أهواهI love him مشتغلاabsorbed بعلمin the science of الوقتtime ذاendowed with
أهواه مشتغلا بعلم الوقت ذا
حسنٍbeauty بديعwondrous فيamong الأنامhumankind نفيسprecious
حسنٍ بديع في الأنام نفيس
I love him, absorbed in the science of timekeeping, endowed with
Wondrous beauty, precious among humankind.
فكأنso it is as though شمسthe sun of جبينهhis brow لماwhen استوتreached its zenith
فكأن شمس جبينه لما استوت
جاءcame العذارُthe cheek-down بظلهاwith its shadow المنكوسinverted
جاء العذارُ بظلها المنكوس
So it is as though, when the sun of his brow reached its zenith,
His cheek-down brought that sun’s inverted shadow.
Sol 6.1