ماnot أبْصَرَتْhas seen عَيْنيmy eye ولاnor عينُthe eye of أحَدْanyone
ما أبْصَرَتْ عَيْني ولا عينُ أحَدْ
أحسنَfairer منthan روضٍa garden أريضٍlush مُنْتَضِدْarrayed in tiers
أحسنَ من روضٍ أريضٍ مُنْتَضِدْ
Never has my eye, nor anyone else’s, beheld
Neither my eye nor anyone else's has seen
anything lovelier than a lush garden, beautifully arrayed,
anything fairer than a lush garden, arrayed in tiers,
بباغِin the garden of مَسْعُودِMasʿūd علىby بابِthe gate of البَلَدْthe city
بباغِ مَسْعُودِ على بابِ البَلَدْ
كأنماas though الكَتَّانُthe flax فيهin it إذْwhen عَقَدْbudded
كأنما الكَتَّانُ فيه إذْ عَقَدْ
in Bāgh Masʿūd, beside the city gate.
in Masʿūd's garden, by the city gate.
As though the flax there, when it formed buds
It is as though the flax there, when it budded
ونَشَّرَand spread الأوْرَاقَthe petals زُرْقاًblue فيacross المَدَدْthe expanse
ونَشَّرَ الأوْرَاقَ زُرْقاً في المَدَدْ
آثارُmarks قَرْصٍpinching منfrom مُحِبٍّa lover فيon جَسَدْa body
آثارُ قَرْصٍ من مُحِبٍّ في جَسَدْ
and unfurled blue petals across its spreading reach,
and spread its blue petals across the expanse,
were marks left by a lover’s pinch upon a body.
were marks of a lover's pinching upon a body.
Sol 6.1