قدindeed حازَhas won قلبيmy heart فصارَand so became يملكُهُhe possesses it
قد حازَ قلبي فصارَ يملكُهُ
فكيفَso how أسلوI cease longing وكيفَand how أتركُهُI leave him
فكيفَ أسلو وكيفَ أتركُهُ
He has won my heart and now possesses it.
My heart he has won, and to rule it begun
So how can I forget him, and how can I leave him?
How can I be calm, how can I shun
رَطيبtender جسمٍof body كالماءِlike water تَحسبُهُyou think him
رَطيب جسمٍ كالماءِ تَحسبُهُ
يخطرُcomes to mind فيin القلبِthe heart منهُfrom him مسلكُهُhis path
يخطرُ في القلبِ منهُ مسلكُهُ
Tender of body—you would think him water.
A body so fair, you'd think it was air
His path suggests itself to the heart.
Into my heart slips, though none can declare
يكادُhe almost يجريflows منout of القميصِthe shirt منfrom النthe… (word continued)
يكادُ يجري من القميصِ من الن
نِعمةِsoftness لولاwere it not for القميصُthe shirt يُمسكُهُit holds him
نِعمةِ لولا القميصُ يُمسكُهُ
He almost flows out of the shirt from
His shape through my shirt, it seems you assert
softness, were the shirt not holding him in.
If not for my shirt, it would all desert
Sol 6.1