أينغيblossom (probable typo for أينعي) ياO زهراتيmy flowers
أينغي يا زهراتي
لقديمfor bygone الصبواتpassions
لقديم الصبوات
Blossom, O my flowers,
Where are you, my flowers
for the passions of long ago.
Of the old youthfulness
لمdid not تزلcease ذكرىmemory لياليnights
لم تزل ذكرى ليالي
العذابtorment السالفاتbygone
العذاب السالفات
Still the memory of nights
The memory of nights
of torment, now long past,
Of past torment
حيةًalive بالذهنin the mind قدmay تبعثsend forth
حيةً بالذهن قد تبعث
مسكmusk النفحاتfragrant breezes
مسك النفحات
lives in the mind, and may send forth
Is still alive in mind that can invoke
the musk of fragrant breezes,
The fragrance of sighs
حينwhen أهديتI offered مثيلاcounterparts (first part of مثيلاتك)
حين أهديت مثيلا
تكyour (ending of مثيلاتك) فيin حسنbeauty of شياتhues
تك في حسن شيات
from when I offered flowers like
When I gave the like of you
you, in lovely hues,
In the beauty of features
لوto a (opening of لوضيء) ضيءradiant one (ending of وضيء) الصفحاتthe cheeks
لو ضيء الصفحات
لؤلؤيpearl-like in البسماتsmiles
لؤلؤي البسمات
to one with radiant cheeks,
If the pages shone
pearl-like smiles,
My pearls of smiles
يوسفيYusuf-like in القسماتfeatures
يوسفي القسمات
نرجسيnarcissus-like in اللحظاتglances
نرجسي اللحظات
Yusuf-like features,
My Joseph of traits
narcissus-like glances.
My narcissus of glances
صمدbore down الدهرTime إليهupon him
صمد الدهر إليه
وهوand it وعرharsh in السطواتthe assaults
وهو وعر السطوات
Time bore down upon him,
The everlasting clung to him
and it was fierce in its assaults.
And he is rugged in determination
ماwhat عسىcould طاقةstrength ذيone endowed with الحسbeauty (first part of الحسن)
ما عسى طاقة ذي الحس
نending of الحسن, meaning beauty بماضيagainst one resolute in العزماتdeterminations
ن بماضي العزمات
What strength could a beautiful one have
What can the patience of the sensible do
against unyielding resolve?
With the past resolves
فذويso withered الحسنbeauty ولماbut not yet
فذوي الحسن ولما
يذوwither حبlove for الذاوياتthe withered ones
يذو حب الذاويات
So beauty withered, but not yet
Those with beauty when not
has love for the withered ones withered.
Possess love of the enamoured
ياO زهورflowers الشعرpoetry لاmay you not خنتbetray
يا زهور الشعر لا خنت
زهورflowers الوجناتthe cheeks
زهور الوجنات
O flowers of poetry, may you never betray
O flowers of poetry do not betray
the flowers of cheeks.
Flowers of heavens
إنif يكنbe أخلقgrown worn حسنٌa beauty
إن يكن أخلق حسنٌ
كانwas وحيinspiration for الحسناتlovely things
كان وحي الحسنات
If a beauty has grown worn—
If good manners exist
one that inspired lovely things—
It was inspiration of good deeds
فقديماًso long ago كانit was غصناًa bough
فقديماً كان غصناً
سحريenchanting in النسماتthe breezes
سحري النسمات
then long ago it was a bough
For of old it was a magical branch
with enchanting breezes.
Enchanting breezes
وقديماًand long ago جادكshowered you الحسنbeauty
وقديماً جادك الحسن
بطلwith the dew of الضحكاتlaughter
بطل الضحكات
And long ago, beauty showered you
And of old beauty granted you
with the dew of laughter.
Hero of laughter
أينعىblossom فوقabove ذواهits withering
أينعى فوق ذواه
واحفظيand preserve عهدthe pledge of السقاةthe waterers
واحفظي عهد السقاة
Blossom above its withering,
Bloom over its protection
and keep faith with those who watered you.
And keep the covenant of irrigators