ياO عَمرَʿAmrah حُمَّwas decreed فِراقُكُمparting from you عَمراfor a lifetime
يا عَمرَ حُمَّ فِراقُكُم عَمرا
وَعَدَلتِand you turned away عَنّاfrom us النَأيَdistance وَالهَجراand estrangement
وَعَدَلتِ عَنّا النَأيَ وَالهَجرا
O ʿAmrah, parting from you has been decreed for a lifetime;
And you turned from us, choosing distance and estrangement.
إِحدىone woman بَنيthe sons of أَودٍAwd كَلِفتُI became enamored بِهاwith her
إِحدى بَني أَودٍ كَلِفتُ بِها
حَمَلَتshe bore بِلاwithout تِرَةٍa prior wrong لَناagainst us وِتراa grudge
حَمَلَت بِلا تِرَةٍ لَنا وِترا
A woman of Banū Awd, with whom I am enamored,
Bore a grudge against us, though we had done her no wrong.
وَاللَهِand by God ماnot أَحبَبتُI have loved حُبَّكُمُas I love you
وَاللَهِ ما أَحبَبتُ حُبَّكُمُ
لاneither ثَيِّباًa previously married woman خُلِقَتever created وَلاnor بِكراa virgin
لا ثَيِّباً خُلِقَت وَلا بِكرا
And by God, I have never loved as I love you—
Neither a once-married woman nor a virgin ever born.
ماnot إِنindeed (emphatic) أُقيمُI remain لِحاجَةٍfor a need عَرَضَتthat arose
ما إِن أُقيمُ لِحاجَةٍ عَرَضَت
إِلّاexcept لِأُبلىto exhaust فيكُمُfor your sake عُذراgrounds for excuse
إِلّا لِأُبلى فيكُمُ عُذرا
I do not linger for some need that has arisen,
Except to leave no effort untried for your sake.
وَتَرىand you see لَهاin her دَلّاًa coy charm إِذاwhen نَطَقَتshe speaks
وَتَرى لَها دَلّاً إِذا نَطَقَت
تَرَكَتshe leaves بَناتِthe daughters of فُؤادِهِhis heart صُعراbent awry
تَرَكَت بَناتِ فُؤادِهِ صُعرا
And you see her coy charm whenever she speaks:
She leaves the daughters of his heart bent awry.
كَتَساقُطِlike the falling of الرُطَبِfresh ripe dates الجَنيِّready for picking مِنَfrom الthe
كَتَساقُطِ الرُطَبِ الجَنيِّ مِنَ ال
قِنوانِdate clusters لاneither كَثراًmany وَلاnor نَزراfew
قِنوانِ لا كَثراً وَلا نَزرا
Like ripe, ready-to-pick dates falling from the
Date clusters, neither many nor few.
بِالخَيفِat al-Khayf مَنزِلُهاher lodging وَمَسكِنُهاand her home
بِالخَيفِ مَنزِلُها وَمَسكِنُها
وَتَحُلُّand she dwells in مَكَّةَMecca إِنif شَتَتshe spends the winter قَصراa palace
وَتَحُلُّ مَكَّةَ إِن شَتَت قَصرا
At al-Khayf are her lodging and her home,
And when she winters, she inhabits a palace in Mecca.
مِنfor أَجلِهاher sake حُبِسَتwere held back رَكائِبُناour riding camels
مِن أَجلِها حُبِسَت رَكائِبُنا
شَهراًfor a month تَجَرَّمَelapsed بَعدَهُafter it شَهراanother month
شَهراً تَجَرَّمَ بَعدَهُ شَهرا
For her sake our riding camels were held back
For a month; after it, another month went by.
Sol 6.1