خَفَّhas waned مِنfrom دارِthe home of جيرَتيmy neighbors
خَفَّ مِن دارِ جيرَتي
ياO خَليلَيَّmy two dear friends أُنسُهاits cheer
يا خَليلَيَّ أُنسُها
From my neighbors’ home has faded,
My friend disappeared from the neighbor's house
O my two friends, its cheer.
Oh my bosom friend, her company I miss
أَفَلاwill … not, then? تَخرُجُshe comes out العَروthe bride (first part of the split word)
أَفَلا تَخرُجُ العَرو
سُcompletion of “the bride” فَقَدfor indeed طالَhas grown long حَبسُهاher confinement
سُ فَقَد طالَ حَبسُها
Will the bride not come out, then?
Why doesn't she come out, for her absence grew long
For her confinement has grown long.
Dawn has come, or begun, yet she hasn't dressed
قَدalready دَناhas drawn near الصُبحُdawn أَوor بَداhas appeared
قَد دَنا الصُبحُ أَو بَدا
وَهيَand she لَمnot yet يُقضَbe completed لُبسُهاher dressing
وَهيَ لَم يُقضَ لُبسُها
Dawn has drawn near, or appeared,
She went out like the full moon on a night
While her dressing is not yet complete.
Whose darkness disappeared
خَرَجَتshe came out كَالمَهاةِlike an oryx فيin
خَرَجَت كَالمَهاةِ في
لَيلَةٍa night غابَvanished نَحسُهاits ill fortune
لَيلَةٍ غابَ نَحسُها
She came out like an oryx, on
Among five maidens
A night whose ill fortune had vanished,
The most generous of all in her kind
بَينَamong خَمسٍfive كَواعِبٍbudding-breasted maidens
بَينَ خَمسٍ كَواعِبٍ
أَكرَمُnoblest الجِنسِof kinds جِنسُهاher kind
أَكرَمُ الجِنسِ جِنسُها
Among five budding-breasted maidens;
Her kind is the noblest of kinds.
Partial English translation: 8 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1