مملكُcrowned king الحسنِbeauty للهوىfor love أهلُworthy
مملكُ الحسنِ للهوى أهلُ
يقبحُis unseemly فيin حبِّlove مثلهِone like him العذلُblame
يقبحُ في حبِّ مثلهِ العذلُ
Beauty’s crowned king is worthy of love.
The kingdom of beauty belongs to the passionate
Blame is unseemly in loving one like him.
Blameworthy is the one who turns away from loving the likes of him
مثالُfigure نورٍlight يمشيwalks بهwith him غصنٌa bough
مثالُ نورٍ يمشي به غصنٌ
يعجزُis incapable عنof حملِbearing بعدهhis absence الفيلُthe elephant
يعجزُ عن حملِ بعده الفيلُ
A figure of light, borne by a walking bough;
An image of light walking with a branch
An elephant cannot bear his absence.
Unable to carry anything after it, even an elephant
مدَّhe spread out رياضاًgardens للحسنِfor beauty مشرقةًradiant
مدَّ رياضاً للحسنِ مشرقةً
للعينِfor the eye فيهاin them عَنaway from غيرِهاother than them شغلُa preoccupation
للعينِ فيها عَن غيرِها شغلُ
He spread out radiant gardens of beauty;
He extended gardens of beauty radiantly
In them the eye is too absorbed to look elsewhere.
Distracting the eyes from all else
ياO عاذلاًcensurer فيin المنامِthe dream منهfrom it أفِقawaken
يا عاذلاً في المنامِ منه أفِق
ماnot ليfor me مثلٌan equal ولاnor لهُfor him مثلُan equal
ما لي مثلٌ ولا لهُ مثلُ
O censurer, wake from the dream you are in!
O you who blame him in your dreams, wake up
I have no equal, nor does he.
I have no equal, and he has no equal
Sol 6.1