أَلاLo! أَيُّهاO القَمَرُthe moon الأَزهَرُthe radiant
أَلا أَيُّها القَمَرُ الأَزهَرُ
تَبَصَّرlook carefully بِعَينَيكَwith your two eyes هَلdo ...? تُبصِرُyou see
تَبَصَّر بِعَينَيكَ هَل تُبصِرُ
Lo, O radiant moon,
O moon, shining bright
Look with both your eyes—do you see?
Cast your eyes, do you see
تَبَصَّرbehold شَبيهَكَyour counterpart فيin حُسنِهِhis beauty
تَبَصَّر شَبيهَكَ في حُسنِهِ
لَعَلَّكَperhaps you تَبلُغُyou reach أَوor تَخبُرُyou come to know
لَعَلَّكَ تَبلُغُ أَو تَخبُرُ
Behold the one who resembles you in beauty;
Cast your eyes on your likeness in beauty
perhaps you may reach him or come to know him.
Perhaps you may attain or inform
فَإِنِّيَfor I آتيكَI come to you وَحديby myself بِهِwith him
فَإِنِّيَ آتيكَ وَحدي بِهِ
وَأُفضيand I confide إِلَيكَto you بِماwith what أَستُرُI conceal
وَأُفضي إِلَيكَ بِما أَستُرُ
For I bring him to you by myself,
For I come to you alone with him
and I confide to you what I conceal.
And confide in you what I conceal
زُبالَةُZubālah مِنon دونِهِthis side of him وَالشُقوand al-Shuqū- (name fragment)
زُبالَةُ مِن دونِهِ وَالشُقو
قُq (completes al-Shuqūq) وَالثَعلَبِيَّةُand al-Thaʿlabiyyah وَالأَجفُرُand al-Ajfur
قُ وَالثَعلَبِيَّةُ وَالأَجفُرُ
Zubālah lies this side of him, and al-Shuqū-
Trash without him and misery
q, and al-Thaʿlabiyyah and al-Ajfur.
And foxiness and foolishness
وَطالَand has grown long المَغيبُthe absence وَشَطَّand has gone far away الحَبيبُthe beloved
وَطالَ المَغيبُ وَشَطَّ الحَبيبُ
وَماand not أَستَفيقُI regain my senses وَماand not أَصبِرُI endure patiently
وَما أَستَفيقُ وَما أَصبِرُ
And absence has grown long, and the beloved is far away;
Prolonged has absence been, and the beloved departed
and I neither regain my senses nor find patience.
Neither can I awaken, nor be patient
وَقَلبِيَand my heart بِالشَوقِin longing مُستَأنِسٌfinding solace
وَقَلبِيَ بِالشَوقِ مُستَأنِسٌ
وَطَرفِيَand my eye لِلنَومِto sleep مُستَنكِرُaverse
وَطَرفِيَ لِلنَومِ مُستَنكِرُ
And my heart finds solace in longing,
And my heart is comforted with longing
and my eye is averse to sleep.
While my eyes reject sleep
أَياO لائِميmy reproacher سَفَهاًfoolishly فيover ظَلوẒalū- (name fragment)
أَيا لائِمي سَفَهاً في ظَلو
مَm (completes Ẓalūm) لاmay ... not كُنتَyou be إِنif كُنتَyou are لاnot تَعذِرُyou excuse
مَ لا كُنتَ إِن كُنتَ لا تَعذِرُ
O you who foolishly reproach me over Ẓalū-
Oh reproacher in ignorance and injustice
m—may you be no more, if you do not excuse me.
If only you were not, if you cannot excuse