مَنwho لِقَلبٍfor a heart غَيرَnot صاحِsober
مَن لِقَلبٍ غَيرَ صاحِ
فيin تَصابٍyouthful dalliance وَمِزاحِand jest
في تَصابٍ وَمِزاحِ
Who can help a heart that is not sober,
in youthful dalliance and jest?
لَجَّpersisted فيin ذِكرِrecalling الغَوانيbeautiful women
لَجَّ في ذِكرِ الغَواني
بَعدَafter رُشدٍsound judgment وَصَلاحِand uprightness
بَعدَ رُشدٍ وَصَلاحِ
It persisted in recalling beautiful women
after sound judgment and uprightness.
وَلَقَدand indeed قُلتُI said لِبَكرٍto Bakr
وَلَقَد قُلتُ لِبَكرٍ
إِذwhen مَرَرناwe passed بِالصِفاحِby al-Sifah
إِذ مَرَرنا بِالصِفاحِ
And indeed I said to Bakr,
as we passed by al-Sifah:
قِفstop نُسَلِّمlet us greet وَنُحَيِّand offer salutations
قِف نُسَلِّم وَنُحَيِّ
ماnot عَلَيناupon us مِنany جُناحِblame
ما عَلَينا مِن جُناحِ
“Stop; let us greet and offer salutations;
there is no blame upon us.”
قَمَرَتنيshe won from me at gambling جارَتيmy female neighbor عَقmy mind (first part of split word)
قَمَرَتني جارَتي عَق
ليmy mind (second part of split word) كَقَمرٍas in gambling بِالقِداحِwith gambling arrows
لي كَقَمرٍ بِالقِداحِ
My neighbor won my
mind from me, as in gambling with arrows.
أَقصَدَتshe slew قَلبيmy heart وَماyet not إِنreinforces the negation
أَقصَدَت قَلبي وَما إِن
أَقصَدَتهُshe slew it بِسِلاحِwith a weapon
أَقصَدَتهُ بِسِلاحِ
She slew my heart, yet
she did not slay it with a weapon.
Sol 6.1