أَباO father of الْمَجْدِglory كَمْhow many لَكَyou have مِنْof طالِبٍa seeker
أَبا الْمَجْدِ كَمْ لَكَ مِنْ طالِبٍ
يَرىhe sees بِكَin you أَفْضَلَthe finest مَطْلُوبِهِwhat he seeks
يَرى بِكَ أَفْضَلَ مَطْلُوبِهِ
O Abu al-Majd, how many a seeker you have
O Father of Glory, how many seekers
who sees in you the finest thing he seeks!
See in you their utmost desire
سَأَلْتُكَI asked you مِسْكاًmusk وَوَجْدِيand my longing بِهِfor it
سَأَلْتُكَ مِسْكاً وَوَجْدِي بِهِ
كَوَجْدِlike the longing of الْمُحِبِّthe lover بِمَحْبُوبِهِfor his beloved
كَوَجْدِ الْمُحِبِّ بِمَحْبُوبِهِ
I asked you for musk, and my longing for it
I asked you for intimacy, and in it
is like a lover's longing for his beloved.
Is the lover's delight with the beloved
وَلَوْand if قَدْindeed ذَكَرْتُكَI mentioned you فِيin مَحْفِلٍa gathering
وَلَوْ قَدْ ذَكَرْتُكَ فِي مَحْفِلٍ
غَنِيتُI had no need بِذِكْرِكَthrough mentioning you عَنْof طِيبِهِits perfume
غَنِيتُ بِذِكْرِكَ عَنْ طِيبِهِ
And had I mentioned you at a gathering,
And if I mentioned you in a gathering
mentioning you would have spared me the need for its perfume.
My mention of you suffices over its pleasures
وِذِكْرِيand my mention لِمِثْلِكَof one like you نِعْمَexcellent is الْبَدِيلُthe substitute
وِذِكْرِي لِمِثْلِكَ نِعْمَ الْبَدِيلُ
إِذاwhen ضَنَّwithheld غَيْرُكَsomeone other than you عَنِّيfrom me بِهِwith it
إِذا ضَنَّ غَيْرُكَ عَنِّي بِهِ
And my mention of one like you is an excellent substitute
To mention one like you is the best substitute
when someone other than you withholds it from me.
When others are stingy towards me with it
Sol 6.1