وأعرضتand she turned away إذاwhen رأتshe saw فيin عارضيthe side of my beard درراًpearls
وأعرضت إذا رأت في عارضي درراً
منظومةstrung together معهاwith them الاحزانthe sorrows تنتظمُare strung together
منظومة معها الاحزان تنتظمُ
And she turned away when she saw pearls in my beard,
And she turns away when she sees pearls in my features
strung together, with sorrows strung alongside them.
A poem with it sorrows arrange themselves
وللصبابةand for passionate love قومpeople لاnot يسرهمpleases them
وللصبابة قوم لا يسرهم
أنto يلبسواthey wear الوشيthe brocade إلاunless تحتهbeneath it سقمsickness
أن يلبسوا الوشي إلا تحته سقم
And passionate love has devotees who take no joy
And for youth there are people who do not like
in wearing brocade unless sickness lies beneath it.
To wear silk unless underneath it is a wound
أشتاقI long for أهليmy kin لظبيbecause of a gazelle بينamong أرحلهمtheir dwellings
أشتاق أهلي لظبي بين أرحلهم
والحبand love يوصلunites إذwhen لاnot توصلunites الرحمkinship
والحب يوصل إذ لا توصل الرحم
I long for my kin because of a gazelle among their dwellings;
I long for my family like a gazelle among its calves
and love unites when kinship does not.
And love connects when kinship does not connect