ياO منyou who وهبتُI gave لوجههto his face
يا من وهبتُ لوجهه
نفسيmy soul وتلكand that لهfor him قليلَهْlittle
نفسي وتلك له قليلَهْ
O you, to whose face I offered
my soul—and that is little for him.
سترواthey concealed جمالَكyour beauty جُهدَهمwith all their effort
ستروا جمالَك جُهدَهم
وبزعْمِهمand, so they claimed عمّواthey obscured سبيلَهْthe way to it
وبزعْمِهم عمّوا سبيلَهْ
They concealed your beauty with all their might,
and, so they thought, obscured the way to it.
سمّوْكَthey named you ضرغاماًḌirghām (lion) وأنthough you (continued)
سمّوْكَ ضرغاماً وأن
تَ(completes 'you') رشاًa gazelle-fawn ونادوْكَand they called you ابنَson of فِيلهْFīlah (elephant)
تَ رشاً ونادوْكَ ابنَ فِيلهْ
They named you Ḍirghām ('Lion'), though you
are a gazelle-fawn, and called you Ibn Fīlah ('Son of an Elephant').
لمnot يترُكواthey left فيin كتْمِconcealing أمرaffair
لم يترُكوا في كتْمِ أمر
كَyour ياO مليحَbeautiful one of الأرضِthe earth حيلَهْa ruse
كَ يا مليحَ الأرضِ حيلَهْ
They left, in concealing your affair,
O beauty of the earth, no ruse untried.
إنindeed الظلامَthe darkness إذاwhen دَجاit grows dense
إن الظلامَ إذا دَجا
سببٌa cause لإظهارِfor revealing الفتيلَهْthe wick
سببٌ لإظهارِ الفتيلَهْ
Indeed darkness, when it deepens,
is a reason for revealing the wick.
Sol 6.1