سَبقoutstripped الدَمعُthe tear بالمسيلِin flowing المَطاياthe mounts
سَبق الدَمعُ بالمسيلِ المَطايا
إِذwhen نَوىresolved منthe one whom أحِبُI love عَنّيَaway from me نُقلهa departure
إِذ نَوى من أحِبُ عَنّيَ نُقله
In its streaming, the tears outstripped the mounts;
The tear, in its flow, outstripped the mounts,
when they resolved to carry the one I love away from me.
when the one I love resolved to move away from me.
وَأَجادَand rendered beautifully السُطورَthe lines فيon صفحةpage الخدthe cheek (continued next line)
وَأَجادَ السُطورَ في صفحة الخد
دِcompletion of “the cheek” وَلِمand why لاnot يُجيدُwrite well وَهوَand it is ابنson of مُقلهMuqla (also “eye,” in wordplay)
دِ وَلِم لا يُجيدُ وَهوَ ابن مُقله
And it drew the lines masterfully upon the page of the cheek—
And it penned fine lines on the page of the cheek;
—and why should it not excel, being the offspring of an eyeball—an Ibn Muqla?
and why should it not write well, being Ibn Muqla—“son of the eye”?
Sol 6.1