حمتنيkept me from البراغيثُthe fleas طيبَthe sweetness of الكرىslumber
حمتني البراغيثُ طيبَ الكرى
فليسso does not يطوفُvisit الكرىslumber بالمآقيaround the eye corners
فليس يطوفُ الكرى بالمآقي
The fleas have denied me sweet slumber,
The fleas kept me from sweet slumber,
so sleep no longer visits my eyelids.
so slumber does not visit the corners of my eyes.
طفقنthey began يَردنَcoming to drink رفاقاًin bands دميmy blood
طفقن يَردنَ رفاقاً دمي
ومنand among أطولِthe longest الوِردِvisits to drink وردُthe drinking visit of الرفاقthe companions
ومن أطولِ الوِردِ وردُ الرفاق
They set about coming in bands to drink my blood—
They began coming in bands to drink my blood,
and longest is the watering of companions.
and companions' drinking visits are among the longest.
تفوقُoutstrip الهماليجُthe ambling steeds فيin مشيهاtheir gait
تفوقُ الهماليجُ في مشيها
إليَّtoward me وتقفزand leap قفزَthe leap of العتاقthe thoroughbreds
إليَّ وتقفز قفزَ العتاق
In their march toward me, they outstrip ambling steeds,
They outstrip ambling steeds in their gait
and leap with the leaping of thoroughbreds.
toward me, and leap like thoroughbreds.
ذواتُpossessors of شِفارٍblades رقاقٍslender تفوقُsurpass
ذواتُ شِفارٍ رقاقٍ تفوقُ
فيin القطعcutting حدَّthe sharp edge of الشفارِthe blades الرقاقthe slender ones
في القطع حدَّ الشفارِ الرقاق
They bear slender blades that surpass,
With slender blades, they surpass
in cutting, the edges of slender blades.
the edges of slender blades in cutting.
وكالرُّقَباءِand like the watchers علىover العاشقينthe lovers
وكالرُّقَباءِ على العاشقين
فتفسدُso they spoil بالقَرصِby biting طيبthe sweetness of العناقthe embrace
فتفسدُ بالقَرصِ طيب العناق
They are like watchers set over lovers,
And like watchers over lovers,
spoiling with their bites the sweetness of embrace.
they thus spoil the sweetness of embraces with their bites.
تُباشرُtouch جِلدَthe skin of الفتىthe young man كالهباءِlike dust motes
تُباشرُ جِلدَ الفتى كالهباءِ
ويصدرنَand they depart عنfrom جلدِهِhis skin كالزِّقاقlike wineskins
ويصدرنَ عن جلدِهِ كالزِّقاق
They alight on a young man’s skin like motes,
They touch a young man's skin like dust motes,
then leave his skin like swollen wineskins.
and leave his skin like wineskins.
