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He smiled, revealing pearls in a beautiful array

تبسم عن لما در نظيم

1. He smiled, revealing pearls in a beautiful array
And I marveled at the laughter of the orphan

١. تَبَسَّم عَن لَمَا دُرّ نَظِيمِ
فَواعَجَبَاهُ مِن ضحِك اليَتِيمِ

2. So Moses' glance brings the perished back to life
And Jesus, with the revival of the withered form

٢. فموسَى لَحظُه يُحيى الرُّفات
حَكَى عِيسَى بإِحيَاءِ الرَّميمِ

3. In the folds of his cheeks lies temptation
He relates verses about the people of high virtue

٣. وفِي كَنَفِ الخُدود له عِذار
روى الاياتِ عَن أهلِ الرَّقِيمِ

4. The light of his cheeks revealed to me a fire
With it is the guidance for my stubborn heart

٤. بُطُورِ خُدُودِهِ آنَستُ ناراً
فَإنَّ بِهَا هُدى قَلبِي الكَلِيمِ

5. If pride flowed from his saliva
Pride would get drunk on the fragrance

٥. ولَو فَجَر الحُمَيَّا من لَمَاهِ
لأسكَرتِ الحُمَيَّا بِالشَّمِيمِ

6. And his back showed, in its shape, evidence
Of an upright, perfectly straight stature

٦. وظَهر قد حكَا في الشَّكل دالاً
على الِفِ القَوامِ المُستَقِيمِ

7. The discourse of his eyelids, how far it reached my eyelids
Linking it to ancient jurisprudence

٧. حديثُ جفونِه كم عَمَّ جَفني
يُسَلسِلُهُ عَنِ الفِقهِ القَدِيمِ

8. Oh, how sweet is his mouth
I was cured by it of my lingering illness

٨. ويَا لَلَّهِ مَا أحلَى وفَاهُ
شُفيتُ بهِ مِن الدّاءِ المُقِيمِ

9. And the cup of comfort appears in gardens
Whose description told of the gardens of bliss

٩. وكأسُ الرَّاحِ تُجلى في رِيَاض
حكت في الوصفِ جنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ

10. A gazelle, soft of waist, roams there, giving you to drink
The most delicious wine from it

١٠. يطوف بِطيبِهَا يَسقيك مِنهَا
غَزالٌ رقَّ بِالخِصرِ الهَضِيمِ

11. With it joy increased and my life was pleasant
And life was agreeable with the precious glory

١١. بهِ زاد السُّرُورُ وطاب عَيشي
وراق العيش بِالعِزّ الرَّقِيمِ