وَحْشِيَّةُwild (gazelle-like) العَيْنَيْنِthe two eyes مياسَةُgracefully swaying الthe (word fragment)
وَحْشِيَّةُ العَيْنَيْنِ مياسَةُ ال
عِطْفَيْنِtwo flanks منfrom تَرْبيَةِupbringing القَصْرِthe palace
عِطْفَيْنِ من تَرْبيَةِ القَصْرِ
Gazelle-eyed, with gracefully swaying
The savagery of her eyes, the tenderness of her arms
flanks, reared in the palace.
From the upbringing of the palace
البدرُthe full moon لاnot يُغْنِيْكَsuffices for you عَنْهَاin place of her إذاwhen
البدرُ لا يُغْنِيْكَ عَنْهَا إذا
غابَتْshe is absent وتُغْنِيْكَand she suffices for you عَنِin place of البَدْرِthe full moon
غابَتْ وتُغْنِيْكَ عَنِ البَدْرِ
The full moon cannot take her place for you when
The full moon cannot make up for her if she is absent
she is absent, yet she can take the full moon's place for you.
Yet she makes up for the full moon
فيin فمِهَاher mouth مِسْكٌmusk وَمَشْمُولَةٌand north-wind-cooled wine
في فمِهَا مِسْكٌ وَمَشْمُولَةٌ
صِرْفٌunmixed ومنظومٌand strung together منof الدُّرِّthe pearls
صِرْفٌ ومنظومٌ من الدُّرِّ
In her mouth are musk and chilled wine,
In her mouth there is musk, and she is filled
unmixed, and a string of pearls.
With eloquence and poetry of pearls
فالمسْكُso the musk للنكهَةِfor the breath والخَمْرُand the wine لِلرْfor the (beginning of 'saliva')
فالمسْكُ للنكهَةِ والخَمْرُ لِلرْ
رِيْقَةِsaliva (word continuation) واللّؤْلُؤُand the pearls للثَّغْرِfor the mouth (teeth)
رِيْقَةِ واللّؤْلُؤُ للثَّغْرِ
The musk is for her breath, and the wine for her
So the musk is for fragrance, the wine for wetting the palate
saliva, and the pearls for her teeth.
And the pearls for the lips
Sol 6.1