ياO مَنone who يَحارُis bewildered الوَردُthe rose مِنby وَجناتِهِhis cheeks
يا مَن يَحارُ الوَردُ مِن وَجناتِهِ
وَيَغارُand envies غُصنُthe branch of البانِthe bān tree مِنof حَرَكاتِهِhis movements
وَيَغارُ غُصنُ البانِ مِن حَرَكاتِهِ
O you whose cheeks bewilder the rose,
And whose movements the bān-tree's branch envies.
أَنتَyou الَّذيthe one who وَحَياتهby his life ماnot خُنتُهُI betrayed him
أَنتَ الَّذي وَحَياته ما خُنتُهُ
وَكَفاهُand it suffices him أَنَّيthat I مُقسِمٌswearing an oath بِحَياتِهِby his life
وَكَفاهُ أَنَّي مُقسِمٌ بِحَياتِهِ
You are the one whom, by his life, I have never betrayed;
And it suffices him that I swear by his life.
أَنتَyou الَّذيthe one who ماnot حازَpossessed يوسُفُJoseph قَبلَهُbefore him
أَنتَ الَّذي ما حازَ يوسُفُ قَبلَهُ
فيin الحُسنِbeauty إِلّاexcept عُشرَa tenth of عُشرِa tenth of صِفاتِهِhis qualities
في الحُسنِ إِلّا عُشرَ عُشرِ صِفاتِهِ
You are the one—Joseph, before you, possessed
In beauty only a tenth of a tenth of your qualities.
أَرَأَيتَhave you seen مِرآةَthe mirror of السَماءِthe sky صَقيلَةًpolished
أَرَأَيتَ مِرآةَ السَماءِ صَقيلَةً
فَالبَدرُfor the full moon وَجهُكَyour face لاحَshone فيin مِرآتِهِits mirror
فَالبَدرُ وَجهُكَ لاحَ في مِرآتِهِ
Have you seen the sky's mirror polished bright?
For the full moon—your face—has shone in its mirror.
Sol 6.1