أمِسْكٌis it musk دِيفَblended بالقهْوَwith wine (continued)
أمِسْكٌ دِيفَ بالقهْوَ
ة(completes 'wine') فيin الكَاسَاتِthe cups مَمْزُوجَهْmixed
ة في الكَاسَاتِ مَمْزُوجَهْ
Is it musk stirred into wine,
blended in the cups
بماءِwith water of الورْدِroses أَمْor أنْفَاbreaths (continued)
بماءِ الورْدِ أَمْ أنْفَا
سُ(completes 'breaths') رُودِa woman delicate in الخَلْقِform مَغْنُوجَهْcoquettish
سُ رُودِ الخَلْقِ مَغْنُوجَهْ
with rosewater—or the breaths
of a tender-formed, coquettish woman?
سَرَتْshe traveled by night قاصِدَةًheading نَحْوَtoward
سَرَتْ قاصِدَةً نَحْوَ
كِyou لاnot تُزْمِعُshe intends تعْرِيجَهْa detour
كِ لا تُزْمِعُ تعْرِيجَهْ
She journeyed by night, heading toward
you, intending no detour,
وللّيْلِand night has سَرَابِيلٌrobes
وللّيْلِ سَرَابِيلٌ
مِنَof الظَّلْماءِdarkness مَنْسُوجَهْwoven
مِنَ الظَّلْماءِ مَنْسُوجَهْ
while night wore robes
woven out of darkness.
وَقَدْand already أزْعَجَهاhad driven her شَجْوٌgrief
وَقَدْ أزْعَجَها شَجْوٌ
أَطَالَprolonged الشّوْقُlonging تهييجَهْits stirring
أَطَالَ الشّوْقُ تهييجَهْ
Grief had already driven her on,
its stirring prolonged by longing,
وَمَكْنُونٌand a hidden store منof الوَجْدِpassion
وَمَكْنُونٌ من الوَجْدِ
بِهِby it الأَحْشَاءُthe inward parts مَنْضُوجَهْseared
بِهِ الأَحْشَاءُ مَنْضُوجَهْ
and a hidden store of passion
that seared her inward parts.
تَثَنَّىswayed مِثْلَlike ماthe way that هَزَّتْshook
تَثَنَّى مِثْلَ ما هَزَّتْ
صَباًan east wind أَعْطَافَthe boughs of عُسْلُوجَهْa tender shoot
صَباً أَعْطَافَ عُسْلُوجَهْ
She swayed, as when
an east wind shook a tender shoot's boughs.
وأذْكىَand intensified عِطْرَهَاher perfume الريحُthe wind
وأذْكىَ عِطْرَهَا الريحُ
فأَهْدَتْso it offered لهto him أُنْجُوجَهْa piece of aloeswood
فأَهْدَتْ له أُنْجُوجَهْ
The wind kindled her perfume
and offered him a gift of aloeswood.
وأَجْلَتْand it drew back عنfrom كَأَفْنَانٍforms like branches
وأَجْلَتْ عن كَأَفْنَانٍ
مِنَof الكَرْمَةِthe vine مَعْرُوجَهْbent
مِنَ الكَرْمَةِ مَعْرُوجَهْ
It unveiled forms like branches
of a vine, bent and curved,
كأنْas though رِيحٌa wind أَعَارَتْهاhad lent them
كأنْ رِيحٌ أَعَارَتْها
منfrom الحِقْفِthe curving sand-dune تَدَارِيجَهْits undulating contours
من الحِقْفِ تَدَارِيجَهْ
as though a wind had lent them
the sand-dune's undulating contours;
وثَغْرٌand a mouth واضحٌradiant زيَّadorned (continued)
وثَغْرٌ واضحٌ زيَّ
نَ(completes 'adorned') منهof it الظَّلْمُtooth-luster تَفْلِيجَهْits tooth-gaps
نَ منه الظَّلْمُ تَفْلِيجَهْ
and a radiant mouth, whose
tooth-luster adorned its gaps.
فَدَرّجْتُso I coaxed إلىtoward الوَصْلِlove's union
فَدَرّجْتُ إلى الوَصْلِ
رَشاًa fawn أَحْسَنْتُI perfected تدريجَهْits coaxing
رَشاً أَحْسَنْتُ تدريجَهْ
So I coaxed toward love's union
a fawn, with skillful, gentle guidance.
فَبِتْنَاso we spent the night والخَلاخِيلُwhile the anklets
فَبِتْنَا والخَلاخِيلُ
يُلاَقِينَmet دَمَالِيجَهْits armlets
يُلاَقِينَ دَمَالِيجَهْ
So we spent the night, while the anklets
met that fawn's armlets.
فلماthen when خَيّلَfirst appeared الصُّبْحُdawn
فلما خَيّلَ الصُّبْحُ
ولماwhile not yet يُبْدِrevealing تَبْليجَهْits brightness
ولما يُبْدِ تَبْليجَهْ
Then, when dawn first appeared,
not yet revealing its brightness,
وَأَتْبَعْتُand I followed العَرَاthe open air وَجْهاًwith a face
وَأَتْبَعْتُ العَرَا وَجْهاً
كسىclothed البِشْرُcheerfulness تَناهِيجَهْits features
كسى البِشْرُ تَناهِيجَهْ
I showed the open air a face
whose features cheerfulness had clothed.
توَلَّتْshe turned away فَمَضَتْso went فيin إِثْthe wake (continued)
توَلَّتْ فَمَضَتْ في إِثْ
رِها(completes 'her wake') نَفْسُكَyour soul مَعْلُوجَهْtormented
رِها نَفْسُكَ مَعْلُوجَهْ
She turned away; in her wake went
your tormented soul.
وَرَاعتْكَand alarmed you لهاbelonging to her عِيْسٌpale camels
وَرَاعتْكَ لها عِيْسٌ
لِوَشْكِfor the imminence of البَيْنِparting مَحْدُوجَهْsaddled
لِوَشْكِ البَيْنِ مَحْدُوجَهْ
Her pale camels alarmed you,
saddled for imminent parting.
وراقَتْكَand delighted you علىat الآرِيْthe tethering-post (continued)
وراقَتْكَ على الآرِيْ
ي(completes 'tethering-post') مَنْفُوجٌa full-flanked stallion وَمَنْفُوجَهْand a full-flanked mare
ي مَنْفُوجٌ وَمَنْفُوجَهْ
And at the tethering-post you admired
a full-flanked stallion and mare.
ومنand among شَأْنِيmy habits إذwhen المُتْرَthe pampered man (continued)
ومن شَأْنِي إذ المُتْرَ
فُ(completes 'pampered man') لمhad not يعملexercised هَمَالِيْجَهْhis ambling horses
فُ لم يعمل هَمَالِيْجَهْ
And it is my habit, when the pampered man
has not exercised his ambling horses,
إغاراتٌraids علىupon الوَحْشِwild game
إغاراتٌ على الوَحْشِ
بِعُنْجُوجٍwith a noble stallion وعُنْجُوجَهْand a noble mare
بِعُنْجُوجٍ وعُنْجُوجَهْ
to make raids upon wild game
with a noble stallion and mare.
وَآةٌa sturdy mare بَيْنَbetween نَسْلِthe offspring of الصَّيْal-Sayf (continued)
وَآةٌ بَيْنَ نَسْلِ الصَّيْ
فِ(completes 'al-Sayf') والأَعْوَجِand al-A‘waj مَنْتُوجَهْbred
فِ والأَعْوَجِ مَنْتُوجَهْ
A sturdy mare, bred between the lines of al-Sayf
and al-A‘waj.
ألحَّpressed relentlessly السَّرْجُthe saddle بالصِّهْوَupon the back (continued)
ألحَّ السَّرْجُ بالصِّهْوَ
ةِ(completes 'back') مِنْهاof her فهيso it was مَشْجُوجَهْgashed
ةِ مِنْها فهي مَشْجُوجَهْ
The saddle bore relentlessly upon
her back, leaving it gashed.
وأَنْحُوهُنَّand I pursue them بِالآلِthrough the mirage
وأَنْحُوهُنَّ بِالآلِ
فَمَرْعُوجٌso a harried male وَمَزْعُوجَهْand a frightened female
فَمَرْعُوجٌ وَمَزْعُوجَهْ
I bear down on them through the mirage,
one male harried, one female startled.
فَغَادَرْنَso they left نِطَافَdroplets of الدَّمْblood (continued)
فَغَادَرْنَ نِطَافَ الدَّمْ
مِ(completes 'blood') مِلأَfilling جْوَافِhollows مَمْجُوجَهْspat forth
مِ مِلأَ جْوَافِ مَمْجُوجَهْ
They left droplets of blood
spat forth, filling hollows.
وَبِتْنَاand we spent the night عِيْسُنَاour pale camels الهَجَمَاthe large herds (continued)
وَبِتْنَا عِيْسُنَا الهَجَمَا
تِ(completes 'large herds') فيin الأَكْلاَءِthe pastures مَمْرُوجَهْturned loose
تِ في الأَكْلاَءِ مَمْرُوجَهْ
We spent the night, our herds of pale camels
turned loose among the pastures.
أتاناcame to us الضَّيْفُthe guest يَسْتَنْبِrousing dogs to bark (continued)
أتانا الضَّيْفُ يَسْتَنْبِ
حُ(completes 'rousing dogs to bark') والنِّيرانُwhile the fires مأجُوجَهْwere blazing
حُ والنِّيرانُ مأجُوجَهْ
A guest came, rousing dogs to bark,
while the fires were blazing.
فَراحَتْso they became بينamong مَبْعوجٍa gutted male
فَراحَتْ بين مَبْعوجٍ
بأَسْيافٍwith swords وَمَبْعُوجَهْand a gutted female
بأَسْيافٍ وَمَبْعُوجَهْ
They were left—males ripped open
with swords, and females ripped open too.
وأَتْبَعْتُand I followed القِرَىthe hospitality وَجْهاًwith a face
وأَتْبَعْتُ القِرَى وَجْهاً
كَسَاهُclothed it البِشْرُcheerfulness تَبْهِيجَهْits radiance
كَسَاهُ البِشْرُ تَبْهِيجَهْ
I followed my hospitality with a face
clothed by cheerfulness in radiance.
وَمَرْتٍand a barren waste سَبْسَبَlevel and vast تَشْفَpairs with (continued)
وَمَرْتٍ سَبْسَبَ تَشْفَ
عُ(completes 'pairs with') فِيهِin it هيقهits cock ostrich هُوجَهْa wild hen ostrich
عُ فِيهِ هيقه هُوجَهْ
And many a barren, level waste, where
a wild hen ostrich joins its cock,
بهin it للجِنَّthe jinn have عزّافٌa musician
به للجِنَّ عزّافٌ
يُواليkeeps up فِيْهِin it تَصْنِيجَهْhis cymbal-playing
يُوالي فِيْهِ تَصْنِيجَهْ
where the jinn have a musician
keeping up his cymbal-playing,
تَعَسَّفْتُI crossed tracklessly بِوَجْنَاءٍon a stout-cheeked she-camel
تَعَسَّفْتُ بِوَجْنَاءٍ
منamong الأيْنَقِthe she-camels حُرْجُوجَهْtall and lean
من الأيْنَقِ حُرْجُوجَهْ
I crossed tracklessly on a stout-cheeked camel,
a tall, lean one among she-camels.
كَأَنْas though قُطْنَةُa tuft of cotton نَدّافٍa cotton-carder's
كَأَنْ قُطْنَةُ نَدّافٍ
علىon المِشْفَرِthe lip مَحْلُوجَهْginned
على المِشْفَرِ مَحْلُوجَهْ
As though a cotton-carder's tuft
lay ginned upon her lip,
إلىtoward كَعْبَةِa Kaaba of آدَابٍletters
إلى كَعْبَةِ آدَابٍ
بأرضٍin the land of الشَّأْمِal-Sham مَحْجُوجَهْvisited by pilgrims
بأرضٍ الشَّأْمِ مَحْجُوجَهْ
toward a Kaaba of letters,
sought by pilgrims in the land of al-Sham:
عليٌّAli معدِنُthe source of المنطِspeech (continued)
عليٌّ معدِنُ المنطِ
قِ(completes 'speech') والمُحْذَىand the one endowed with دَيَايِيْجَهْits brocades (uncertain reading)
قِ والمُحْذَى دَيَايِيْجَهْ
Ali, the wellspring of speech,
endowed with its brocades [uncertain reading];
ومنand one who يعدِلُstraightens بالعِلْمِwith knowledge
ومن يعدِلُ بالعِلْمِ
منin المنادِthe opponent تَعْوِيجَهْhis crookedness
من المنادِ تَعْوِيجَهْ
who straightens with knowledge
an adversary's crookedness.
سَمَاعِيٌّlearned through listening قريحيٌّinnately gifted
سَمَاعِيٌّ قريحيٌّ
لَهُhe has فيin العلمknowledge سُرْجُوجَهْa natural aptitude
لَهُ في العلم سُرْجُوجَهْ
Learned by listening, gifted by nature,
he has a natural bent for knowledge.
إذَاwhen الأخبارُreports حاجَتْهُdispute with him
إذَا الأخبارُ حاجَتْهُ
ثَنَاهَاhe turns them back وهيwhile they are مَحْجُوجَهْrefuted
ثَنَاهَا وهي مَحْجُوجَهْ
When reports dispute with him,
he turns them back, refuted.
بهthrough him تَغْدُواbecome منfrom الشَّكِّdoubt
به تَغْدُوا من الشَّكِّ
قلوبُthe hearts of القَوْمِthe people مَثْلُوجَهْcooled and reassured
قلوبُ القَوْمِ مَثْلُوجَهْ
Through him, freed from doubt,
the people's hearts are soothed and cooled.
وَتُلْفيand you find طُرُقُthe paths of الحِكْمَwisdom (continued)
وَتُلْفي طُرُقُ الحِكْمَ
ةِ(completes 'wisdom') للأَفْهَامِfor understanding minds مَنْهُوجَهْlaid open
ةِ للأَفْهَامِ مَنْهُوجَهْ
And you find the paths of wisdom
laid open to understanding.
لكيso that يُفْرِجَhe may dispel عَنْهَاfrom it الخطthe affliction (continued)
لكي يُفْرِجَ عَنْهَا الخط
ب(completes 'affliction') لاnot أسْطِيعُI am able تَفْريجَهْto dispel it
ب لا أسْطِيعُ تَفْريجَهْ
So that he may lift from it the affliction
I have no power to lift,
وكيand so that يَمْنَحْنيhe may grant me تَأْدِيinstruction (continued)
وكي يَمْنَحْني تَأْدِي
بَهُ(completes 'his instruction') المَحْضُpure وَتَخْرِيجَهْand his tutelage
بَهُ المَحْضُ وَتَخْرِيجَهْ
and grant me his instruction,
pure, and his tutelage.
ومنand who أَوْلَىmore worthy بِتقرِيظof praise (continued)
ومن أَوْلَى بِتقرِيظ
يَmy ممنthan one كُنْتُI was خرِّيجَهْhis pupil
يَ ممن كُنْتُ خرِّيجَهْ
And who better deserves my praise
than he whose pupil I was,
ومَنْand who توَّجَنيcrowned me مِنَfrom علknowledge (continued)
ومَنْ توَّجَني مِنَ عل
مِهِ(completes 'his knowledge') أَحْسَنَthe finest تَتَويِجَهْhis crowning
مِهِ أَحْسَنَ تَتَويِجَهْ
and who crowned me with his
knowledge, with the finest crown?
Translation model: Sol 6.1