أَتَوْنِيthey came to me فعَابواthen they faulted مَنْthe one whom أُحبُّI love جَهالَةًout of ignorance
أَتَوْنِي فعَابوا مَنْ أُحبُّ جَهالَةً
وذاكَand that علىupon سمعِthe hearing المحبِّof the lover خَفيفُlight
وذاكَ على سمعِ المحبِّ خَفيفُ
They came to me and, in ignorance, faulted the one I love;
And that falls lightly on the lover’s ear.
فماfor there is no فيهِin him عَيْبٌflaw غيرَexcept أَنَّthat جُفونهُhis eyelids
فما فيهِ عَيْبٌ غيرَ أَنَّ جُفونهُ
مِراضٌlanguid (literally, ailing) وأَنَّand that الخَصْرَthe waist منهof him ضَعيفُslender (literally, weak)
مِراضٌ وأَنَّ الخَصْرَ منه ضَعيفُ
For he has no flaw except that his eyelids
Are languid, and that his waist is slender.
Sol 6.1