ياO شجرtree المشمِشthe apricot لاmay … never أصبحتawoke
يا شجر المشمِش لا أصبحت
مِنكwithout you رُباknolls البستانِthe orchard مستوحِشهdesolate
مِنك رُبا البستانِ مستوحِشه
O apricot tree, may morning never find
the orchard’s knolls desolate without you.
ياoh حُسْنهits beauty مِنas شجرa tree أينعتhave ripened
يا حُسْنه مِن شجر أينعت
أغصانُهits branches واحتملتand have borne مِشمِشهits apricots
أغصانُه واحتملت مِشمِشه
How lovely a tree—ripened are
its branches, and they have borne its apricots.
كأنماas though جمَّشهcaressed it عاشقa lover
كأنما جمَّشه عاشق
فاصفرَّso it turned yellow خوفاًout of fear منهof him إذwhen جمَّشهcaressed it
فاصفرَّ خوفاً منه إذ جمَّشه
As though a lover had caressed it,
so it turned yellow with fear of him when he caressed it.
Sol 6.1