سلامpeace علىupon منthe one whose لاnot يمَلُّis found tiresome كلامهُhis speech
سلام على من لا يمَلُّ كلامهُ
وإنand even if عاشَرتهُkept his company النفسُthe soul عصراًan age إلىto عَصرan age
وإن عاشَرتهُ النفسُ عصراً إلى عَصر
Peace upon the one whose speech never grows tiresome,
Peace be upon him whose words never bore me,
even if the soul kept their company from age to age.
Though my soul conversed with him from dawn till dusk.
فماfor neither الشمسُthe sun وافتappeared يومon a day of دجنٍcloudiness فأشرقَتand then shone
فما الشمسُ وافت يوم دجنٍ فأشرقَت
ولاnor البدرthe full moon وافىreached أسعداًauspicious stars ليلةon the night of البدرthe full moon
ولا البدر وافى أسعداً ليلة البدر
For neither the sun, appearing on a cloudy day and shining forth,
Never did the sun, rising at the break of day,
nor the full moon, reaching auspicious stars on the night of its fullness,
Outshine his face; nor the full moon surpass
بأحسنany more beautiful منهاthan her أوor تزيدshe surpasses ملاحةًin beauty
بأحسن منها أو تزيد ملاحةً
علىbeyond ذاكthat أوor راءىdissembled المحِبُّthe lover فماso not أدريI know
على ذاك أو راءى المحِبُّ فما أدري
is lovelier than she—or her loveliness surpasses
His beauty on the night it is at its brightest,
even that—or the lover dissembles, so I do not know.
Or so it seems to me, for I know not which is more fair.
Sol 6.1