وأَنْحَلَنيand made me thin حتَّىto the point that لوif أَنّيthat I بِكَفْةٍin a scale-pan
وأَنْحَلَني حتَّى لو أَنّي بِكَفْةٍ
وظِلّيand my shadow بِأُخْرىin another ماnot رَجَحْتُI outweighed علىover ظِلّيmy shadow
وظِلّي بِأُخْرى ما رَجَحْتُ على ظِلّي
And I have been made so thin that, were I in one scale-pan,
You have granted me grace until if I were weighed
And my shadow in the other, I would not outweigh my shadow.
Against my shadow on the other scale, my shadow would not outweigh me.
إذاwhen طَلَعَتْshe appeared قُلْتَyou said الغَزالَةُthe sun فيin الضُّحىthe forenoon
إذا طَلَعَتْ قُلْتَ الغَزالَةُ في الضُّحى
وإِنْand if نَظَرَتْshe gazed قُلْتَyou said الغَزالةُthe gazelle فيin الرَّمْلِthe sand
وإِنْ نَظَرَتْ قُلْتَ الغَزالةُ في الرَّمْلِ
When she appears, you say, “The sun in the forenoon!”
When she appears at dawn, you say, "A gazelle in the morning light!"
And if she gazes, you say, “The gazelle amid the sands!”
And when she glances, you say, "A gazelle in the sand!"
خِلالٌtraits يَراهاsees them الطَّرْفُthe eye حتَّىuntil كَأَنَّهاas though they were
خِلالٌ يَراها الطَّرْفُ حتَّى كَأَنَّها
مَباديbeginnings نُعاسٍdrowsiness ذُرَّwas sprinkled فيinto أَعْيُنٍeyes نُجْلِwide
مَبادي نُعاسٍ ذُرَّ في أَعْيُنٍ نُجْلِ
Traits the eye beholds, until they seem
A vision the eyes behold as if she were
The first stirrings of drowsiness sprinkled into wide eyes.
The remnants of sleep scattered in drowsy eyes.
وقَدْand indeed هَذَّبَتْهُrefined him الحادِثاتُlife's trials وإِنَّماand only
وقَدْ هَذَّبَتْهُ الحادِثاتُ وإِنَّما
يَبينُappears افْرَنْدُwatered pattern الحُسامِthe sharp sword علىupon الصَّقْلِpolishing
يَبينُ افْرَنْدُ الحُسامِ على الصَّقْلِ
And life's trials have refined him; only
Events have refined him, though refinement
With polishing does the sword's watered pattern appear.
Is only revealed on polished swords.
كَذاlikewise البَدْرُthe full moon شِبْهٌa likeness لِلهِلالِto the crescent ولَمْand has not يَزَلْceased
كَذا البَدْرُ شِبْهٌ لِلهِلالِ ولَمْ يَزَلْ
يُرىis seen فيin هِزَبْرِmighty lion اللَّيْثِthe lion شِبْهٌa likeness مِنَof الشِّبْلِthe lion cub
يُرى في هِزَبْرِ اللَّيْثِ شِبْهٌ مِنَ الشِّبْلِ
Likewise, the full moon resembles the crescent; and always
Thus the full moon resembles a crescent, and in the lion's cub
A likeness to the cub is seen in the mighty lion.
One glimpses a semblance of the lion.
تَبارَكَblessed is مَنْthe one who أَبْداكَbrought you forth بَدْراًas a full moon بِلاwithout دُجىًdarkness
تَبارَكَ مَنْ أَبْداكَ بَدْراً بِلا دُجىً
وَشِبْلاًand as a lion cub بِلاwithout غَيْلٍa thicket وغَيْثاًand as rain بِلاwithout وَحْلِmud
وَشِبْلاً بِلا غَيْلٍ وغَيْثاً بِلا وَحْلِ
Blessed is He who brought you forth, a full moon without darkness,
Blessed is He who created you a full moon without darkness,
And a lion cub without a thicket, and rain without mud.
A cub without absence, a rain without mud.
Sol 6.1