إِعتادَhas accustomed قَلبَكَyour heart مِنfrom حَبيبكyour beloved عيدُهُhis feast
إِعتادَ قَلبَكَ مِن حَبيبك عيدُهُ
شَوقٌlonging عَراكَbeset you فَأَنتَso you عَنهُfrom it تَذودُهُward it off
شَوقٌ عَراكَ فَأَنتَ عَنهُ تَذودُهُ
Your beloved’s feast has become familiar to your heart.
Longing has beset you, and you try to fend it off.
وَالشَوقُand longing قَدhas غَلَبَovercome الفُؤادَthe heart فَقادَهُand led it
وَالشَوقُ قَد غَلَبَ الفُؤادَ فَقادَهُ
وَالشَوقُand longing يَغلِبُovercomes ذاone possessed of الهَوىlove فَيَقودُهُand leads him
وَالشَوقُ يَغلِبُ ذا الهَوى فَيَقودُهُ
But longing has overcome the heart and taken its lead.
Longing overcomes the lover and leads him away.
فيin دارِthe house of مَرّارٍMarrar غَزالُa gazelle كَنيسَةٍof a church
في دارِ مَرّارٍ غَزالُ كَنيسَةٍ
عَطِرٌfragrant عَلَيهِupon him خُزوزُهُhis silks وَبُرودُهُand his striped cloaks
عَطِرٌ عَلَيهِ خُزوزُهُ وَبُرودُهُ
In Marrar’s house is a gazelle of the church,
Fragrant, wearing his silks and striped cloaks.
ريمٌa white gazelle أَغَرُّradiant كَأَنَّهُas though he مِنbecause of حُسنِهِhis beauty
ريمٌ أَغَرُّ كَأَنَّهُ مِن حُسنِهِ
صَنَمٌan idol يَحُجُّmakes pilgrimage بِبَيعَةٍto a church مَعبودُهُhis worshipped one
صَنَمٌ يَحُجُّ بِبَيعَةٍ مَعبودُهُ
A radiant white gazelle, as though, for his beauty,
He were an idol whose worshipped one makes pilgrimage to a church.
عَيناهُhis eyes عَيناthe two eyes of جُؤذُرٍa young gazelle بِصَريمَةٍin a thicket
عَيناهُ عَينا جُؤذُرٍ بِصَريمَةٍ
وَلَهُand he has مِنَfrom الظَبيِthe antelope المُرَبَّبِcarefully reared جيدُهُits neck
وَلَهُ مِنَ الظَبيِ المُرَبَّبِ جيدُهُ
His eyes are the eyes of a young gazelle in a thicket,
And he has the neck of a carefully reared antelope.
ماwhat ضَرَّwould harm عَثمَةَAthma أَنif تُلِمَّshe visited بِعاشِقٍa lover
ما ضَرَّ عَثمَةَ أَن تُلِمَّ بِعاشِقٍ
دَنِفِsick الفُوادِof heart مُتَيَّمٍlovestruck فَتَعودُهُand tended him
دَنِفِ الفُوادِ مُتَيَّمٍ فَتَعودُهُ
What would it cost Athma to call on a lover,
Sick at heart and lovestruck, and tend to him?
وَتَلُدُّهُand administered medicine to him مِنfrom ريقِهاher saliva فَلَرُبَّماfor perhaps
وَتَلُدُّهُ مِن ريقِها فَلَرُبَّما
نَفَعَcured السَقيمَthe sick man مِنَof السِقامِillness لَدودُهُhis oral medicine
نَفَعَ السَقيمَ مِنَ السِقامِ لَدودُهُ
And give him medicine from her saliva? Perhaps
Such a draught has cured a sick man of his illness.