للَهto God (in praise) قومٌa people كالرياضlike gardens بشاشةًin cheerfulness
للَه قومٌ كالرياض بشاشةً
غرradiant الوجوهthe faces أكارمٌnoble people أخيارvirtuous people
غر الوجوه أكارمٌ أخيار
God bless those people, garden-like in their smiling warmth,
God bless those people, cheerful as gardens,
their faces radiant—noble, generous, good.
Radiant of face, noble and virtuous.
نزلواthey alighted بجلقin Jilliq فيin الخريفautumn فأصبحتso it became
نزلوا بجلق في الخريف فأصبحت
مثلlike الربيعspring تحفهاsurround it الأنوارblossoms
مثل الربيع تحفها الأنوار
They alighted in Jillaq in autumn, and it became
They alighted in Jilliq in autumn, and it became
like spring, wreathed all around in light.
Like spring, with blossoms all around it.
ودعواand they called بأنجامfor the stars of الكؤوسthe goblets فأقبلتso they came
ودعوا بأنجام الكؤوس فأقبلت
وبهاand in them الشموسthe suns تزفهاescort them in procession الأقمارthe moons
وبها الشموس تزفها الأقمار
They summoned the stars of the winecups, and in they came,
They called for the stars of goblets, and they came,
suns among them, escorted in procession by moons:
With suns within them, escorted in procession by moons—
منof كلevery بكرٍmaiden ياسمينjasmine جبينهاher brow
من كل بكرٍ ياسمين جبينها
سحرٌmagic ونرجسand the narcissus لحظهاher glance سحارa sorcerer
سحرٌ ونرجس لحظها سحار
each one a maiden, her brow jasmine,
Each a maiden: the jasmine of her brow
her glance magic and narcissus—bewitchment itself.
Is magic; the narcissus of her glance, a sorcerer.
منهنamong them منone who لوif طوحتshe flung aside بلثامهاher face-veil
منهن من لو طوحت بلثامها
ليلاًat night لأشرقwould surely have shone فيin الظلامthe darkness نهارdaylight
ليلاً لأشرق في الظلام نهار
Among them was one who, if she cast aside her veil
Among them was one who, had she flung aside her veil
at night, daylight would surely dawn amid the darkness.
At night, daylight would have shone in the darkness.
جادتshe was generous عليto me بقهوةٍwith wine ديريةfrom a monastery
جادت علي بقهوةٍ ديرية
صفراءyellow يحسدenvies لونهاits color الدينارthe dinar (gold coin)
صفراء يحسد لونها الدينار
She favored me with monastery wine,
She generously offered me monastery wine,
golden—its hue the dinar itself would envy.
Yellow, its hue envied by the dinar.
حتىuntil إذاwhen كادتit was about to تحلalight بساحتيin my courtyard
حتى إذا كادت تحل بساحتي
ويحلand settle منهاfrom it فيin اليدينthe two hands نضارpure gold
ويحل منها في اليدين نضار
Until, just as it was about to alight in my courtyard
Until, just as it was about to alight in my courtyard,
and its gold come to rest between my hands,
And its gold was about to settle in my hands,
قالواthey said نأتhas gone far away ليلىLayla فقلتso I said لصاحبيto my companion
قالوا نأت ليلى فقلت لصاحبي
لمdid not يبقremain ليfor me إلاexcept الدموعtears عقارwine
لم يبق لي إلا الدموع عقار
they said, “Layla has gone far away.” I told my companion,
They said, "Layla has gone far away"; so I told my companion,
“No wine remains to me now but tears.”
"No wine remains to me but tears."
Sol 6.1