علِّقتُهI became enamored of it أبيضَwhite ذاpossessing عينينِtwo eyes
علِّقتُه أبيضَ ذا عينينِ
كالبدرlike the full moon حسناin beauty وهوand it لاnot ذوpossessing عينِan eye
كالبدر حسنا وهو لا ذو عينِ
I became enamored of it, white, with two eyes.
I hung him, white with two eyes
Like the full moon in beauty, yet possessing no eye.
Beautiful as the full moon, yet eyeless
وربّماand sometimes واجهنيit faced me بعينِwith an eye
وربّما واجهني بعينِ
تكادit almost أنto تأخذَtake نورَthe light of العينِthe eye
تكاد أن تأخذَ نورَ العينِ
And sometimes it faces me with an eye
And he would sometimes face me with an eye
That almost takes away the eye’s light.
That almost takes the light from my eyes
يجلوit brightens العيونthe eyes وهوand it ضدُّthe opposite of العينِthe eye
يجلو العيون وهو ضدُّ العينِ
ماnot هوit منof تبرٍraw gold ومنand of لُجينِsilver
ما هو من تبرٍ ومن لُجينِ
It brightens eyes, yet is the eye’s opposite.
He gladdens eyes, yet is the foe of the eye
It is of neither raw gold nor silver.
He is neither auspicious nor sinister
يشافَهانthe two are addressed directly بأجلِّas the noblest اثنينِtwo
يشافَهان بأجلِّ اثنينِ
ولاand not عَداهpassed it by أحدُeither of الجنسينِthe two kinds
ولا عَداه أحدُ الجنسينِ
Both are addressed as the noblest pair.
Two lips converse in the best possible way
Nor has either of the two kinds passed it by.
And none but the two genders exceed him
قدindeed لبسit donned العزَّةglory فيin ثوبينِtwo robes
قد لبس العزَّة في ثوبينِ
واصفa describer قالاthe two said فيabout شريكthe partner of القينِthe smith
واصف قالا في شريك القينِ
It has donned glory in two robes.
He has worn dignity in two garbs
[Unclear syntax:] A describer; the two spoke of the smith’s partner.
Eulogist said of the fellow resident
وهوand it يجلُّis exalted عنabove مكانthe place of العينthe eye
وهو يجلُّ عن مكان العين
بقاؤهits staying ليwith me زينتيmy adornment وزَيْنيand my beauty
بقاؤه لي زينتي وزَيْني
And it is exalted above the eye’s place.
And he is too sublime for the place of the eye
Its staying with me is my adornment and my beauty,
His stay is my adornment and my adornment
وإنماand only بقاؤهits staying منbecause of شينيmy disgrace
وإنما بقاؤه من شيني
Yet it stays only because of my disgrace.
Yet his stay is my disgrace
Sol 6.1