بَاحَhe spoke out بشكْوىwith a complaint ماwhat بِهِails him فاستراحْand so found relief
بَاحَ بشكْوى ما بِهِ فاستراحْ
فهلْis there then عليهupon him فيin الهوىlove منany جُناحْblame
فهلْ عليه في الهوى من جُناحْ
He voiced his complaint of what ailed him and found relief.
Is he, then, at all to blame in love?
لمّاwhen رأىhe saw كِتمانَconcealing ماwhat يَنْطَويhe folds inward
لمّا رأى كِتمانَ ما يَنْطَوي
عليهِover it لاnot يُغْنِيavails إذاwhen الدّمعُtears بَاحْspoke out
عليهِ لا يُغْنِي إذا الدّمعُ بَاحْ
When he saw that concealing what he kept
within was useless once tears spoke out,
دَاوَىhe treated بماwith what أعلنhe revealed منof بثِّهhis anguish
دَاوَى بما أعلن من بثِّه
قَلباًa heart منfrom الكتمانِconcealment دَامِيbleeding الجراحْwounds
قَلباً من الكتمانِ دَامِي الجراحْ
he healed, by voicing his anguish,
a heart whose wounds bled from concealment.
صَبٌّa lovesick lover حَماهُdenied him الوجدُlonging طيبَthe sweetness of الكرَىsleep
صَبٌّ حَماهُ الوجدُ طيبَ الكرَى
وجِسمُهُand his body للسُّقمِfor sickness نَهبٌspoil مُباحْlawful
وجِسمُهُ للسُّقمِ نَهبٌ مُباحْ
A lovesick man: longing denied him sweet sleep,
and his body is fair game for sickness.
مُخاطِرٌa risk-taker يركبhe rides هولَthe terror of الهَوىlove
مُخاطِرٌ يركب هولَ الهَوى
أمّاًnow one way وأمّاًand now another مثلَlike ضربcasting القِداحْlot-arrows
أمّاً وأمّاً مثلَ ضرب القِداحْ
A risk-taker, he rides into love's terrors,
now this way, now that, like casting lot-arrows.
ياO صاحِfriend ماhow أصحاكَsober you are عنapart from سَكْرَتيthe two intoxications of
يا صاحِ ما أصحاكَ عن سَكْرَتي
عَقْلِيmy mind بأحْوىfrom a dark-lipped beauty ذِيpossessing مِراحٍmirth ورَاحْand wine
عَقْلِي بأحْوى ذِي مِراحٍ ورَاحْ
O friend, how sober you are beside the twin intoxications
of my mind, from a dark-lipped beauty with mirth and wine!
مُهفْهَفٍslender-waisted صحَّتproved sound علىdespite سُقمِهاtheir sickness
مُهفْهَفٍ صحَّت على سُقمِها
جُفونُهhis eyelids فهيand so they are مِراضٌailing صِحاحْsound
جُفونُه فهي مِراضٌ صِحاحْ
Slender-waisted: sound despite their sickness
are his eyelids—ailing, yet sound.
لِطَرفِهhis glance has فَتكةُa deadly strike بِيضِgleaming الظُّباsword-edges
لِطَرفِه فَتكةُ بِيضِ الظُّبا
وقَدِّهand his figure هزّةُthe sway of سُمرِtawny الرِّماحْspears
وقَدِّه هزّةُ سُمرِ الرِّماحْ
His glance has the deadliness of gleaming sword-edges,
and his figure the sway of tawny spears.
شمسُa sun نهارٍof daytime تَرتديclothes itself بالدّجىin darkness
شمسُ نهارٍ تَرتدي بالدّجى
غُصنٌa branch مُراحٌwind-swayed فوقabove حِقفٍa curved sand-dune رَدَاحْbroad
غُصنٌ مُراحٌ فوق حِقفٍ رَدَاحْ
A daytime sun, cloaked in darkness,
a wind-swayed branch above a broad, curving dune.
طَافَhe came round عَليناto us والدّجىwhile the darkness راكدٌstill
طَافَ عَلينا والدّجى راكدٌ
يُظلُّناsheltering us منfrom جُنحِهits dark flank بالجنَاحْwith the wing
يُظلُّنا من جُنحِه بالجنَاحْ
He came round to us—while night lay still,
sheltering us beneath the wing of its gloom—
بقهوةٍwith wine مِنfrom خدِّهhis cheek أَشرَقتshone
بقهوةٍ مِن خدِّه أَشرَقت
ونَشْرُهاand its fragrance الضّائِعُdiffusing منfrom فيهِhis mouth فَاحْwafted
ونَشْرُها الضّائِعُ من فيهِ فَاحْ
with wine made radiant by his cheek,
and its spreading fragrance wafted from his mouth.
فَظَلْتُso I remained فيin أَمْنِsafety غرَامِيmy passion بهfor him
فَظَلْتُ في أَمْنِ غرَامِي به
منfrom كلِّevery واشٍtalebearer ورَقيبٍand watcher ولاَحْand reprover
من كلِّ واشٍ ورَقيبٍ ولاَحْ
So I remained secure in my passion for him,
from every talebearer, watcher, and reprover,
فيin حِنْدِسَيْthe twin darknesses of طُرَّتِهhis forelock والدّجَىand the night-darkness
في حِنْدِسَيْ طُرَّتِه والدّجَى
ونَيِّرَيْand the twin lights of غُرَّتِهhis radiant brow والصّباحْand the dawn
ونَيِّرَيْ غُرَّتِه والصّباحْ
in the twin darknesses of his forelock and the night,
and the twin lights of his brow and the dawn,
بغبطةٍin bliss جادَتgave generously علىdespite بُخلِهاtheir stinginess
بغبطةٍ جادَت على بُخلِها
بهاwith it اللّياليthe nights غَلَطاًby mistake لاَnot سماحْgenerosity
بها اللّيالي غَلَطاً لاَ سماحْ
in bliss that, despite their stinginess,
the nights bestowed by mistake, not out of generosity,
حتَىuntil قَضىdecreed الدّهرُTime بتفريقناour separation
حتَى قَضى الدّهرُ بتفريقنا
فماso what احتياليmy recourse فيagainst القضاءِfate المُتاحْordained
فما احتيالي في القضاءِ المُتاحْ
until Time decreed our separation—
so what recourse have I against ordained fate?
Sol 6.1