إنif كنتyou are تلغزspeak in riddles فيabout شيءٍanything فإنthen indeed لمنfor the one whom
إن كنت تلغز في شيءٍ فإن لمن
أهواهI love him قداًa figure وقدand indeed أزرىput to shame علىover البانthe bān tree
أهواه قداً وقد أزرى على البان
If you speak in riddles about anything, then the one
If you err in one thing, for the one I love
I love has a figure that has put the bān tree to shame.
There is protection and strength in the meadows.
فقلso say نسيمthe breeze الصباthe east wind أضحىhas become لقامتهfor his stature
فقل نسيم الصبا أضحى لقامته
ثانٍone that bends وليسand there is no لهاfor it فيin لينهاits suppleness ثانِequal
ثانٍ وليس لها في لينها ثانِ
So say: the east wind’s breeze has become, for his stature,
Say the morning breeze became for his figure,
that which bends it; yet in its suppleness it has no equal.
A second, and for its softness there is no second.
Sol 6.1