قلبيmy heart الّذيwhich اعتَادgrew accustomed to الركودَstillness .. يودّعُهbids it farewell
قلبي الّذي اعتَاد الركودَ .. يودّعُه
حيّاًalive غداbecame .. إثْرin the wake of الصبابةِardent love .. بلقعُهits wasteland
حيّاً غدا .. إثْر الصبابةِ .. بلقعُه
My heart, which grew accustomed to stillness, bids it farewell.
My heart, which grew accustomed to stillness, bids it farewell.
Its barren waste came alive in the wake of lovesick longing.
In the wake of ardent love, its wasteland has come alive.
متشابهٌalike والعودand the oud (lute) .. صارbecame أنينُهits moaning
متشابهٌ والعود .. صار أنينُه
إيقاعa rhythm شوقٍlonging والضلوعand the ribs ترجّعُهecho it
إيقاع شوقٍ والضلوع ترجّعُه
Resembling the oud, its moaning became
It is akin to the oud; its moaning has become
a rhythm of longing that the ribs echo back.
a rhythm of longing, and the ribs echo it.
شجوُsorrow التقاسيمِthe musical improvisations التيwhich غنّىsang بهاwith them
شجوُ التقاسيمِ التي غنّى بها
زريابُZiryab شعريmy poetry .. دَمعُهits tears وتوجّعُهand its anguish
زريابُ شعري .. دَمعُه وتوجّعُه
The plaintive ache of the taqāsīm sung by
The sorrow of the improvisations sung by
the Ziryab of my verse is its tears and anguish.
the Ziryab of my poetry is its tears and anguish.
والرّاقصاتُand the dancing ones منamong المعانيthe meanings .. نبضُهits pulse
والرّاقصاتُ من المعاني .. نبضُه
والحالِماتُand the dreaming ones منamong اللّحونِthe melodies .. تولُّعهits ardor
والحالِماتُ من اللّحونِ .. تولُّعه
The dancing meanings are its pulse;
And the dancing meanings are its pulse,
the dreaming melodies, its ardor.
and the dreaming melodies are its ardor.
أنعِمْhow gracious! بمنis the one who أغنَىenriched وأقنىand endowed with possessions .. واهباًgranting
أنعِمْ بمن أغنَى وأقنى .. واهباً
مُلكاًa kingdom .. تنعّمَreveled بالمباهجِin the delights أجمعُهall of it
مُلكاً .. تنعّمَ بالمباهجِ أجمعُه
How gracious is the one who enriched and endowed, bestowing
How gracious is the one who enriched and endowed, granting
a kingdom—revel in all its delights.
a kingdom that reveled, in its entirety, in delights.
قلبيmy heart الذيwhich يهواكَloves you أُكرمI honor بالهوىwith love
قلبي الذي يهواكَ أُكرم بالهوى
لكنbut إذاif رضِيَaccepts المذلّةhumiliation .. أخلعُهI cast it off
لكن إذا رضِيَ المذلّة .. أخلعُه
My heart, which loves you, I honor with love;
My heart, which loves you, I honor with love;
but if it accepts humiliation, I cast it off.
but if it accepts humiliation, I cast it off.
