قلّدتُI adorned طرسيmy page مِنfrom حُلاكَyour charms جَواهِراjewels
قلّدتُ طرسي مِن حُلاكَ جَواهِرا
فَغَداso it became وَمَنظَرُهُand its appearance البَهيمُdark بَهِيُّradiant
فَغَدا وَمَنظَرُهُ البَهيمُ بَهِيُّ
I decked my page with jewels drawn from your adornments,
I adorned my page with jewels from your charms;
and so its jet-black countenance grew radiant:
thus its dark appearance became radiant.
درَرٌpearls تَوَدُّwish الغيدُthe graceful women مِنout of شَغَفٍpassion بِهاfor them
درَرٌ تَوَدُّ الغيدُ مِن شَغَفٍ بِها
لَوif كانَthere were مِنهاfrom them للنُحورِfor the necks حُلِيُّornaments
لَو كانَ مِنها للنُحورِ حُلِيُّ
pearls that graceful maidens, in their passion for them, wish
Pearls that graceful women, out of passion for them, wish
might be made into ornaments for their throats.
could be fashioned into ornaments for their necks.
أَبهَتنَthey dumbfounded لَماwhen لُحنَthey appeared كُلَّevery مُفَوَّهٍeloquent speaker
أَبهَتنَ لَما لُحنَ كُلَّ مُفَوَّهٍ
فَالطَرفُso the eye مُعيٍat a loss وَاللِسانُand the tongue عَيِيُّtongue-tied
فَالطَرفُ مُعيٍ وَاللِسانُ عَيِيُّ
When glimpsed, they leave every eloquent speaker dumb;
They dumbfounded every eloquent speaker when they appeared;
the eye is baffled, and the tongue is tongue-tied.
so the eye is at a loss, and the tongue is tongue-tied.
لِلِّهِto God! (expressing admiration) مِنهاamong them مُذهباتٍgilded verses شُرَّدٍfar-ranging
لِلِّهِ مِنها مُذهباتٍ شُرَّدٍ
للتاجِto the Crown يَنمىis ascribed دُرُّهاtheir pearls الصدفِيُّshell-born
للتاجِ يَنمى دُرُّها الصدفِيُّ
By God, among them are far-famed golden verses,
How wondrous those gilded, far-ranging verses among them!
whose shell-born pearls multiply for the crown.
Their shell-born pearls are ascribed to the Crown.
Sol 6.1