مفتيَO mufti of العَصرthe age ماwhat علىupon مستهامa lovesick man
مفتيَ العَصر ما على مستهام
عضbit تفاحthe apples of وجنتيthe two cheeks of الحبيبthe beloved
عض تفاح وجنتي الحبيب
O mufti of the age, what judgment falls on one madly in love
O mufti of the age, what blame falls on a lovesick man
who bit the apples of the beloved’s two cheeks?
Who bit the apples of the beloved's cheeks?
فانثنىthen he turned away مغضباًangrily وقالand he said حرامforbidden
فانثنى مغضباً وقال حرام
عضbiting تفاحناour apples بعينin the sight of الرقيبthe watcher
عض تفاحنا بعين الرقيب
He turned away in anger and said, “Forbidden—
Then he turned away angrily and said, 'It is forbidden
to bite our apples under the watcher’s eye!”
To bite our apples in the watcher's sight.'
Sol 6.1