وَقِّفhalt بِرَبعٍat a dwelling أَنساكَهُmade you forget it قِدَمُهits age
وَقِّف بِرَبعٍ أَنساكَهُ قِدَمُه
جَرَتswept بِهِover it الريحُthe wind فَاِمَّحىso was erased عَلَمُهits landmark
جَرَت بِهِ الريحُ فَاِمَّحى عَلَمُه
Halt at a dwelling whose age has made you forget it.
The wind swept over it, and its landmark was erased.
وَقَفتُI stood بِالرَبعِat the dwelling كَيso that أُسائِلَهُI might question it
وَقَفتُ بِالرَبعِ كَي أُسائِلَهُ
لَوِif اِستَطاعَit were able الكَلامَspeech لَمnot أَرِمُهI leave it
لَوِ اِستَطاعَ الكَلامَ لَم أَرِمُه
I stood at the dwelling to question it;
had it been able to speak, I would not have left it.
رَبعٍa dwelling لِرَخصِof one with soft البِنانِfingers مُختَضِبٍdye-stained
رَبعٍ لِرَخصِ البِنانِ مُختَضِبٍ
طوبىblessedness لِمَنfor whoever باتَspent the night وَهوَwhile he يَلتَثِمُهkisses him
طوبى لِمَن باتَ وَهوَ يَلتَثِمُه
A dwelling of one with soft, dye-stained fingers—
blessed is whoever spends the night kissing him.
ماnot زِلتُI ceased أَصطادُهُI hunt him وَأَختُلُهُand I beguile him
ما زِلتُ أَصطادُهُ وَأَختُلُهُ
يَوماًone day وَأَدنوand I draw near لَهُto him وَأَكتَتِمُهand I keep him secret
يَوماً وَأَدنو لَهُ وَأَكتَتِمُه
I kept hunting him and beguiling him
one day, drawing near to him and keeping him secret,
حَتّىuntil تَرَكتُI left الحَبيبَthe beloved وامِقَناloving us
حَتّى تَرَكتُ الحَبيبَ وامِقَنا
يَنتابُناhe visits us ماشِياًwalking بِهِwith him قَدَمُهhis foot
يَنتابُنا ماشِياً بِهِ قَدَمُه
until I left the beloved in love with us.
He comes to visit us, his feet carrying him along.
يَطوفُhe circles بِالبَيتِaround the house ماnot يُفارِقُهُhe leaves it
يَطوفُ بِالبَيتِ ما يُفارِقُهُ
قَدindeed شَفَّهُhas wasted him حُبُّناlove for us فَلَمso not يَرِمُهhe leaves it
قَد شَفَّهُ حُبُّنا فَلَم يَرِمُه
He circles the house, never leaving it;
love for us has wasted him, so he has not left it.
ماnot كُنتُI was أَرعىI tend المَخاضَthe pregnant she-camels قَدindeed عَلِمواthey know
ما كُنتُ أَرعى المَخاضَ قَد عَلِموا
وَلاnor أُنيخُI make kneel البَعيرَthe camel أَختَطِمُهI take it by the halter
وَلا أُنيخُ البَعيرَ أَختَطِمُه
I never tended pregnant she-camels, as they know,
nor made a camel kneel, taking it by the halter.
Sol 6.1