لِلأقحُوانِfor the chrysanthemum عَلىdespite مَلاحَتِهِits loveliness وَخزُa sting
لِلأقحُوانِ عَلى مَلاحَتِهِ وَخزُ
بِقَلبٍin a heart يَشتَكيcomplains of العِشقاlove
بِقَلبٍ يَشتَكي العِشقا
The chrysanthemum, despite its loveliness, has a sting
With melancholy in his voyage and disappointed love,
in a heart that suffers from love.
With a heart that laments passion,
مَقلُوبُهits reversed form فيin اللَفظِthe wording يُخبِرُنيtells me
مَقلُوبُه في اللَفظِ يُخبِرُني
أَنthat الأَحِبّةَthe loved ones قَدalready نَأَواthey have gone far away حَقّاtruly
أَن الأَحِبّةَ قَد نَأَوا حَقّا
Its name, read backward, tells me
Its meaning in words informs me
that the loved ones have truly gone far away.
That the loved ones have truly gone far away.
Sol 6.1