ومعشوقِand a beloved الَّلمَىthe lips' dark hue خنِثِlanguid الجفونِthe eyelids
ومعشوقِ الَّلمَى خنِثِ الجفونِ
كَذوبhabitually false الوعدthe promise معتلِّinfirm اليمينِthe oath
كَذوب الوعد معتلِّ اليمينِ
And one whose dusky lips are adored, whose eyelids are languid,
With his languid, drowsy eyes, my lover is delicate as a girl
Ever false in promise, infirm in oath,
His promises are lies, his oaths mere pretense
مريضlanguid الطرفِthe gaze منخنِثِeffeminate السجاياthe innate traits
مريض الطرفِ منخنِثِ السجايا
يكادhe almost يذوبmelts منfrom ترفٍluxury ولِينِand softness
يكاد يذوب من ترفٍ ولِينِ
Languid of gaze, effeminate in nature,
Sickly his gaze, his nature effeminate
He almost melts from luxury and softness.
He seems to melt in luxury and softness
كأنّas though لحاظَهhis glances فَتَكاتdeadly assaults عزميmy resolve
كأنّ لحاظَه فَتَكات عزمي
وصحْةand the soundness حسنهhis beauty تصحيحconfirmation دِينيmy faith
وصحْة حسنه تصحيح دِيني
As though his glances were my resolve's deadly assaults,
It's as if his glances sap my resolution
And his beauty's soundness the confirmation of my faith.
And his beauty restores my faith
أتانيhe came to me والدّجىand the night حَلِكُpitch-black المبَانيthe structures
أتاني والدّجى حَلِكُ المبَاني
كأنّas though نجومَهits stars زُرْقُblue العيونthe eyes
كأنّ نجومَه زُرْقُ العيون
He came to me, the night's fabric pitch-black,
He came to me in the dark, when houses are vague,
As though its stars were blue eyes.
As if his stars were the blue of eyes
فلمّاthen when تَوَّجhe crowned اليسرىthe left hand بكأسwith a cup
فلمّا تَوَّج اليسرى بكأس
وصارand became الرطلthe wine-measure cup قُرْطاan earring لليمينfor the right hand
وصار الرطل قُرْطا لليمين
Then, when he crowned his left hand with a cup,
When he lifted the cup in his left hand
And the wine-measure became an earring for his right hand,
And made the flagon cling to his right
سقانيhe gave me to drink مِثلlike خدّيهhis two cheeks مُداماًwine
سقاني مِثل خدّيه مُداماً
تُلينsoftens جوانحَthe ribs الظبيthe gazelle الحَرونِthe stubborn one
تُلين جوانحَ الظبي الحَرونِ
He gave me wine resembling his cheeks,
He gave me wine like his cheeks to sip
That softens the breast of the stubborn gazelle.
That melts the feathers of the timid gazelle
كأنّas though الراحthe wine وَردةُa blossom جُلَّنارٍpomegranate blossoms
كأنّ الراح وَردةُ جُلَّنارٍ
تبدّتappeared فيin غِلالَةِa sheer robe ياسَمِينِjasmine
تبدّت في غِلالَةِ ياسَمِينِ
As though the wine were a pomegranate blossom,
It was as if the wine were a jasmine blossom
Appearing in a sheer robe of jasmine.
Newly opened amid the dark leaves of the jasmine plant
Sol 6.1