قالواthey said اعتذرْoffer an excuse فيfor التسلّيforgetting a beloved
قالوا اعتذرْ في التسلّي
فوجهُهُfor his face فيهِupon it شعرُhair
فوجهُهُ فيهِ شعرُ
They said, “Justify your forgetting him,
for his face has hair upon it.”
لاno ماnot لعذريَfor my excuse وجْهٌgrounds; literally, a face
لا ما لعذريَ وجْهٌ
ولاnor لوجهِكَfor your face عذْرُan excuse
ولا لوجهِكَ عذْرُ
No—my excuse has no grounds,
nor does your face have an excuse.
Sol 6.1