ياO واحِدَpeerless one الحُسْنِbeauty الَّذيwho لِجَمَالِهِbecause of his beauty
يا واحِدَ الحُسْنِ الَّذي لِجَمَالِهِ
تُثْنىare turned إِلَيْهِtoward him أَعِنَّةُreins الأَبْصارِthe gazes
تُثْنى إِلَيْهِ أَعِنَّةُ الأَبْصارِ
O peerless one in beauty, whose loveliness
O you whose beauty draws all glances toward you
bends the reins of gazes toward him.
Whose charm wins over all discerning eyes
إِنِّيIndeed I أُعِيذُكَI seek protection for you بالَّذيby Him who خَلَقَcreated الهَوىlove
إِنِّي أُعِيذُكَ بالَّذي خَلَقَ الهَوى
والعاشِقينَand lovers تَمَلُّكَtaking possession of الأَحْرارِthe freeborn
والعاشِقينَ تَمَلُّكَ الأَحْرارِ
Indeed, I seek protection for you by Him who created love
I seek refuge in Him who created this passion
and lovers, from enslaving the freeborn.
And those enraptured souls made free
وكَأنَّAnd as though وَجْهَكَyour face نِعْمَةٌa blessing فيin نقْمَةٍaffliction
وكَأنَّ وَجْهَكَ نِعْمَةٌ في نقْمَةٍ
لِلنَّاظِرينَfor those who gaze وَجَنَّةٌand a paradise فيin نارِfire
لِلنَّاظِرينَ وَجَنَّةٌ في نارِ
And your face seems a blessing amid affliction
Your face seems like mercy amid wrath
to those who gaze, and a paradise amid fire.
A garden blooming in the flames
وكَأَنَّAnd as though خَطَّthe line عِذارِهِof his cheek-down فيon خَدِّهِhis cheek
وكَأَنَّ خَطَّ عِذارِهِ في خَدِّهِ
لَيْلٌa night تَأَلَّقَgleamed فيin بَياضِthe whiteness نهارِof day
لَيْلٌ تَأَلَّقَ في بَياضِ نهارِ
And the line of his cheek-down upon his cheek seems
As if the line of your downy cheek
a night gleaming in the whiteness of day.
Were night gleaming in the light of day
Sol 6.1