لَطُفْتَyou have become delicate جداًexceedingly فماso not تُحَسُّyou are sensed
لَطُفْتَ جداً فما تُحَسُّ
وليسand does not يُفْضِيreach إليكto you لَمْسُtouch
وليس يُفْضِي إليك لَمْسُ
You have grown so delicate that you cannot be sensed,
You're so gentle, yet you feel no touch
and no touch can reach you.
Nor any grasp can reach you, as such
الحسنُbeauty فيamong العالمينَall beings نوعٌa species
الحسنُ في العالمينَ نوعٌ
مشتركٌshared وهوand it فيكin you جِنْسُa genus
مشتركٌ وهو فيك جِنْسُ
Beauty among all beings is a species,
Beauty in both worlds is of one kind
shared by all, while in you it is a genus.
In you it is most pure we find
ماnot وَجْهُكَyour face الشمسُthe sun لاno لعمريby my life
ما وَجْهُكَ الشمسُ لا لعمري
كلُّكَall of you عندupon العِيانِdirect sight شَمْسُa sun
كلُّكَ عند العِيانِ شَمْسُ
Your face is not the sun—no, by my life!
Your face is not the sun, I swear
Your whole self, when seen, is a sun.
To the beholders you are the sun's flare
كيفhow تملُّgrow weary العيونُthe eyes مِمَّنْof one who
كيف تملُّ العيونُ مِمَّنْ
فيin وجههhis face للعيونِfor the eyes عُرْسُa wedding celebration
في وجهه للعيونِ عُرْسُ
How can the eyes tire of one
How can eyes ever have enough
in whose face there is a wedding celebration for the eyes?
Of one whose face gives eyes rebuff
Sol 6.1