طَلِيقُunfettered دُمُوعِيmy tears فيin الغَرَامِpassionate love مُسَلسَلُchained
طَلِيقُ دُمُوعِي في الغَرَامِ مُسَلسَلُ
وَآخِرُand the end of وَجدِيmy longing فِيin المَحَبَّةِlove أوَّلُa beginning
وَآخِرُ وَجدِي فِي المَحَبَّةِ أوَّلُ
My unfettered tears are chained in passion;
And the end of my longing in love is a beginning.
أيَاO قَمَراًmoon أمسَىhas become عَنِaway from العَينِthe eye آفِلاًsetting
أيَا قَمَراً أمسَى عَنِ العَينِ آفِلاً
وَلَيسَand there is no لَهُfor him إلاَّexcept فُؤَاديmy heart مَنزِلُdwelling
وَلَيسَ لَهُ إلاَّ فُؤَادي مَنزِلُ
O moon that has now set beyond sight,
And has no dwelling but my heart;
وَغُصنَand O branch of نَقاًa sand dune اضحَىhas become لَدَيَّwith me مُعَزَّزاًcherished
وَغُصنَ نَقاً اضحَى لَدَيَّ مُعَزَّزاً
وَعُنقُودُand the cluster of جَعِcurly (text defective) الشَّعرِhair مِنهُof him مُدَلَّلُpampered
وَعُنقُودُ جَعِ الشَّعرِ مِنهُ مُدَلَّلُ
And O branch upon a dune, now cherished at my side,
And the cluster of his curling hair is pampered;
وَسُلطَانَand O sovereign of حُسنٍbeauty ظَلَّcontinued to نَاظِرُthe overseer of طَرفِهِhis eye
وَسُلطَانَ حُسنٍ ظَلَّ نَاظِرُ طَرفِهِ
وَعَامِلُand the governor of خَدَّيهِhis two cheeks يَجُورُacts unjustly وَيَعدِلُand acts justly
وَعَامِلُ خَدَّيهِ يَجُورُ وَيَعدِلُ
And O sovereign of beauty, whose eye's overseer
And cheeks' governor still rule unjustly and justly.
عَجِبتُI marveled لِخَدّat a cheek مِنكَof yours أصبحَbecame وَالِياًa governor
عَجِبتُ لِخَدّ مِنكَ أصبحَ وَالِياً
وَلَحظُكَwhile your glance لَمnot يَبرَحcease مَدَىthroughout الدَّهرall time يَعزِلُdismisses from office
وَلَحظُكَ لَم يَبرَح مَدَى الدَّهر يَعزِلُ
I marvel at a cheek of yours that has become a governor,
While your glance has never ceased, through all time, to depose.
وَأعجَبُand more astonishing مِنthan ذَاthis أنَّنِيthat I لَكَfor you ظَامِىءٌthirsty
وَأعجَبُ مِن ذَا أنَّنِي لَكَ ظَامِىءٌ
وَمُنهَلُّwhile the outpouring of دَمعِيmy tears لِلرَّكَائِبِfor riding camels مَنهَلُa watering place
وَمُنهَلُّ دَمعِي لِلرَّكَائِبِ مَنهَلُ
And stranger still is that I thirst for you,
While my streaming tears are a watering place for riding camels.
رَعَىmay protect اللهُGod مَنthe one whom أهوَىI love فَكَمfor how often ذاindeed (emphatic) يَلومُنيblame me
رَعَى اللهُ مَن أهوَى فَكَم ذا يَلومُني
وُشَاةٌslanderers وَحُسَّادٌand enviers عَلَيهِon his account وَعُذَّلُand reproachers
وُشَاةٌ وَحُسَّادٌ عَلَيهِ وَعُذَّلُ
May God guard the one I love! How often I am blamed
For him by slanderers, enviers, and reproachers.
فَلَوso if فَصَلُواthey cut apart جَِسمِيmy body لأسلُوso I might forget جَمَالَهُhis beauty
فَلَو فَصَلُوا جَِسمِي لأسلُو جَمَالَهُ
صَبَرتُI would endure لأنَّbecause الصَّبرَpatience للِصَّبّfor the lovesick lover أجمَلُmore becoming
صَبَرتُ لأنَّ الصَّبرَ للِصَّبّ أجمَلُ
So, were they to cut my body apart to make me forget his beauty,
I would endure, for patience is more becoming to the lovesick.
قَضِيبٌa slender branch إذاwhen أهوَىhe bends down بِعِطفَيهِwith his two flanks عَاملٌpotent
قَضِيبٌ إذا أهوَى بِعِطفَيهِ عَاملٌ
غَزَالٌa gazelle إذَاwhen أومَىhe gestures بِعَينَيهِwith his two eyes أعمَلُmore potent
غَزَالٌ إذَا أومَى بِعَينَيهِ أعمَلُ
A slender branch, potent when he sways his flanks;
A gazelle, more potent when he gestures with his eyes.
بِغَيرِby anything other than شَذَاهُhis fragrance مِنfrom جُنُونِيَmy madness لَمdid not أفِقI recover
بِغَيرِ شَذَاهُ مِن جُنُونِيَ لَم أفِق
كَأنَّas though شَذَاهُhis fragrance لِلممَجَانِينِfor the mad مَنزِلُa dwelling
كَأنَّ شَذَاهُ لِلممَجَانِينِ مَنزِلُ
Only through his fragrance have I recovered from my madness,
As though his fragrance were a home for the mad.
وَلَمَّاand when وَفَىhe fulfilled بِالعَهدِthe pledge نَزَّهتُI delighted نَاظِرِيmy gaze
وَلَمَّا وَفَى بِالعَهدِ نَزَّهتُ نَاظِرِي
بِرَوضَةِin the garden of خَدَّيهِhis two cheeks وَسِترِيَwhile my curtain مُسبَلُis lowered
بِرَوضَةِ خَدَّيهِ وَسِترِيَ مُسبَلُ
And when he kept his pledge, I delighted my gaze
In the garden of his cheeks, with my curtain drawn.
Translation model: Sol 6.1