ياO منone who لهُhe has قامةٌa figure تهتزُّsways منfrom هيفslenderness
يا من لهُ قامةٌ تهتزُّ من هيف
فماso there is no لغصنfor the bough of النّقاthe sand dune فيin نيلهاattaining it طمعُhope
فما لغصن النّقا في نيلها طمعُ
O you whose figure sways with such slender grace,
O you whose figure sways with slender grace,
The sandhill’s bough has no hope of attaining it.
So the bough of the sand dune has no hope of matching it.
ماذاwhat يضرُّكharms you لوif فازwon الغرابal-Ghurab (the Crow) بهاwith it
ماذا يضرُّك لو فاز الغراب بها
إنّindeed الطّيورthe birds علىupon أمثالهاtheir own kind تقعُalight
إنّ الطّيور على أمثالها تقعُ
What harm would it do you if the Raven won her?
What harm would it do you if al-Ghurab (the Crow) won it?
Indeed, birds alight upon their own kind.
Indeed, birds alight upon their own kind.
Sol 6.1