أفديكI would ransom you مالكتيmy mistress إلاuntil
أفديك مالكتي إلا
مwhen? تحجباveiling yourself عنfrom عبدa slave رقكyour bondage
م تحجبا عن عبد رقك
I would ransom you, my mistress—until
I ransom you with all I own
when will you hide yourself from your bondsman?
Do not veil yourself from your enslaved lover
ظلامdarkness فرعكyour tresses عنfrom
ظلام فرعك عن
ضياءradiance صباحdawn فرقكyour hair’s parting
ضياء صباح فرقك
The darkness of your tresses, away from
The darkness of your branch from
the radiance of dawn at your hair’s parting.
The radiance of your dawn's distinction
وأزحتand you lifted غيمcloud نقابveil حسbeauty (word begins)
وأزحت غيم نقاب حس
نكyour beauty (word continues) عنfrom بهاءsplendor هلالcrescent افقكyour horizon
نك عن بهاء هلال افقك
And you lifted the cloud of the veil
And you removed the cloud's veil from the
of your beauty from the splendor of your horizon’s crescent.
Beauty of your horizon's crescent moon
وسفرتand you unveiled باسمةsmiling فراسلso exchanged messages with
وسفرت باسمة فراسل
درpearls دمعيmy tears دُرpearls برقكyour lightning
در دمعي دُر برقك
And you unveiled, smiling; then messages passed
And you traveled with gentleness so correspond
between the pearls of my tears and the pearls of your lightning.
In my tear a pearl with your lightning
وأبيكand by your father منwho? مدspread out المهالكdeadly perils
وأبيك من مد المهالك
كالحبائلlike snares دونbefore طرفكyour gaze
كالحبائل دون طرفك
And by your father—who spread deadly perils
And I want from extending the ends
like snares before your gaze?
Like ropes below your edge
إنif كانthere is منanyone who يصلىburns in الجحيمHell
إن كان من يصلى الجحيم
فمهجتيthen my soul فيin نارthe fire عشقكpassionate love for you
فمهجتي في نار عشقك
If there is anyone who burns in Hell,
If there is one who prays for hell
then my soul is in the fire of passionate love for you.
Then my inner self is in the fire of your love