عَشِقتُهُI loved him أَهيَفَslender-waisted قَدindeed
عَشِقتُهُ أَهيَفَ قَد
تَيَّمَenthralled قَلبيmy heart هَيَفُهhis slenderness
تَيَّمَ قَلبي هَيَفُه
I loved him, slender-waisted; indeed,
I loved him madly
his slenderness enthralled my heart.
My heart became afflicted with his love
أَحسَنُfairest خَلقِcreatures اللَهِGod ماnot
أَحسَنُ خَلقِ اللَهِ ما
يُنصِفُهُdoes him justice مَنwhoever يَصِفُهdescribes him
يُنصِفُهُ مَن يَصِفُه
The fairest of God's creatures—no
He is the best of Allah's creations
one who describes him does him justice.
No description does him justice
بِوَجهِهِin his face حُسنٌbeauty يَزيincreases (first fragment)
بِوَجهِهِ حُسنٌ يَزي
دُincreases (final fragment) كُلَّevery يَومٍday زُخرُفُهits adornment
دُ كُلَّ يَومٍ زُخرُفُه
There is beauty in his face;
His face has a beauty that
its splendor increases every day.
Increases every day with its adornment
تُنكِرُyou do not recognize مِنهُin him اليَومَtoday حُسbeauty (first fragment)
تُنكِرُ مِنهُ اليَومَ حُس
ناًbeauty (final fragment) كُنتَyou were أَمسِyesterday تَعرِفُهyou recognize it
ناً كُنتَ أَمسِ تَعرِفُه
Today you do not recognize in him
You deny today the beauty you
a beauty you knew yesterday.
Knew yesterday was his
ياحَبَّذاhow delightful مَرشَفُهُhis lips
ياحَبَّذا مَرشَفُهُ
وَأَينَand where مِنّيfrom me مَرشَفُهhis lips
وَأَينَ مِنّي مَرشَفُه
How delightful his lips are!
If only I could taste his sweetness
Yet how far his lips are from me!
Where can I find his sweetness
فَمٌa mouth كَأَنَّas though الشَهدَhoney قَدhad
فَمٌ كَأَنَّ الشَهدَ قَد
خالَطَmingled with مِنهُfrom it قَرقَفُهits wine
خالَطَ مِنهُ قَرقَفُه
A mouth, as though honey had
A mouth as if honey
mingled with the wine within it.
Was mixed with his saliva
قَدhas ضاقَgrown narrow حَتّىto the point that إِنَّهُindeed it
قَد ضاقَ حَتّى إِنَّهُ
تَخرُجُcomes out واواًas a waw أَلِفُهits alif
تَخرُجُ واواً أَلِفُه
It has grown so narrow that
So sweet that his vowels
its alif comes out as a waw.
Turn into consonants
Sol 6.1