حبّيَmy beloved ماnot عابَهُmarred him أصفرارُyellow pallor
حبّيَ ما عابَهُ أصفرارُ
كلاَّcertainly not ولاand not شانَهُblemished him انسطالintoxication
كلاَّ ولا شانَهُ انسطال
Yellow pallor has not marred my beloved;
My love, his pallor they reprove,
No, nor has intoxication blemished him.
Nay, nor his worth declines at all;
وماand not أرتعىhe grazed on الحشيشhashish; grass إلاَّexcept; only
وما أرتعى الحشيش إلاَّ
لتَعلمواso that you may know أنّهthat he غَزالُa gazelle
لتَعلموا أنّه غَزالُ
And he grazed on hashish only
But the meadows don weeds, my love,
So that you may know he is a gazelle.
That ye may know my love's a gazelle.
Sol 6.1