ياO ذاyou الَّذيwho فيon خَدِّهhis cheek
يا ذا الَّذي في خَدِّه
جَيشانِtwo armies مِنof زِنجٍZanj (Black Africans) ورُومِand Rum (Byzantines)
جَيشانِ مِن زِنجٍ ورُومِ
O you, on whose cheek
Oh you with cheeks hosting
are two armies, of Zanj and Rum:
Armies of blacks and Romans
هَذاthis one يُغيرُraids عَلىupon القُلُوthe hearts (word continues on the next line)
هَذا يُغيرُ عَلى القُلُو
بِcompletion of 'hearts' وذاand that one يُغيرُraids علىupon الجُسومِthe bodies
بِ وذا يُغيرُ على الجُسومِ
this one raids the hearts,
This one assaults hearts
and that one raids the bodies.
While that assaults bodies
إنِّيindeed I وَقَفتُhave come to stand مِنbecause of الهَوىlove
إنِّي وَقَفتُ مِن الهَوى
فيin مَوقِفٍa plight ضَنكٍstraitened عَظِيمِgreat
في مَوقِفٍ ضَنكٍ عَظِيمِ
Indeed, through love I have come to stand
I have stood from passion
in a plight of great distress,
In a position narrow, great
كوقُوفِlike the standing of عاِرضِكَthe down on your cheek الَّذيwhich
كوقُوفِ عاِرضِكَ الَّذي
قَدhas حارَbecome bewildered فيin ماءِthe water of النَّعِيمِbliss
قَد حارَ في ماءِ النَّعِيمِ
like the down on your cheek, which stands
Like the standing of your loaner
bewildered in the waters of bliss.
Lost in waters of bliss
Sol 6.1