كتبتُI wrote ولوand if أننيthat I أستطيعُam able
كتبتُ ولو أنني أستطيعُ
لإجلالِto honor قدركَyour worth دونَto the exclusion of البشرْhumankind
لإجلالِ قدركَ دونَ البشرْ
I wrote—and if only I were able,
I have written; and if I could,
to honor your worth above all humankind,
to honor your worth, yours alone among men,
قددتُI would cut اليراعةَthe reed pen منfrom أَنمليmy fingertips
قددتُ اليراعةَ من أَنملي
وكانand would be المدادُthe ink سوادَthe blackness of البصرthe eye
وكان المدادُ سوادَ البصر
I would cut the reed pen from my fingertips,
I would cut the reed pen from my fingertips,
and its ink would be the black of my eye.
and the ink would be the blackness of my eye.
Sol 6.1