أَحْلىsweeter مِنَthan الشَّهْدِhoney مَنْthe one whom هَويْتُI loved وكَمْand how many
أَحْلى مِنَ الشَّهْدِ مَنْ هَويْتُ وكَمْ
شُقَّتْwere split open بِهِbecause of him فيin الهَوىlove مَراراتُgallbladders
شُقَّتْ بِهِ في الهَوى مَراراتُ
Sweeter than honey is the one I love—and how many
Sweeter than honey is the one I love
Gallbladders have been split open because of him in love!
Though the bitterness of passion has pierced me
وَكَيْفَand how لاَnot تُسْتَطابbe found sweet رِيقَتُهُhis saliva
وَكَيْفَ لاَ تُسْتَطاب رِيقَتُهُ
وثَغْرُهُand his mouth سُكَّرsugar سُنيْناتُtiny teeth
وثَغْرُهُ سُكَّر سُنيْناتُ
And how could his saliva not taste sweet,
How could the sweetness of his lips not be savored
When his mouth is sugar shaped into tiny teeth?
When his mouth is sugar itself
Sol 6.1