بشاطيءby the bank of الوادthe wadi نهرٌa river
بشاطيء الواد نهرٌ
كساclothed; covered الدرانِكُthe thick-piled rugs أرضَهits ground
كسا الدرانِكُ أرضَه
By the wadi's bank is a river;
By the riverbank a stream
Thick-piled rugs have clothed its ground,
Whose banks the rains have dressed
خُضراًgreen وصفراًand yellow وحمراًand red
خُضراً وصفراً وحمراً
وبعضهاand some of them مُبيَضَّهwhite; whitened
وبعضها مُبيَضَّه
Green, yellow, and red,
In green, yellow, and red
And some of them white:
And some parts whitened
نمارقٌcushions وزرابٍand carpets
نمارقٌ وزرابٍ
منof; from النواويرthe blossoms غَضّهfresh; tender
من النواوير غَضّه
Cushions and carpets
With flowers and blossoms
Of fresh blossoms.
Of tender sprouts
فالوردُfor the rose وَجنةُthe cheek of خَودٍa delicate maiden
فالوردُ وَجنةُ خَودٍ
بيضاءَfair-skinned غَرَّاءَradiant بضَّهsoft-skinned
بيضاءَ غَرَّاءَ بضَّه
For the rose is a maiden's cheek,
So roses and cheeks
Fair, radiant, and soft-skinned.
White, rosy, blushing
كماlikewise; just as البَنفسجthe violet خدٌa cheek
كما البَنفسج خدٌ
ابقىhas left بهon it اللثمُkissing عضَّهa bite-mark
ابقى به اللثمُ عضَّه
Likewise, the violet is a cheek
As violets a cheek
Where kissing has left a bite-mark.
Where kisses left their press
والياسمينand jasmine نجومٌstars
والياسمين نجومٌ
حازتhave gained منof; from الحُسنbeauty محضَهits pure essence
حازت من الحُسن محضَه
And jasmine is stars
And jasmine stars
That have gained beauty's pure essence.
That perfect beauty possess
رَوضٌa garden بديعwondrous متىwhenever ماan emphatic particle
رَوضٌ بديع متى ما
تُجِلyou let roam بِهِover it الطَرفَthe gaze تَرضَهyou are pleased with it
تُجِل بِهِ الطَرفَ تَرضَه
A wondrous garden: whenever
A wondrous garden, when
You let your gaze roam over it, you delight in it.
You cast your eyes will bless
تُقيّدُbinds; holds captive اللَحظَthe gaze حُسناًthrough beauty
تُقيّدُ اللَحظَ حُسناً
فليسso it is not يَسطيعُable نَهضَهits rising
فليس يَسطيعُ نَهضَه
Its beauty holds the gaze captive,
Imprisoning beauty, till
So it cannot rise.
No glance can it redress
حكىmirrored; resembled سجاياthe virtues of ابنson of; Ibn عَبَّاʿAbbā- (name continued)
حكى سجايا ابن عَبَّا
دٍ-d (completing ʿAbbād) الكريمthe generous وعرضَهand his honor
دٍ الكريم وعرضَه
It mirrors the virtues of Ibn ʿAbbā-
It told of Judge Ibn Abbad
d, the generous, and his honor.
The noble and his noblesse
قاضٍa judge علىupon; according to الحقtruth; justice ماضٍsteadfast; resolute
قاضٍ على الحق ماضٍ
راضcontent بِهِwith it لوeven if أَمَضَّهit pained him
راض بِهِ لو أَمَضَّه
A judge steadfast in truth,
Judge of truth, marcher of right
Content with it, even if it pains him.
Pleased if justice progress
اِسمُa name; a noun ابتداءٍgrammatical subject position تعالىexalted; rose above
اِسمُ ابتداءٍ تعالى
انfor; that يُحسِنknows how to الدَهرُTime خَفضَهlowering it; making it genitive
ان يُحسِن الدَهرُ خَفضَه
A name in the nominative, too exalted
A name exalted, may God
For Time to know how to bring it low.
Make Time his name depress
Sol 6.1