تَعَجَّبَmarveled ناسٌsome people مِنat غَراميmy passion وَمِنand at وَجديmy yearning
تَعَجَّبَ ناسٌ مِن غَرامي وَمِن وَجدي
بِريمَينِfor two gazelles وَالمَعهودُand the customary thing عِشقُloving رَشاًa gazelle fawn فَردِsingle
بِريمَينِ وَالمَعهودُ عِشقُ رَشاً فَردِ
Some people marveled at my passion and my yearning
for two gazelles, though the custom is to love a single fawn.
وَقالواand they said صَواباًrightly لَيسَthere are not قَلبانِtwo hearts للفَتىfor a young man
وَقالوا صَواباً لَيسَ قَلبانِ للفَتى
وَلاand not يُجمعُare brought together السيفانthe two swords وَيحكَwoe to you فيin غِمدِa scabbard
وَلا يُجمعُ السيفان وَيحكَ في غِمدِ
And they said, rightly: a young man does not have two hearts,
nor can two swords—woe to you!—share one scabbard.
وَماyet not عَلِمواthey knew سِرَّthe secret الهَوىlove وَصُنوفَهُand its varieties
وَما عَلِموا سِرَّ الهَوى وَصُنوفَهُ
وَإِنَّand indeed فُؤادَthe heart الصَّبِّthe lovesick one مُتَّسِعُcapacious الودِّaffection
وَإِنَّ فُؤادَ الصَّبِّ مُتَّسِعُ الودِّ
Yet they did not know love’s secret and its many forms,
and indeed the lovesick heart has ample room for affection.
تَلوحُappear لَناto us أَصنافُforms حُسنٍbeauty لطيفَةٌdelicate
تَلوحُ لَنا أَصنافُ حُسنٍ لطيفَةٌ
فيعلَقُso it grows attached مِنهاamong them بِالمناسِبِto what is fitting وَالقَصدِand the well-proportioned
فيعلَقُ مِنها بِالمناسِبِ وَالقَصدِ
Delicate forms of beauty appear to us,
so it grows attached to what is fitting and well-proportioned among them.
Sol 6.1