هوىpassion جديدnew أشدmore intense فتكاin deadliness
هوى جديد أشد فتكا
منthan كلall ماthat مرhas passed منof غراميmy love
من كل ما مر من غرامي
A new passion, more deadly
A new, more intense love
than all my past loves.
Than all my past passions
لقيتهI met him أمسyesterday دونwithout وعدan appointment
لقيته أمس دون وعد
كأنهas though he were الحلمthe dream فيin المنامsleep
كأنه الحلم في المنام
I met him yesterday, without an appointment,
I met it yesterday unbidden
as though he were a dream in sleep.
As if it were a dream in sleep
شربتI drank منfrom وجههhis face رحيقاnectar
شربت من وجهه رحيقا
جعلتهI made it فيin الهوىlove مداميmy wine
جعلته في الهوى مدامي
I drank nectar from his face;
I sipped its essence from its face
I made it my wine in love.
Making it my love's wine
وجهa face منof النورlight لوif تبدىit appeared
وجه من النور لو تبدى
بالليلat night لمnot ندرwe knew ماwhat الظلامdarkness
بالليل لم ندر ما الظلام
A face of light—if it appeared
A face of light, were it to appear
at night, we would not know what darkness was.
At night, we'd not know darkness
ياO عاذليmy reproacher لاdo not تطلprolong ملاميreproaching me
يا عاذلي لا تطل ملامي
عزّis impervious فؤاديmy heart عنto الملامreproach
عزّ فؤادي عن الملام
O my reproacher, do not go on blaming me;
O reproacher, do not blame me
my heart is impervious to reproach.
My heart defies blame
ولاand do not تحاولtry صلاحthe reform of قلبa heart
ولا تحاول صلاح قلب
فيin عشقهits passion تبعدyou push farther away المرامthe goal
في عشقه تبعد المرام
And do not try to reform a heart;
Attempt not to reform a heart
in its passion, you push your goal farther away.
In love, objectives fade
لمnot يقضit spent يوماa day بغيرwithout حبlove
لم يقض يوما بغير حب
ولاnor صراعa struggle معwith الهيامlove's frenzy
ولا صراع مع الهيام
It has never spent a day without love
No day passed but in love
or a struggle with love's frenzy.
No struggle against ecstasy
منwhoever قالcomposed شعراpoetry كمثلlike شعرىmy poetry
من قال شعرا كمثل شعرى
فمنthen from نشيديmy song استقىdrew الحراميthe thief
فمن نشيدي استقى الحرامي
Whoever has composed verse like mine—
Who has spoken poetry like mine
that thief has drawn from my song.
Who from my ode stole unpermitted
لاmay not كانbe ماwhat كانwas يومthe day of توبىmy repentance
لا كان ما كان يوم توبى
عنof أنسthe delight of عينيّmy eyes بالحرامin the forbidden
عن أنس عينيّ بالحرام
May the day never come when I repent
Never was the day I'd repent
of my eyes' delight in the forbidden.
Of delighting my eye with the forbidden
ولاand may not أرانيshow me الإلهGod يوماa day
ولا أراني الإله يوما
أعيشI live فيهin it بلاwithout أثامsin
أعيش فيه بلا أثام
Nor may God ever show me a day
Nor will God see me a day
in which I live without sin.
When I live without sin
عمرa lifetime وهبناهwe have given it للغرامto love
عمر وهبناه للغرام
ولذعةand the searing of القلبthe heart بالضرامby the blaze
ولذعة القلب بالضرام
A lifetime we have given to love
Our life we've devoted to passion
and to the heart's searing in the blaze.
And heartache with adversities
الصلحreconciliation خيرbetter هذاthis كلامtalk
الصلح خير هذا كلام
فلذةfor the delight of العشقpassionate love فيin الخصامquarrelling
فلذة العشق في الخصام
“Reconciliation is better”—that is mere talk,
Peace is best, this I say
for love's delight lies in quarrelling.
The agony of love lies in discord
إنif احتكمناwe seek arbitration إلىto محامa lawyer
إن احتكمنا إلى محام
لمnot يدرhe knew ماwhat مهنةthe profession of المحامىthe lawyer
لم يدر ما مهنة المحامى
If we took our dispute to a lawyer,
If we seek an arbitrator
he would not know what a lawyer's trade is.
He knows not the work of advocacy
العدلjustice فيin الحبlove ضاعhas been lost فاتركso abandon
العدل في الحب ضاع فاترك
كلevery سبيلavenue للاحتكامto arbitration
كل سبيل للاحتكام
Justice in love is lost, so abandon
Justice in love is lost, so leave
every avenue of arbitration.
Every path to litigation
وانظرand look إلىat غدرةthe treachery of الغوانيbeautiful women
وانظر إلى غدرة الغواني
منfrom عهدthe age of شيثSeth لعهدto the age of حامHam
من عهد شيث لعهد حام
And look at the treachery of beautiful women,
And look upon the betrayal of flirts
from the age of Seth to the age of Ham.
From the age of Seth to the age of Ham
حواءEve ياO أمناour mother أجيبيanswer
حواء يا أمنا أجيبي
فآدمfor Adam بالخيانby betrayal داميbloodied
فآدم بالخيان دامي
Eve, O our mother, answer:
Eve, our mother, answer me
for Adam is bloodied by betrayal.
For with betrayal Adam persisted
منfrom جنةparadise طارhe flew نحوtoward أرضa land
من جنة طار نحو أرض
بهاin it طعامfood بلاwithout إدامrelish
بها طعام بلا إدام
From paradise he flew toward a land
From a garden he flew to a land
where there is food without relish.
With food, but no abundance
ياO مفردpeerless الحسنbeauty ياO نديماdrinking companion
يا مفرد الحسن يا نديما
منone whose ثغرهhis mouth فيin الغرامlove جامىmy goblet
من ثغره في الغرام جامى
O peerless beauty, O drinking companion,
O singular beauty, O boon companion
whose mouth is my goblet in love.
From whose lips passion I sipped
ماnot علمتنيtaught me اللياليthe nights
ما علمتني الليالي
يوماever ولاnor الأيامthe days
يوما ولا الأيام
The nights have taught me nothing,
The nights never taught me
not once, nor have the days.
Nor the days
إنيindeed I سقيتI gave drink to اللياليthe nights
إني سقيت الليالي
منfrom هذهthese الأوهامillusions
من هذه الأوهام
Indeed, I gave drink to the nights
For I made the nights drink
from these illusions.
From these illusions
صبابةthe last drops of الكأسthe cup تدمىdraw blood
صبابة الكأس تدمى
فلتشربso let them drink الأيامthe days
فلتشرب الأيام
The cup's last drops draw blood,
The cupbearer's wounds bleed
so let the days drink.
So let the days drink
Sol 6.1