مَنwho ناصِريmy defender منagainst غَنجcoquetry ظالِمa tyrant
مَن ناصِري من غَنج ظالِم
يَجورُhe acts unjustly أحياناًat times علىagainst الحاكمِthe ruler
يَجورُ أحياناً على الحاكمِ
Who will defend me against the coquetry of a tyrant
Who can help me against an unjust tyrant
who at times wrongs the ruler?
Who does wrong sometimes to the ruler
أحورَdark-eyed كالبَدرِlike the full moon إذاwhen ماemphatic particle بَداhe appears
أحورَ كالبَدرِ إذا ما بَدا
يهتزُّhe sways مِثلَlike الغُصُنِthe bough النَّاعمِsupple
يهتزُّ مِثلَ الغُصُنِ النَّاعمِ
Dark-eyed, like the full moon when he appears,
Beautiful like the full moon when it rises
he sways like a supple bough.
Swaying like a delicate branch
ياO قاسمَdispenser of السِّحرِenchantment بأجفانهِwith his eyelids
يا قاسمَ السِّحرِ بأجفانهِ
ويليwoe to me منfrom المقسومِwhat is dispensed والقاسمِand the dispenser
ويلي من المقسومِ والقاسمِ
O you who dispense enchantment with your eyelids,
O You who casts magic with his eyelids
woe to me from what is dispensed and its dispenser!
Woe to me from fate and destiny
ياO فِتنةًtemptation أبدعَهاwondrously created it رَبُّهاits Lord
يا فِتنةً أبدعَها رَبُّها
دِيناًfaith ودُنياًand worldly life لِبنيfor the children of آدَمِAdam
دِيناً ودُنياً لِبني آدَمِ
O temptation, wondrously fashioned by its Lord
O temptation created perfect by her Lord
as faith and worldly life for the children of Adam!
In religion and life for all mankind
Sol 6.1