صحّتwas confirmed لديّto me أباO Abu مروانMarwan عنthrough طُرُقٍchannels
صحّت لديّ أبا مروان عن طُرُقٍ
قضيّةٌa matter نامَslept عنهاunaware of it الزهرُthe blossoms والثمرand the fruit
قضيّةٌ نامَ عنها الزهرُ والثمر
It has been confirmed to me, O Abu Marwan, through many channels:
A matter of which blossoms and fruit slept unaware.
نلتَyou attained المنىthe wishes منfrom غزالٍa gazelle وصْلُهُunion with him حُرَمٌforbidden
نلتَ المنى من غزالٍ وصْلُهُ حُرَمٌ
يَلينُis supple قَداًin figure ولكنand yet قَلْبُهُhis heart حجرstone
يَلينُ قَداً ولكن قَلْبُهُ حجر
You won your wishes from a gazelle whose union is forbidden.
He is supple of figure, but his heart is stone.
أحْلىsweeter منthan الأمنsafety وصْلاًin union لوif only ظفرتُI attained بهhim
أحْلى من الأمن وصْلاً لو ظفرتُ به
لكنbut تُسَوِّفنيput me off عيناهُhis two eyes والنظرand the gaze
لكن تُسَوِّفني عيناهُ والنظر
Sweeter than safety in union, if only I could win him,
But his eyes and his gaze keep putting me off.
يَجولُflows ماءُthe water الصّباyouth فيin صحْنthe expanse وجنتهhis cheek
يَجولُ ماءُ الصّبا في صحْن وجنته
وَيُنبتُand makes grow الوردَroses أحياناًat times بهاon it الخفرُbashfulness
وَيُنبتُ الوردَ أحياناً بها الخفرُ
The water of youth flows across the expanse of his cheek,
And bashfulness sometimes makes roses bloom upon it.
هوhe الغزالةُthe sun فيin إشراقthe radiance غُرّتِهِhis brow
هو الغزالةُ في إشراق غُرّتِهِ
وابنُand the son الغزالةِof the gazelle لحظاًin his gaze زاتَهُunclear; likely 'adorned it' الحورthe eyes' black-and-white contrast
وابنُ الغزالةِ لحظاً زاتَهُ الحور
He is the sun in the radiance of his brow,
And a gazelle's fawn in his gaze, [apparently adorned] by his eyes' black-and-white contrast.
أتىcame بهwith him الدهرTime فرداًpeerless فيin محاسِنِهِhis charms
أتى به الدهر فرداً في محاسِنِهِ
فقلْso say كثيبa sand dune وقلْand say غصنٌa bough وقلْand say قمرa moon
فقلْ كثيب وقلْ غصنٌ وقلْ قمر
Time brought him forth, peerless in his charms.
So call him a sand dune, and call him a bough, and call him a moon.
ياO كعبةَKaaba الحُسْنِof beauty طافcircled العاشقونthe lovers بهاaround it
يا كعبةَ الحُسْنِ طاف العاشقون بها
لهمfor them بأرْجائِهاwithin its precincts حجٌّpilgrimage وَمُعتَمرand lesser pilgrimage
لهم بأرْجائِها حجٌّ وَمُعتَمر
O Kaaba of beauty, which lovers have circled,
Within its precincts they make pilgrimage and lesser pilgrimage.
Sol 6.1