كاتبٌa scribe عُلِّقَwas ensnared قلبيmy heart
كاتبٌ عُلِّقَ قلبي
مِنْfrom عذاريْهِhis two sideburns سطورُlines of script
مِنْ عذاريْهِ سطورُ
A scribe—my heart was ensnared
A writer hung my heart
by lines of script from his two sideburns.
From his pages' lines
قالَhe said ليto me أكتبُI write ثُلثاthuluth script; literally, a third
قالَ لي أكتبُ ثُلثا
قلتُI said والثلثُand a third كثيرُmuch
قلتُ والثلثُ كثيرُ
He told me, “I write in thuluth.”
He told me, write a third
I said, “And a third is a great deal.”
I said a third's too much
Sol 6.1