ياO سَمِيَّnamesake المرميّthe one cast فيin ظُلْمةthe darkness الجُبthe well
يا سَمِيَّ المرميّ في ظُلْمة الجُب
بِcompletion of 'the well' (الجُبّ) لِمَنfor the one whom ساقَهُled him القضاءُfate إليهاto her
بِ لِمَن ساقَهُ القضاءُ إليها
O namesake of the sovereign in the darkness of the wel—
O namesake of him cast into the darkness of the well,
—l, the one whom Fate drove into it,
for her to whom fate led him,
والّذيand the one whom قَطَّعَcut النّساءُthe women لَهُfor him الأَيْbeginning of 'the hands' (الأيدي)
والّذي قَطَّعَ النّساءُ لَهُ الأَيْ
ديcompletion of 'the hands' (الأيدي) ومكَّنَّand they made accessible حَبْلَهُhis cord منwithin reach of يَدَيْهَاher two hands
دي ومكَّنَّ حَبْلَهُ من يَدَيْهَا
and for whom the women cut their han—
and of him for whom the women cut their
—ds, and whose rope set me beyond her grasp:
hands, and placed his cord within reach of her hands:
لَكَyou have وَجهٌa face مَيَاسِمُmarks الحُسْنbeauty فيهin it
لَكَ وَجهٌ مَيَاسِمُ الحُسْن فيه
سِكَّةٌa minting die تُطبَعare stamped البُدُورthe full moons عليهاon it
سِكَّةٌ تُطبَع البُدُور عليها
You have a face whose marks of beauty are
you have a face whose marks of beauty
a die upon which full moons are minted.
are a die on which full moons are stamped.
Sol 6.1