فيin وَجهِهِhis face لِذَويfor those given to التَصابيyouthful dalliance رَوضَةٌa garden
في وَجهِهِ لِذَوي التَصابي رَوضَةٌ
كَالمِسكِlike musk نَشرُfragrance نَسيمِهاits breeze يَتَأَرَّجُwafts fragrantly
كَالمِسكِ نَشرُ نَسيمِها يَتَأَرَّجُ
In his face is a garden for those given to youthful dalliance.
In his face, for those of refined taste, is a garden
The fragrance of its breeze wafts like musk.
Whose spreading fragrance of musk is gently diffused.
فَالطَرفُso the eye نَرجِسُهُits narcissus جُعِلتُmay I be made لَهُfor him الفِداthe ransom
فَالطَرفُ نَرجِسُهُ جُعِلتُ لَهُ الفِدا
وَالخَدُّand the cheek وَردٌa rose وَالعذارُand the cheek-down بِنَفسَجُa violet
وَالخَدُّ وَردٌ وَالعذارُ بِنَفسَجُ
So his eye is its narcissus—may I be his ransom!
So his eyes are narcissi for which I would give my life,
And his cheek is a rose, and his cheek-down a violet.
His cheek, a rose, his saliva, violets.
وَالحُسنُand beauty مِنهُfrom him يُستَعارُis borrowed جَميعُهُall of it
وَالحُسنُ مِنهُ يُستَعارُ جَميعُهُ
فَكَأَنَّماso it is as though هُوَhe فيamong الوَرىhumankind أَنموذَجُa model
فَكَأَنَّما هُوَ في الوَرى أَنموذَجُ
And all beauty is borrowed from him,
All the beauty in him is so peerless
So it is as though he were a model among humankind.
That he stands alone in creation, a model for all.
Sol 6.1