أفهمتhave you understood? ماwhat قالتshe said لناto us الورقاءُthe gray dove
أفهمت ما قالت لنا الورقاءُ
قالتshe said لناto us أنthat الصبابةpassionate longing داءُa sickness
قالت لنا أن الصبابة داءُ
Have you understood what the gray dove told us?
The rosebush told us the truth
She told us that passionate longing is a sickness.
Youth is an illness without cure
لاdoes not يبرحcease to be الصبthe lovesick lover المفارقthe separated one والهاًdistraught
لا يبرح الصب المفارق والهاً
حتىuntil تفارقleaves دارهhis dwelling الحوباءthe soul
حتى تفارق داره الحوباء
The parted lover remains distraught
A youth in love finds no relief
until the soul leaves his dwelling.
Till the beloved leaves the abode
حظlot الذيthe one who يهوىloves المباسمsmiling mouths ميمهاtheir letter mīm الthe
حظ الذي يهوى المباسم ميمها ال
أولىfirst وسينٌand a sīn قبلهاbefore it أوor هاءُa hāʾ
أولى وسينٌ قبلها أو هاءُ
The lot of one who loves smiling mouths is their mīm, the
Bliss for one who loves her smile
first, with a sīn before it, or a hāʾ.
First a wow, then a sigh or parting while
واحسرتاهoh, my sorrow! علىover فارقparting (apparently intended as firāq) مراضبٍlips
واحسرتاه على فارق مراضبٍ
مرَّpassed الحبيبُthe beloved بهاby them فمرso became bitter الماءthe water
مرَّ الحبيبُ بها فمر الماء
Alas, my grief over parting from lips!
Woe to me for nights of union gone by
The beloved passed by them, so the water turned bitter.
Where my beloved once stayed, now passes water by
Sol 6.1