بِأَبيmay my father be his ransom أَهْيفُslender-waisted القَوامُof form تَمِيلُbend البِيthe white blades (first fragment of البيض)
بِأَبي أَهْيفُ القَوامُ تَمِيلُ البِي
ضُwhite blades (final fragment of البيض) والسُّمْرُand the dusky spears والغَصُونُand the branches إليهِtoward him
ضُ والسُّمْرُ والغَصُونُ إليهِ
May my father ransom one slender of form, toward whom bend the white—
blades, the dusky spears, and the branches.
كلَّفُونيthey charged me مِنof قَدّهِhis figure حِفْظَguarding خَصْرٍa waist
كلَّفُوني مِن قَدّهِ حِفْظَ خَصْرٍ
ضَاعَwas lost مِنّىfrom me فَكَمْso how often أَدورُI roam عَليهِin search of it
ضَاعَ مِنّى فَكَمْ أَدورُ عَليهِ
They charged me to guard the waist of his figure;
It was lost to me—how often I roam in search of it!
Sol 6.1