أصبح أيري مُعرضاً عنّي

أصبح أيري مُعرضاً عنّي

وكان من قصّتهِ أنّي

وكان من قصّتهِ أنّي

My cock has turned away from me.

Airy became indifferent to me

My member has turned its back on me,

And part of his story was that I

And his story was that

And the story of its treason is that I,

كنتُ بقصرِ الخلد في روضةٍ

كنتُ بقصرِ الخلد في روضةٍ

بين نخيل الطنّ والبَرني

بين نخيل الطنّ والبَرني

was at al-Khuld Palace, in a garden,

I was in the palace of immortality, in a garden

Was at the Palace of Khuld, within a garden,

among the palms of al-Tann and al-Barni.

Among palm trees, figs, and pomegranates

Between the Tann and Barni date palms,

خلا لها الوردُ لذي نرجس

خلا لها الوردُ لذي نرجس

معتنقٍ للآسِ في غصنِ

معتنقٍ للآسِ في غصنِ

There the rose made room for one bearing narcissus,

The roses left a space for the narcissus

Where roses secluded themselves with narcissus,

embracing myrtle upon a branch,

Embracing the myrtle in its branch

Embracing the myrtle upon the bough,

نيطَ بتفّاحٍ إلى مشمشٍ

نيطَ بتفّاحٍ إلى مشمشٍ

تخرقه الأنهارُ بالسُفنِ

تخرقه الأنهارُ بالسُفنِ

linked with apples to apricots,

Covered with apples to apricots

Adorned with apples beside apricots,

through which rivers ran with boats.

Pierced by rivers with ships

Which rivers pierce through with gliding ships.

فمرتعُ الروضةِ نوّارهُ

فمرتعُ الروضةِ نوّارهُ

مختلفُ البهجةِ في الحسنِ

مختلفُ البهجةِ في الحسنِ

The garden's meadow bore blossoms

The garden’s meadows had blossoming flowers

The garden's meadow was its very blossoms,

of varied splendor and beauty:

Of varied beauty in their charm

Varied in their splendor and their charm;

من أصفر يرنو إلى أحمرٍ

من أصفر يرنو إلى أحمرٍ

وأبيض في اللونِ كالقطنِ

وأبيض في اللونِ كالقطنِ

yellow gazing toward red,

From yellow turning to red

From yellow gazing longingly at red,

and white, in color, like cotton.

And white in color like cotton

And white in hue, as pure as cotton.

وبرمكيُّ الحسنِ في حلّةٍ

وبرمكيُّ الحسنِ في حلّةٍ

كأنّهُ من حسنهِ جنّي

كأنّهُ من حسنهِ جنّي

And a Barmakid beauty, dressed in a robe,

And red beauty in a dress

And a Barmakid beauty clad in fine robes,

as though his beauty made him a jinni,

As if it was picked for its beauty

Seeming, for his beauty, like a spirit from the Jinn,

ظلّ يسقي الشربَ من قهوةٍ

ظلّ يسقي الشربَ من قهوةٍ

ناصعةٍ في صبغة الدهن

ناصعةٍ في صبغة الدهن

kept serving the drinking companions wine,

It remained watering the drinking

Kept pouring wine for the drinkers there,

bright and clear, with the hue of oil.

With shining coffee dyed with grease

Pure and glistening like golden oil,

حتى إذا الفجر حدا بالدجا

حتى إذا الفجر حدا بالدجا

ودارت القهوة في قَرني

ودارت القهوة في قَرني

Until, when dawn sang the darkness away,

Until dawn broke with first light

Until when dawn began to drive the dark,

and the wine swirled in my temple,

And the coffee pot spun in the urn

And the wine swirled within my head,

وصاحبُ الفرحةِ مستوفزٌ

وصاحبُ الفرحةِ مستوفزٌ

لحيث ما يبلغهُ عنّي

لحيث ما يبلغهُ عنّي

and the companion in merriment was poised

And the joyous friend was eager

And the master of joy sat poised and ready,

for whatever might reach him from me,

To wherever my news would reach him

For whatever he might receive from me,

قلتُ لأيري حين أبصرتهُ

قلتُ لأيري حين أبصرتهُ

تدمعُ عيناه من الحزنِ

تدمعُ عيناه من الحزنِ

I said to my cock, when I saw him,

I said to Airy when I saw him

I said to my member when I saw him,

his two eyes weeping from sorrow:

With teary eyes of sadness

With his eyes flowing with tears of sorrow:

إنكَ إن قصرتَ عمّا أرى

إنكَ إن قصرتَ عمّا أرى

بتّ سخين العين ذا غَبنٍ

بتّ سخين العين ذا غَبنٍ

You—if you fall short of what I see—

“If you fall short of what I see

"If you fall short of what I see before me,

will spend the night with burning eyes, wronged.

I will remain hot-eyed with loss”

You shall spend the night weeping in total loss."

فخرَّ يدنو نحوه مطرقاً

فخرَّ يدنو نحوه مطرقاً

ونور معمورٍ إلى الرهن

ونور معمورٍ إلى الرهن

Then he fell, drawing near him with bowed head,

So he fell, drawing near, downcast

So he leaned toward him, bowing his head,

and a flourishing light, toward the pledge [wording unclear],

And a populated light to the pledge

Surrendering like a pledge redeemed,

حتى توفّاه رسولُ الكرى

حتى توفّاه رسولُ الكرى

فأطبقَ الجفنَ على الجفنِ

فأطبقَ الجفنَ على الجفنِ

until sleep's messenger claimed him,

Until the messenger of fate took him

Until the messenger of slumber claimed his soul,

and he closed one eyelid upon the other.

And closed the eyelid over the eyelid

And he closed eyelid upon eyelid tight.

فلم أزل أصبر حتى إذا

فلم أزل أصبر حتى إذا

مالَ على الجنبِ من الوهنِ

مالَ على الجنبِ من الوهنِ

I kept waiting patiently until, when

I remained patient until when

I waited with patience, until the moment

he leaned onto his side from weakness,

He leaned on the side from weakness

He tilted onto his side from weariness,

دببتُ كالعقربِ جنبيّةٌ

دببتُ كالعقربِ جنبيّةٌ

وتارةً أحبو على بطني

وتارةً أحبو على بطني

I crept sideways like a scorpion,

I crept like a scorpion, sideways

Then I crept sideways like a scorpion,

and sometimes crawled upon my belly,

And at times I coiled on my belly

And at times crawling upon my belly,

قصداً إليه فتبطّنتُ ما

قصداً إليه فتبطّنتُ ما

حوى السراويل إلى المتنِ

حوى السراويل إلى المتنِ

aiming for him; then I burrowed into what

Heading towards him, so I went underneath

Aiming for him, I burrowed beneath

the trousers held, up to his back.

What the pants contained to the waist

What his trousers held, up to the waist.

فكان من وجدي به أنني

فكان من وجدي به أنني

أخطأتُ مجرى الرمح في الطعنِ

أخطأتُ مجرى الرمح في الطعنِ

Such was my passion for him that I

And it happened when I found him that

But such was my frantic passion for him,

missed the spear's passage as I thrust.

I missed the path of the spear in the stab

That I missed the spear's true path in the thrust.

وحسَّ بالدسرة في ظهرهِ

وحسَّ بالدسرة في ظهرهِ

فقام كالحيران من جُبني

فقام كالحيران من جُبني

He felt the forceful thrust in his back,

And he felt the rip in his back

He felt the sudden prod against his back,

and rose like one bewildered by my cowardice,

So he got up confused by my cowardice

And rose like a bewildered man in shock,

حتى علاني وأنا تحته

حتى علاني وأنا تحته

أدعو على الحرمات باللعنِ

أدعو على الحرمات باللعنِ

until he was on top of me, and I beneath him,

Until he exposed me while I was under him

Until he towered over me, pinning me down,

calling down curses upon sacred things,

Calling down curses on the sanctities

While I cursed all sacred things in shame,

مُندّي الجبهةِ من بعد أن

مُندّي الجبهةِ من بعد أن

أفلتّ منه صفدي الأذنِ

أفلتّ منه صفدي الأذنِ

my forehead damp, after

With forehead uncovered after

My forehead dripping sweat, after I had

I escaped him [unclear phrase: the ear's two fetters].

I slipped from him, my ears in shackles

Barely escaped the boxing of my ears.

ثم رمى وجهي بتفاحةٍ

ثم رمى وجهي بتفاحةٍ

لم يخطِها لمّا رمّى سنّي

لم يخطِها لمّا رمّى سنّي

Then he hurled an apple at my face,

Then he threw an apple in my face

Then he hurled an apple at my face,

not missing my tooth when he threw it.

That his teeth did not bite when he threw them at me

Which did not miss its mark, striking my tooth.

فرحتُ محروماً بلا حاجةٍ

فرحتُ محروماً بلا حاجةٍ

وقام أيري ضاحكاً منّي

وقام أيري ضاحكاً منّي

So I went away deprived, without satisfaction,

I left deprived without need

So I departed deprived, my need unmet,

and my cock stood up, laughing at me,

And Airy laughed at me

While my member rose up to laugh at me,

يقول والذَنبُ له كلّهُ

يقول والذَنبُ له كلّهُ

كذاكَ من يعمل بالظنِّ

كذاكَ من يعمل بالظنِّ

saying—though all the fault was his—

Saying, “The blame is all his

Saying—though the fault was entirely his—

So it goes for one who acts on supposition.

Thus is one who acts on suspicion”

"This is the fate of one who acts on guessing."