أَقولُI say لِشادِنٍto a fawn فيin الحُسنِbeauty فَردٍpeerless
أَقولُ لِشادِنٍ في الحُسنِ فَردٍ
يَصيدُhunts بِلَحظِهِwith his glance قَلبَthe heart الكَميّthe armored warrior
يَصيدُ بِلَحظِهِ قَلبَ الكَميّ
I say to a fawn peerless in beauty,
I say to Shadin, unique in beauty,
who hunts the armored warrior’s heart with his glance:
Who ensnares hearts with his glance,
مَلَكتَyou possess الحُسنَbeauty أَجمَعall of it فيin قَوامٍa figure
مَلَكتَ الحُسنَ أَجمَع في قَوامٍ
فأَدِّso pay زَكاةَthe alms-tax مَنظَرِكَyour appearance البَهيّradiant
فأَدِّ زَكاةَ مَنظَرِكَ البَهيّ
“You possess all beauty in your figure;
You have attained all beauty in your form,
so pay the alms-tax on your radiant appearance.
So pay the alms of your radiant sight.
وَذَلِكَand that أَنthat تَجودَyou give generously لِمُستَهامٍto one crazed with love
وَذَلِكَ أَن تَجودَ لِمُستَهامٍ
بِريقٍwith saliva مِنfrom مُقبّلِكَyour lips الشَهيّluscious
بِريقٍ مِن مُقبّلِكَ الشَهيّ
And that means being generous to one crazed with love
That is, be generous to one passionately in love
with saliva from your luscious lips.”
With a drink from your sweetest lips.
فَقالَthen he said أَبوAbu (father of) حَنيفَةHanifa ليfor me إِمامٌan imam
فَقالَ أَبو حَنيفَة لي إِمامٌ
فَعِنديso, in my view لاno زَكاةَalms-tax عَلىis due from الصَبيّthe boy
فَعِندي لا زَكاةَ عَلى الصَبيّ
Then he said, “Abu Hanifa is my imam;
Abu Hanifa said to me, a leader,
so, in my view, no alms-tax is due from a boy.”
"In my view, no alms on a youth."
Sol 6.1