ياO زهرblossom اللوزthe almond لقدindeed فقتyou have surpassed فيin الthe
يا زهر اللوز لقد فقت في ال
إحسانbeneficence والحسنand beauty فأنتso you are البديعthe wondrous one
إحسان والحسن فأنت البديع
O almond blossom, you have indeed excelled in
O blossom of almond, you have excelled in kindness and beauty, you are sublime
Beneficence and beauty; you are the wondrous one.
You have gained two beauties and attained wishes, the best of pastures is beauty, so you are lofty
قدindeed حزتyou have gained حسنينtwo beauties وحازتand gained نواblossoms (first part)
قد حزت حسنين وحازت نوا
ويرblossoms (remaining part) الربىthe hills حسناًone beauty فأنتso you are الرفيعthe exalted one
وير الربى حسناً فأنت الرفيع
You have gained two beauties, while the blossoms
You rise above the blossoms of the meadow in beauty, for you have become specially beloved by spring
Of the hills gained one beauty; you are the exalted one.
Your qualities have exhausted comparisons, when others are compared to your cheek and neighbor of all
تعلوyou surpass بهارoxeye flowers الروضthe garden حسناًin beauty فقدfor indeed
تعلو بهار الروض حسناً فقد
أصبحتyou have become مخصوصاًsingled out بحبwith the love of الربيعspring
أصبحت مخصوصاً بحب الربيع
You surpass the garden’s oxeye flowers in beauty; for indeed
Like a drink in redness, whoever sees you at dawn becomes unable to do anything
You have become singled out for spring’s love.
I said, when they witness your luminous beauty at dawn
قدindeed أمكsought you الوصافthe describers إذwhen شبهواthey likened
قد أمك الوصاف إذ شبهوا
غيركsomething other than you بالخدto the cheek وجارand acted unjustly الجميعall of them
غيرك بالخد وجار الجميع
The describers have indeed sought you when they likened
The dewdrops are absorbed in it, in its blossom, neither hearing nor obedient
Something other than you to the cheek, and all were unjust.
كالمشربlike one tinged فيin حمرةredness
كالمشرب في حمرة
منwhoever يرهsees it أصبحbecomes لاnot يستطيعis able
من يره أصبح لا يستطيع
Like one tinged with redness.
Whoever sees it becomes unable.
قلتI said إذاwhen عاينواthey beheld
قلت إذا عاينوا
جمالكyour beauty النورينthe two lights عندat الطلوعthe rising
جمالك النورين عند الطلوع
I said, when they beheld
Your beauty, the two lights at rising.
النواويرthe blossoms اغتلاءًrising high فيهاin them
النواوير اغتلاءً فيها
فيin زهرهاtheir blossoms غيرnot سميعlistening مطيعobedient
في زهرها غير سميع مطيع
The blossoms, rising high among them,
Among their blossoms, neither listening nor obedient.
Partial English translation: 7 of 14 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1