عِذارٌcheek-down كَماjust as دبَّcrept الحُبابُthe small snake علىover الورْدِthe rose
عِذارٌ كَما دبَّ الحُبابُ على الورْدِ
مَحاسِنُهُits beauties أرْبَتْexceeded علىbeyond الحَصْرِreckoning والعَدِّand counting
مَحاسِنُهُ أرْبَتْ على الحَصْرِ والعَدِّ
A line of cheek-down, like a small snake creeping over a rose;
Persuasion crept over the rose like dew
Its beauties surpass all reckoning and count.
Its beauties multiplied on the mat and tent rope
سَعىit made its way نحْوَtoward وَردِthe rose of الثّغْرِthe mouth وانْسابَand it glided نحْوَهُtoward it
سَعى نحْوَ وَردِ الثّغْرِ وانْسابَ نحْوَهُ
فتَحْسِبُهُso you think it نمْلاًants تدِبُّcreeping الىtoward شُهْدِhoney
فتَحْسِبُهُ نمْلاً تدِبُّ الى شُهْدِ
It made its way toward the mouth’s rose and glided toward it,
It moved towards the rosebud mouth and glided towards it
So you would think it ants creeping toward honey.
You'd think it an ant creeping towards nectar
فَياso, O ألِفاًan alif للقَدِّfor the stature هلْis there منْany إمالَةٍinclination
فَيا ألِفاً للقَدِّ هلْ منْ إمالَةٍ
وياand O حَرْفَa letter of لِينِsoftness of العطْفِthe flank هلْis there لكَfor you منany مَدِّlengthening
ويا حَرْفَ لِينِ العطْفِ هلْ لكَ من مَدِّ
So, O alif-shaped figure, will you incline?
O slender waist, is there no bending?
And O letter of a supple flank, can you be lengthened?
O letter of softness in gentleness, is there no lengthening?
Sol 6.1