أَبينيmake clear اليَومَtoday ياO نُعمُNuʿm
أَبيني اليَومَ يا نُعمُ
أَوَصلٌis it union? مِنكِfrom you أَمor صَرمِestrangement
أَوَصلٌ مِنكِ أَم صَرمِ
Tell me plainly today, O Nuʿm:
Is it union you offer, or estrangement?
فَإِنfor if يَكُit is صَرمَthe estrangement of عاتِبَةٍa reproachful woman
فَإِن يَكُ صَرمَ عاتِبَةٍ
فَقَدthen perhaps نَفنىwe perish وَهوَwhile it is سِلمُpeace
فَقَد نَفنى وَهوَ سِلمُ
For if it is a reproachful woman’s estrangement,
Then we may perish, though it is peace.
تَلومُكَshe reproaches you فيfor الهَوىlove نُعَمٌNuʿm
تَلومُكَ في الهَوى نُعَمٌ
وَلَيسَand there is no لَهاfor her بِهِof it عِلمُknowledge
وَلَيسَ لَها بِهِ عِلمُ
Nuʿm reproaches you for love,
Yet she has no knowledge of it.
صَحيحٌa healthy man لَوif رَأَىhe saw نُعماًNuʿm
صَحيحٌ لَو رَأَى نُعماً
لَخامَرَwould surely pervade جِسمَهُhis body سُقمُillness
لَخامَرَ جِسمَهُ سُقمُ
Were a healthy man to see Nuʿm,
Illness would surely pervade his body.
جَلَتshe unveiled نُعَمٌNuʿm عَلىin عَجَلٍhaste
جَلَت نُعَمٌ عَلى عَجَلٍ
بِبَطنِin the valley of مِنىًMinā وَهُمwhile they were حُرمُconsecrated pilgrims
بِبَطنِ مِنىً وَهُم حُرمُ
Nuʿm unveiled in haste,
In Minā’s valley, while they were consecrated pilgrims,
أَسيلاًa smooth cheek لَيسَthere is no فيهِin it لِناfor an on- (word fragment)
أَسيلاً لَيسَ فيهِ لِنا
ظِرٍlooker (word continuation) عَيبٌflaw وَلاand no كَلمُwound
ظِرٍ عَيبٌ وَلا كَلمُ
A smooth cheek that, to an onlooker,
Had neither flaw nor wound.
Sol 6.1