ياO قَضيباًa slender bough يَميسُsways gracefully تَحْتَbeneath هِلالٍa crescent
يا قَضيباً يَميسُ تَحْتَ هِلالٍ
وهِلالاًand a crescent يَرْنوgazes بِعَيْنَيْwith the two eyes of غَزالِa gazelle
وهِلالاً يَرْنو بِعَيْنَيْ غَزالِ
O slender bough swaying beneath a crescent,
and crescent gazing with a gazelle’s eyes!
مِنْكَfrom you ياO شَمْسَناour sun تَعَلَّمَتِlearned الشَّمْthe sun (first part)
مِنْكَ يا شَمْسَنا تَعَلَّمَتِ الشَّمْ
سُ(completion of 'the sun') دُنُوَّnearness of السَّناradiance وبُعْدَand remoteness of المَنالِreach
سُ دُنُوَّ السَّنا وبُعْدَ المَنالِ
From you, O our sun, the sun has learned
to be near in radiance, yet far beyond reach.
Sol 6.1