she to drink, a dirham would become,
from her hue, more precious than a dinar.
ولخلتand you would surely think عنبرambergris خالهاher mole منbecause of نورهاher radiance
ولخلت عنبر خالها من نورها
كحشاشتيlike my heart فيin مارجa smokeless flame منof نارfire
كحشاشتي في مارج من نار
And, because of her radiance, you would think her ambergris mole
like my heart within a smokeless flame of fire.
Sol 6.1