وَنورٍand a blossom تسمّيهِthey call it العوامُthe common folk بجانمٍby the name Janam
وَنورٍ تسمّيهِ العوامُ بجانمٍ
لِخدوجةَfor Khaduja مستحسنِpleasing الشكلِthe form والعرفِand the fragrance
لِخدوجةَ مستحسنِ الشكلِ والعرفِ
And a flower the common folk call Jānam,
And a blossom the common folk call Janam
for Khadawja, lovely in form and fragrance.
for Khaduja, lovely in form and fragrance,
يُريكَshows you اِجتماعاًa mingling مِنof بياضٍwhiteness وحمرةٍand redness
يُريكَ اِجتماعاً مِن بياضٍ وحمرةٍ
قَدِindeed اِقتَسماthe two have divided between them ديباجَهits brocade الغضّfresh and tender بالنصفِin equal halves
قَدِ اِقتَسما ديباجَه الغضّ بالنصفِ
It shows you white and red mingled together,
shows you a mingling of white and red,
the two having shared its tender brocade equally.
which have divided its fresh brocade in equal halves.
فَتَحسبهُso you imagine it فيin خضرةِthe greenness of الكمّthe calyx مسمعيthe two ears of
فَتَحسبهُ في خضرةِ الكمّ مسمعي
حَبيبٍa beloved وصبٍّand a lovesick lover فيin زمرّدةِthe emerald of الشنفِthe earring
حَبيبٍ وصبٍّ في زمرّدةِ الشنفِ
So, in the green of its calyx, you take it for the two ears
So, in its green calyx, you imagine it the two ears
of a beloved—and a bead in the emerald of an earring.
of a beloved and a lovesick lover, in an earring’s emerald.
Sol 6.1