وأحسنُand the loveliest ماwhat فيin الوجوهthe faces العيونُthe eyes
وأحسنُ ما في الوجوه العيونُ
وأشبَهand most like شيءٍa thing بهاto them النرجسُthe narcissus
وأشبَه شيءٍ بها النرجسُ
And fairest of all in faces are the eyes;
And the loveliest things in faces are the eyes;
and most resembling them is the narcissus.
and the thing most like them is the narcissus.
يظلit keeps يلاحظgazing at وجهthe face of النديthe drinking companion (word continues)
يظل يلاحظ وجه الندي
مcompletion of ‘drinking companion’ فرداًalone وحيداًsolitary فيستأنسُand so it finds companionship
م فرداً وحيداً فيستأنسُ
It keeps gazing upon the face of darkness,
It keeps gazing at the drinking companion’s face,
alone and solitary—and so it finds solace.
alone and solitary, and so finds companionship.
Sol 6.1