فُتِنتُI was captivated بِمَنby one who لَوif نورُهاher light لاحَshone لِلوَرىupon humankind
فُتِنتُ بِمَن لَو نورُها لاحَ لِلوَرى
لأَغناهُمit would make them independent عَنof بَهجَةsplendor الشَمسِthe sun وَالقَمَرand the moon
لأَغناهُم عَن بَهجَة الشَمسِ وَالقَمَر
I was captivated by one whose light, if it shone upon humankind,
would spare them the need for the splendor of the sun and moon.
فَتاةa maiden مِنfrom الفردوسِParadise فَرَّتfled إِلىto الدُنىthe earthly realms
فَتاة مِن الفردوسِ فَرَّت إِلى الدُنى
لِيُعلَمَso that it might be known ماwhat فيهاwithin it مِنof الحُسنِbeauty فيin الصُوَرthe forms
لِيُعلَمَ ما فيها مِن الحُسنِ في الصُوَر
A maiden fled from Paradise to the earthly realms,
so that the beauty of the forms within it might be known.
كَأَنَّas though النَقاthe sand dune وَالغُصنَand the bough وَالبَدرَand the full moon وَالدُجىand the darkness of night
كَأَنَّ النَقا وَالغُصنَ وَالبَدرَ وَالدُجى
مَعاًtogether رِدفُهاher buttocks وَالقدُّand the figure وَالوَجهُand the face وَالشَعَرand the hair
مَعاً رِدفُها وَالقدُّ وَالوَجهُ وَالشَعَر
As though the sand dune, the bough, the full moon, and the darkness of night
were together her hips, her figure, her face, and her hair.
Sol 6.1