أَراهُI see him بِالعِذارِwith cheek-down يَزيدُincreases حُسناًin beauty
أَراهُ بِالعِذارِ يَزيدُ حُسناً
وَلَستُand I am not أَراهI see him يَنقصdiminishes بالعذارِby cheek-down
وَلَستُ أَراه يَنقص بالعذارِ
I see him grow more handsome with cheek-down,
Nor do I see his beauty lessened by that down.
أَماas for الحَسناءُthe beautiful woman سالِفهاher sidelock لَهاfor her قَدmay
أَما الحَسناءُ سالِفها لَها قَد
يُحسِّنenhances حُسنَهاher beauty مثلَlike الخمارِthe veil
يُحسِّن حُسنَها مثلَ الخمارِ
As for the fair woman, her sidelock may
Enhance her beauty, like a veil.
وَسالِفُهاand her sidelock فَشَيءٌso, a thing مَستعارborrowed
وَسالِفُها فَشَيءٌ مَستعار
وَلَيسَand is not عِذارُهhis cheek-down بِالمُستَعارِat all borrowed
وَلَيسَ عِذارُه بِالمُستَعارِ
Yet her sidelock is a borrowed thing,
While his cheek-down is not borrowed.
Sol 6.1