ياO حُسْنَbeauty لَيْنُوفَرٍof a water lily شُغِفْتُI am enamored بهwith it
يا حُسْنَ لَيْنُوفَرٍ شُغِفْتُ به
يمنَحُهgrants it الماءُthe water صفْوَthe purest part of مشروبِهْits drink
يمنَحُه الماءُ صفْوَ مشروبِهْ
How lovely the water lily I am enamored of!
O beauty of a soft Nile, I am smitten with it,
The water grants it the purest of its drink.
The water gives it the purity of its drink,
كأنهas though it were عاشقٌa lover بهin him ظمأthirst
كأنه عاشقٌ به ظمأ
توهَّمَhe imagined الماءَthe water ريقَthe saliva of محبوبِهْhis beloved
توهَّمَ الماءَ ريقَ محبوبِهْ
As though it were a lover stricken with thirst,
As if it were a lover thirsty for it,
Who imagined the water to be his beloved’s saliva.
Imagining the water as the saliva of its beloved.
Sol 6.1