ياOh! حُسنَهُhis beauty بَينَamong الحِسانthe fair
يا حُسنَهُ بَينَ الحِسان
فيin شَكلِهِhis form إِنif قيلَhe is called بانa bān tree
في شَكلِهِ إِن قيلَ بان
How beautiful he is among the fair!
In form, one might call him a bān tree.
كَالبَدرِlike the full moon تَأخُذُهُseize him العُيوthe eyes (first part)
كَالبَدرِ تَأخُذُهُ العُيو
نُcompletion of 'the eyes' وَماand not لَهُنَّthey have بِهِon him يَدانtwo hands
نُ وَما لَهُنَّ بِهِ يَدان
Like the full moon, the eyes take him in,
yet they have no hands to grasp him.
مَلَكَpossessed الجَوانِحَthe breast وَالفُواand the heart (first part)
مَلَكَ الجَوانِحَ وَالفُوا
دَcompletion of 'the heart' فَفيso in يَدَيهِhis two hands الخافِقانEast and West
دَ فَفي يَدَيهِ الخافِقان
He has mastered the breast and heart,
so East and West lie in his hands.
وَمُنايَand my wish مِنهُfrom him نَظرَةٌa glance
وَمُنايَ مِنهُ نَظرَةٌ
فَعَسىso perhaps يُشيرُgive a sign الحاجِبانthe two eyebrows
فَعَسى يُشيرُ الحاجِبان
And all I wish from him is a glance;
so may his eyebrows give a sign.
فَعَسىso perhaps يُزَكّيpay alms on حُسنَهُhis beauty
فَعَسى يُزَكّي حُسنَهُ
مَنhe who لاno لَهُhe has فيin الحُسنِbeauty ثانa peer
مَن لا لَهُ في الحُسنِ ثان
So may he give alms from his beauty—
he who has no equal in beauty.
فَدَعوهُso let him يَعدِلُact justly أَوor يَجوact unjustly (first part)
فَدَعوهُ يَعدِلُ أَو يَجو
رُcompletion of 'act unjustly' فَإِنَّهُfor indeed he مَلَكَpossessed العِنانthe reins
رُ فَإِنَّهُ مَلَكَ العِنان
So let him deal justly or unjustly,
for he holds the reins.
حَقَّis deserved الدَلالُcoquetry لِمَنby one who لَهُhe has
حَقَّ الدَلالُ لِمَن لَهُ
فيin كُلِّevery جارِحَةٍlimb مَكانa place
في كُلِّ جارِحَةٍ مَكان
Coquetry is the right of one who has
a place in every limb.
Sol 6.1