إِيَّاكَBeware يَاO طَائِرَbird قَلْبِيmy heart فَفِيfor upon
إِيَّاكَ يَا طَائِرَ قَلْبِي فَفِي
وَجْنَتِهِhis cheek مَعْنَىmeaning الجَمالِbeauty نَسَخْinscribed
وَجْنَتِهِ مَعْنَى الجَمالِ نَسَخْ
Beware, O bird of my heart, for upon
Beware, O bird of my heart, for in
his cheek the meaning of beauty is inscribed.
Its garden is imprinted the essence of beauty
كَمْhow many حائمٍa circling bird حَوْلَaround الحِمَىthe sanctuary صَادَهُhe caught it
كَمْ حائمٍ حَوْلَ الحِمَى صَادَهُ
فَخَالُهُfor his mole الحَبَّةُthe grain والصُّدْغُand the temple-lock فَخْa snare
فَخَالُهُ الحَبَّةُ والصُّدْغُ فَخْ
How many a bird circling the sanctuary has he caught!
Many a hunter stalking the sanctuary ensnared it
For his mole is the grain, and his temple-lock the snare.
Yet its cheek remained a grain and its temple a bruise
Sol 6.1