نسيم صباح الحب

أوتار مبعثرة
ترجمة إنجليزية
شارك:
نَسِيمَ صَبَاحِ الْحُبِّ بَلِّغْ تَحِيَّتِيمَرَامِي وَحُبِّي بَلْ مُنَايَ وَمُنْيَتِي
وَفَوْقَ خُدُودِ الْوَرْدِ فَارْسُمْ مُقَبِّلًاتَوَرُّدَهَا شَوْقًا تَوَلَّتْهُ مُهْجَتِي
وَلَا تَنْسَ لَثْمَ الْكَرْزِ فَوْقَ شِفَاهِهَاوَرَشْفَ رُضَابِ الْحُبِّ غَايَةُ مُتْعَتِي
وَقُلْ لِمَرَامِي إِنَّ هٰذِي رَسَائِلُ الْـمُحِبِّ الَّذِي يَهْوَاكِ فِي كُلِّ فَيْنَةِ
فَتًى يَطْلُبُ الْوَصْلَ الَّذِي ظَلَّ مُبْعَدًافَهَلْ لِدِرَاكِ الْوَصْلِ أَيُّ وَسِيلَةِ؟

Breeze of Love’s Morning

  1. Breeze of love’s morning, bear my greeting to my goal1,
    my love, no, more than that: my hope, that wish of mine.
  2. And on the rose of her cheeks2, as you kiss them, paint
    their blush, out of a longing that my heart has made its own.
  3. And don’t forget to kiss the cherries of her lips,
    and sip love’s nectar3, the height of my delight.
  4. And tell my goal: “These messages are sent
    by the lover who adores you all the time,
  5. a young man seeking union, kept so long from him:
    is there, to reach that union, any means that he might find?”

Notes

  1. Marāmī means ‘my aim, the goal I strive for’. It is used as a way of addressing the beloved, both here and in verse 4. Sending greetings by the morning breeze (nasīm al-ṣabā) is an old convention of Arabic love poetry: the breeze is the lovers’ messenger, carrying words and fragrance between them. ↩
  2. Literally ‘the cheeks of the rose’: the beloved’s cheeks are called roses, and the breeze, touching them like a kiss, is asked to bring out their flush. ↩
  3. Ruḍāb, the moisture of the beloved’s mouth, is a stock image of classical Arabic love poetry, likened to wine or honey; to sip it means to kiss. ↩

English translation prepared by artificial intelligence and reviewed against the Arabic for accuracy of meaning and rhetoric.