وَمَليحٍand a handsome man أَخَذتُهُI took him صاحِبas a companion
وَمَليحٍ أَخَذتُهُ صاحِب
رُغمَdespite سَعيِthe efforts of العَذولِthe faultfinder وَالعاتِبand the reproacher
رُغمَ سَعيِ العَذولِ وَالعاتِب
And a handsome man I took as a companion,
Despite the efforts of the faultfinder and reproacher.
هوَhe لِصٌّa thief أَسكَنتُهُI lodged him قَلبيmy heart
هوَ لِصٌّ أَسكَنتُهُ قَلبي
مَعَdespite أَنّيthat I عَرَفتَهI knew him سالِبa robber
مَعَ أَنّي عَرَفتَه سالِب
He is a thief I lodged in my heart,
Though I knew him to be a robber.
وَجهُهhis face مُعبدٌa temple لِلعَذارىfor virgins
وَجهُه مُعبدٌ لِلعَذارى
وَمصلّىand a chapel وَشعرهُand his hair راهبa monk
وَمصلّى وَشعرهُ راهب
His face is a temple for virgins,
And a chapel; his hair is a monk.
كَتبwrote الحسنُbeauty آيَةًa verse عَنهُabout him
كَتب الحسنُ آيَةً عَنهُ
بارَكَmay bless اللَهُGod ذلِكَthat الكاتِبthe writer
بارَكَ اللَهُ ذلِكَ الكاتِب
Beauty wrote a verse about him—
God bless that writer.
أَتقَنَperfected اللَهُGod فَنَّهHis art فيهِin him
أَتقَنَ اللَهُ فَنَّه فيهِ
وَأَجادَand excelled التَنسيقَthe shaping فيin الحاجِبthe eyebrow
وَأَجادَ التَنسيقَ في الحاجِب
God perfected His art in him,
And excelled in shaping the eyebrow.
فَكَأَنّيso I fancy لَمّاwhen اِنتَهىHe finished مِنهُwith him
فَكَأَنّي لَمّا اِنتَهى مِنهُ
مُبدِعُthe Maker of الخَلقِcreation ضَيَّعَlost القالِبthe mold
مُبدِعُ الخَلقِ ضَيَّعَ القالِب
So I fancy that, when He had finished him,
The Maker of creation lost the mold.
Sol 6.1