وإنيand indeed I وإنand although تعتبyou reproach لأهونsurely the most insignificant هالكٍone who perishes
وإني وإن تعتب لأهون هالكٍ
كذائبlike molten نقرٍsilver bullion زلslipped منfrom يدthe hand of جهبذan assayer
كذائب نقرٍ زل من يد جهبذ
And I, though you reproach me, am surely the most insignificant of the doomed,
Though your reproach is easier than perishing,
Like molten silver that slipped from an assayer’s hand.
Like pecking hawks and slipping from a tyrant's hand,
علىalthough أنthat قتليmy being slain فيin هواكlove for you لذاذةa delight
على أن قتلي في هواك لذاذة
فياso, oh عجباًwhat a wonder منat هالكٍone who perishes متلذذtaking delight
فيا عجباً من هالكٍ متلذذ
Yet my being slain for love of you is a delight;
Yet dying for your love is such sweet agony!
So, how strange—a dying man taking delight!
Oh, strange delight in such a death to find!
ولوand if أبصرتhad seen أنوارlights وجهكyour face فارسPersia
ولو أبصرت أنوار وجهك فارس
لأغناهمwould have sufficed them عنin place of هرمزانHurmuzan وموبذand Mobadh (a Zoroastrian priest)
لأغناهم عن هرمزان وموبذ
And had Persia seen the radiance of your face,
And if your face revealed its light, O knight,
It would have spared them the need for Hurmuzan and Mobadh.
'Twould richly serve for Ormuz and Maubad.
Sol 6.1