ياO منone who أُنزهُI deem free عنfrom شينblemish محاسنهhis charms
يا من أُنزهُ عن شين محاسنه
ولمand did not يشنهُmar him سوىexcept هجرforsaking المحبthe lover فقطonly
ولم يشنهُ سوى هجر المحب فقط
O you whose charms I deem free of blemish,
O you whose beauty is beyond any blemish
And whom nothing has marred but forsaking the lover.
And whom nothing has maligned but a lover's abandonment
ماnot جاءَتcame out الشينthe letter shīn سيناًas sīn منكfrom you عنthrough غلطerror
ما جاءَت الشين سيناً منك عن غلط
بلrather لمdid not يسعhold فمكyour mouth الزاهيradiant ثلاثthree نقطdots
بل لم يسع فمك الزاهي ثلاث نقط
You did not pronounce shīn as sīn by mistake;
No wrong has made your evil into good
Rather, your radiant mouth could not hold three dots.
But your radiant mouth could not bear even three dots
Sol 6.1