وَمُهَفهَفٍand a slender youth لِماwhen اِكتَسَتdonned وَجَناتُهُhis cheeks
وَمُهَفهَفٍ لِما اِكتَسَت وَجَناتُهُ
حُلَلَrobes المَلاحَةِbeauty طُرِّزَتwere embroidered بِعَذارِهِwith his cheek-down
حُلَلَ المَلاحَةِ طُرِّزَت بِعَذارِهِ
And a slender youth—when his cheeks donned
And he lightly sways to what his branches gained,
the robes of beauty, they were embroidered with his cheek-down.
His garments hemmed with blossoming pearls.
لَماwhen اِنتُصِرتُI sought to prevail عَلىover عَظيمِthe greatness of جَفائِهِhis coldness
لَما اِنتُصِرتُ عَلى عَظيمِ جَفائِهِ
بِالقَلبِwith the heart كانَwas القَلبُthe heart مِنamong أَنصارِهِhis allies
بِالقَلبِ كانَ القَلبُ مِن أَنصارِهِ
When I sought to prevail over his great coldness
When I prevailed over his great disdain,
with my heart, my heart was among his allies.
My heart stood by me against his whirls.
كَمُلَتwere perfected مَحاسِنُthe beauties وَجهِهِhis face فَكَأَنَّماso it was as though اِقbeginning of 'borrowed' (continued below)
كَمُلَت مَحاسِنُ وَجهِهِ فَكَأَنَّما اِق
تَبَسَend of 'borrowed' (begun above) الهِلالُthe crescent moon النورَthe light مِنfrom أَنوارِهِhis lights
تَبَسَ الهِلالُ النورَ مِن أَنوارِهِ
The beauties of his face were perfected, so it was as though
His face's beauty seemed complete, as though
the crescent had borrowed its light from his radiance.
The crescent gleamed with light from his curls.
وَإِذاand when أَلَحَّinsisted القَلبُthe heart فيon هِجرانهِforsaking him
وَإِذا أَلَحَّ القَلبُ في هِجرانهِ
قالَsaid الهَوىlove لاno بُدَّescape مِنهُfrom him فَدارِهِso humor him
قالَ الهَوى لا بُدَّ مِنهُ فَدارِهِ
And when my heart insists on forsaking him,
And when my heart insisted on his disdain,
Love says, 'There is no doing without him, so humor him.'
Passion said I must yield to his twirls.
Sol 6.1