فيin دولتrealm الحسنbeauty غدتbecame مقلتهhis eye
في دولت الحسن غدت مقلته
سيفاa sword ومدحيand my praise أطيبُsweetest الأمدحةthe praises
سيفا ومدحي أطيبُ الأمدحة
In beauty’s realm, his eye became
In the state of Al-Hassan, his eyes became
a sword, and my praise is the sweetest of praises.
A sword, and my praise is the sweetest praise
لاmay … not زلتُI cease واللّحظand the gaze أناI أدعىam called أباAbu (father of) الal- (the)
لا زلتُ واللّحظ أنا أدعى أبا ال
طّيّبTayyib (good) فيهاin it وهوand he سيفُSayf (sword) الدّولةal-Dawla (the state)
طّيّب فيها وهو سيفُ الدّولة
May I ever, alongside that gaze, be called Abu al-
I have not slipped, my gaze still calls the father of
Tayyib in that realm, while he is Sayf al-Dawla.
Goodness in it, he is the sword of the state
Sol 6.1