بِقَلبيin my heart عَنaway from هَوىlove of البيضfair-skinned women اِنصِرافa turning away
بِقَلبي عَن هَوى البيض اِنصِراف
وَيُعجِبُنيand pleases me مِنَamong السُّمرbrown-skinned women القِضافthe slender ones
وَيُعجِبُني مِنَ السُّمر القِضاف
My heart turns away from love of fair-skinned women.
My heart is turned away from pining for the fair-skinned maidens,
And among brown-skinned women, the slender ones delight me.
And I take delight instead in the tanned and dusky ones.
وَإِنand even if لَمnot أَنتَفِعI benefit بِالوُدّfrom affection مِنهاfrom her
وَإِن لَم أَنتَفِع بِالوُدّ مِنها
فَلَيسَthen there is no عَلَيَّagainst me منfrom قَلبيmy heart خِلافopposition
فَلَيسَ عَلَيَّ من قَلبي خِلاف
And even if I gain nothing from her affection,
Though she may give me no benefit from her affection,
My heart still offers no opposition to me.
Yet my heart holds no grudge against her.
Sol 6.1