ياO قَضيباًa slender branch لاnot يُدانيهِrivals him
يا قَضيباً لا يُدانيهِ
مِنَamong الإِنسِhumankind قَضيبُa branch
مِنَ الإِنسِ قَضيبُ
O slender branch, unmatched
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by any branch among humankind.
فَوقَهُabove him البانُthe bān tree وَمَنand from (read as وَمِن) تَحbeginning of 'beneath'
فَوقَهُ البانُ وَمَن تَح
تِcompletion of 'beneath' تَثَنّيهِhis swaying كَثيبُa sand dune
تِ تَثَنّيهِ كَثيبُ
Above him is the bān tree, and beneath
his swaying lies a sand dune.
وَغَزالاًand a gazelle كُلَّماwhenever مَرَّhe passed
وَغَزالاً كُلَّما مَرَّ
تَمَنَّتهُyearned for him القُلوبُhearts
تَمَنَّتهُ القُلوبُ
And O gazelle, whenever he passed,
hearts yearned for him.
ذَهَبِيُّgolden الخَدِّof cheek يَثbeginning of 'bends him'
ذَهَبِيُّ الخَدِّ يَث
نيهِcompletion of 'bends him' مِنَfrom الريحِthe wind الهُبوبُthe blowing
نيهِ مِنَ الريحِ الهُبوبُ
Golden-cheeked, he is bent
by the blowing of the wind.
ماnot لَمَسناهُwe touched him وَلَكِنand yet
ما لَمَسناهُ وَلَكِن
كادَhe nearly مِنfrom لَحظٍa glance يَذوبُmelts
كادَ مِن لَحظٍ يَذوبُ
We did not touch him, yet
he nearly melted from a glance.
Partial English translation: 1 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1