إمنعwithhold وصالكyour intimacy ياO فلاso- (first part of 'so-and-so')
إمنع وصالك يا فلا
نand-so (completes 'so-and-so') فلستُfor I am not منكَof you ولستَand you are not منيof me
ن فلستُ منكَ ولستَ مني
Withhold your company, O so-and-so—
Withhold your intimacy, O so-
—n; for I am not of you, nor are you of me.
and-so, for I am not yours, nor are you mine.
قدindeed كانَwas وجهكyour face فيamong الورىhumankind
قد كانَ وجهك في الورى
لمعاًgleams of light فقدand now صارhas become ابنIbn (son of) جنيJinni
لمعاً فقد صار ابن جني
Your face among humankind once was
Your face once was, among humankind,
radiance; now it has become Ibn Jinni—a son of the jinn.
Radiance; now it has become Ibn Jinni.
Sol 6.1