ياO قومُpeople قدindeed زارvisited ظبيٌa gazelle غيرُnot زَوَّارِa frequent visitor
يا قومُ قد زار ظبيٌ غيرُ زَوَّارِ
فيin جحفلٍa great host منfrom جيوشِarmies الحسنِbeauty جَرَّارvast
في جحفلٍ من جيوشِ الحسنِ جَرَّار
O people, a gazelle has visited, though he is no frequent visitor.
O people, an extraordinary gazelle has come to visit
Amid a vast host from the armies of beauty.
In a throng of beauty's armies, mighty and burdensome
لماnot yet تفصّلseparate أقمارٌmoons مفاصلَهُhis joints
لما تفصّل أقمارٌ مفاصلَهُ
بلrather وصِّلتwere joined فيهwithin him أقمارٌmoons بأقمارto moons
بل وصِّلت فيه أقمارٌ بأقمار
Moons have not yet separated his joints;
When the moons unfold their joints
Rather, moons have been joined to moons within him.
Even more moons are joined together in it
النارُthe fire فيin الثَّلْجِthe snow منof خَدَّيْهhis two cheeks مُشْعَلةٌkindled
النارُ في الثَّلْجِ من خَدَّيْه مُشْعَلةٌ
جلَّexalted is المؤلِّفُthe one who unites بينbetween الثلجِthe snow والنارand the fire
جلَّ المؤلِّفُ بين الثلجِ والنار
Fire is kindled in the snow of his cheeks.
The fire blazes in the snow from its cheeks
Exalted is He who brings together snow and fire!
The composer has reconciled fire and snow
لهfor him وللحورِand for the houris لوif قِيسَتْwere compared بهwith him مَثَلٌan analogy
له وللحورِ لو قِيسَتْ به مَثَلٌ
دراهمٌdirhams صَرْفُهاtheir exchange rate ألفٌa thousand بدينارfor a dinar
دراهمٌ صَرْفُها ألفٌ بدينار
For him and the houris, were they compared with him, there is this analogy:
To him and to the houri, if a simile were made
Dirhams exchanged a thousand for one dinar.
Its exchanged dirhams would be a thousand for each dinar
Sol 6.1