حبيبتيmy beloved جاهلةignorant
حبيبتي جاهلة
بالفضلof virtue جهلwith the ignorance of قومِهاher people
بالفضل جهل قومِها
My beloved is ignorant
My beloved is ignorant
Of virtue, as ignorant as her people.
Through excellence, ignorant of her people
فليتso, if only بعضَsome of حسنِهاher beauty
فليت بعضَ حسنِها
يكونwould be كلَّall of علمِهاher knowledge
يكون كلَّ علمِها
So, if only some of her beauty
If only some of her beauty
Were the whole of her knowledge!
Would be all her knowledge
Sol 6.1