لمُرّاكشٍfor Marrakesh فَضلٌpreeminence عَلىover كُلّevery بَلدةٍtown
لمُرّاكشٍ فَضلٌ عَلى كُلّ بَلدةٍ
وَماand not أَبصَرَتhas seen عَينٌan eye لَهاto it مِنany مُشابِهِequal
وَما أَبصَرَت عَينٌ لَها مِن مُشابِهِ
Marrakesh holds an excellence above every city;
Marrakesh has preeminence over every town.
Never has my eye beheld another like it.
And no eye has seen its equal.
وَماand not هِيَit إِلّاexcept جَنّةٌa paradise قَدindeed تَزَخرَفَتhas become adorned
وَما هِيَ إِلّا جَنّةٌ قَد تَزَخرَفَت
وَلَكِنّهاand yet it حُفّتwas encircled لَناfor us بِالمَكارهِby hardships
وَلَكِنّها حُفّت لَنا بِالمَكارهِ
It is nothing but a garden arrayed in splendor;
And it is nothing but a paradise that has been adorned.
Yet for us it has been encompassed by hardships.
And yet, for us, it is encircled by hardships.
Sol 6.1