أفديهI would ransom him منa (introducing a description) أهيفٍslender-waisted youth بدتappeared ليto me
أفديه من أهيفٍ بدت لي
منfrom حسنهhis beauty المنتقىexquisite عجائبwonders
من حسنه المنتقى عجائب
I would ransom him, that slender-waisted youth; there appeared to me
I would ransom him with my soul, he who appeared to me
wonders of his exquisite beauty.
Of exquisite beauty, a marvel
أسمرtawny كالرمحlike a spear ذوpossessing اعتدالٍwell-balanced proportions
أسمر كالرمح ذو اعتدالٍ
لاno طعنfault-finding (also a spear-thrust) فيin قدهhis stature لعائبfor a fault-finder
لا طعن في قده لعائب
Tawny as a spear, straight and well-proportioned,
Swarthy like a lance, well-proportioned
no fault-finder can fault his stature.
His stature beyond reproach by any critic
Sol 6.1