أقَبَلhas arrived العيدُEid عائداًreturning بالسُّعودwith good fortune
أقَبَل العيدُ عائداً بالسُّعود
فَهناءٌso joy بهِin it بِرَغمdespite الحسودِthe envious one
فَهناءٌ بهِ بِرَغم الحسودِ
Eid has come again, bringing good fortune.
The Eid has returned bearing good fortune
So joy in it, despite the envious!
So rejoice in it despite the envious
وَمضىand departed الصّومُthe fast راشداًrightly guided فيamid جُيوشٍarmies
وَمضى الصّومُ راشداً في جُيوشٍ
منْof رُكوعٍbowing مُبارَكٍblessed وَسُجودِand prostration
منْ رُكوعٍ مُبارَكٍ وَسُجودِ
And the fast departed, rightly guided, amid armies
And Ramadan has departed in armies
Of blessed bowing and prostration.
Of blessed rukus and sujoods
ورأيناand we saw شوَّالَShawwal قَدْalready فَصَمَbroke القيْthe fetter (first fragment)
ورأينا شوَّالَ قَدْ فَصَمَ القيْ
دَfetter (final fragment) هِلالاًas a crescent moon وَقالَand he said فُكَتْwere loosed قُيوديmy bonds
دَ هِلالاً وَقالَ فُكَتْ قُيودي
And we saw Shawwal, who had broken the fet-
And we saw Shawwal unveil
-ter, as a crescent; and he said, 'My bonds are loosed.'
A crescent, saying "My shackles are undone"
وَقَصَدناand we sought حُمْرَred الجرارِthe jars وَقَدand already لاappeared (first fragment)
وَقَصَدنا حُمْرَ الجرارِ وَقَد لا
حَappeared (final fragment) عَليهاupon them شُربيmy drinking دَمَblood العنقودِthe grape-cluster
حَ عَليها شُربي دَمَ العنقودِ
And we sought the red jars; already there ap-
So we sought out the wine jars, with nary
-peared upon them my drinking of the grape-cluster's blood.
A drop left, having drunk it to the dregs
وأتتْand came دولةُthe reign المصاليقِboiled dishes والكشْand kishk (first fragment)
وأتتْ دولةُ المصاليقِ والكشْ
كِkishk (final fragment) المُصَفّىstrained مكائداُscheming للثَريدagainst tharid (bread in broth)
كِ المُصَفّى مكائداُ للثَريد
And came the reign of boiled dishes and kish-
And the kingdom of flutes and refined
-k, strained, plotting against tharid.
Tambourines came with plots for the prey
فَتَلقّوهُso welcome it ياO أُوليpossessors of القَصْفrevelry بالدفِّwith the tambourine
فَتَلقّوهُ يا أُولي القَصْف بالدفِّ
دُدُفْdu-duf (tambourine sound) دُفْduf (tambourine sound) وَتَنْand tan (oud sound) تَتَنْta-tan (oud sound) بالعودِwith the oud
دُدُفْ دُفْ وَتَنْ تَتَنْ بالعودِ
So welcome it, you revelers, with the tambourine:
Receive them, O masters of rhythm, with a
Du-duf, duf, and tan, ta-tan on the oud.
Duff duff duff and a tan tan with the lute
وَتَلَand tala (flute sound) لَلْlal (flute sound) لَلَلَّlalalla (flute sound) بالنّايwith the ney flute إمّاeither
وَتَلَ لَلْ لَلَلَّ بالنّاي إمّا
ببسيطٍwith a simple tune مُرجّعٍrepeated أوor نَشيدِa chant
ببسيطٍ مُرجّعٍ أو نَشيدِ
And tala, lal, lalalla on the ney, either
And sing lal lala with the flute either
With a simple, repeated tune or a chant.
In Basit Murajjah or a song
وَقَقَهْand qa-qah (bottle gurgle) قَهْqah (bottle gurgle) قنانياًbottles تَسْكُبُpour الراthe wine (first fragment)
وَقَقَهْ قَهْ قنانياً تَسْكُبُ الرا
حَwine (final fragment) عَقيداًthickened مُتَوَّجاًcrowned بالعُقودwith necklaces
حَ عَقيداً مُتَوَّجاً بالعُقود
And qa-qah, qah—bottles pouring wi-
And pour the spirit copiously like a
-ne, thickened, crowned with necklaces.
Crowning vine dripping with clustered grapes
وَبِبَبَّand bibabba (kiss sound) بَبّاخَbabbakh (kiss sound) تقبيلُthe kissing of خَدًa cheek
وَبِبَبَّ بَبّاخَ تقبيلُ خَدً
يخجِلُputs to shame الوردَthe rose منهُbecause of it فيin التّوريدِrosiness
يخجِلُ الوردَ منهُ في التّوريدِ
And bibabba, babbakh—the kissing of a cheek
And with a babbling of loving kisses that
Whose rosiness puts the rose to shame,
Would shame the rose in its blooming
منْof غَزالٍa gazelle مُغازِلٍflirtatious بِجِفُونٍwith eyelids
منْ غَزالٍ مُغازِلٍ بِجِفُونٍ
ساحراتٍbewitching تَقضيdecree بِصّيْدِfor the capture of الأسودِthe lions
ساحراتٍ تَقضي بِصّيْدِ الأسودِ
Of a flirtatious gazelle with eyelids
From a flirting gazelle with bewitching
Bewitching, that decree the capture of lions.
Eyes that hunt their prey of lions
غادةٌa graceful maiden رَدْفُهاher rump كثيبٌa sand dune وَمِنْand from قاstature (first fragment)
غادةٌ رَدْفُها كثيبٌ وَمِنْ قا
مَتِهاher stature (final fragment) غُصْنُa bough بانةٍa ban tree أُملودsupple
مَتِها غُصْنُ بانةٍ أُملود
A graceful maiden, her rump a sand dune, and from her stat-
With hips that rise like a sand dune and a
-ure a supple bough of a ban tree.
Neck that bends like a branch of a willow