قلsay لأبيto Abū جعفرٍJaʿfar المنتقىthe chosen one
قل لأبي جعفرٍ المنتقى
منfrom سرthe finest stock of قحطانٍQaḥṭān وخولانِand Khawlān
من سر قحطانٍ وخولانِ
Say to Abū Jaʿfar, chosen
Tell Abu Ja'far al-Muntaqi
From the finest stock of Qaḥṭān and Khawlān:
Of the secret of Qahtan and Khawlan
انظرlook إلىat الظبيthe gazelle الأنيقelegant الذيwho
انظر إلى الظبي الأنيق الذي
يختالstruts فيin أبرادrobes إحسانِexcellence
يختال في أبراد إحسانِ
Look at the elegant gazelle who
Look at the beautiful gazelle
Struts in robes of excellence.
Prancing gracefully in the meadows of kindness
كأنماas though مقلتهhis eye بابلٌBabylon
كأنما مقلته بابلٌ
حفتsurrounded بسحرby the magic of الإنسhumankind والجانِand the jinn
حفت بسحر الإنس والجانِ
As though his eye were Babylon,
As if its eyes were kohl from Babylon
Surrounded by the magic of humankind and jinn.
Surrounded by the magic of mankind and jinn
كأنماas though شاربهhis mustache بهجةًin splendor
كأنما شاربه بهجةً
زمردٌemerald منfrom فوقabove مرجانِcoral
زمردٌ من فوق مرجانِ
As though his mustache, in its splendor,
As if its drinking is a blissful
Were emerald above coral.
Emerald from atop coral
كأنماas though أردافهhis buttocks عالجٌʿĀlij (a sandy region)
كأنما أردافه عالجٌ
وقدهand his figure غصنٌa branch منof البانِthe bān tree
وقده غصنٌ من البانِ
As though his buttocks were the dunes of ʿĀlij,
As if its hindquarters are a remedy
And his figure a branch of the bān tree.
And its neck a branch of ebony
Sol 6.1