بَداappeared عِذارُthe cheek-down of حَبيبيmy beloved
بَدا عِذارُ حَبيبي
وَظلّand continued فيin الشّمسِthe sun ساريspreading
وَظلّ في الشّمسِ ساري
The down on my beloved's cheeks appeared
and kept spreading across the sun.
وَحازَand gained لُطفَthe delicacy of اِزدِهاءٍsplendor
وَحازَ لُطفَ اِزدِهاءٍ
بِرَوضِin a garden of ماءٍwater وَنارِand fire
بِرَوضِ ماءٍ وَنارِ
And it gained a delicate splendor
in a garden of water and fire.
وَكانَand it was لاno شكَّdoubt آساًmyrtle
وَكانَ لا شكَّ آساً
بَداappeared عَنِfrom الجلَّنارِthe pomegranate blossom
بَدا عَنِ الجلَّنارِ
And it was, without doubt, myrtle
emerging from pomegranate blossom.
وَكانَand it was هالَةَthe halo of بَدرٍa full moon
وَكانَ هالَةَ بَدرٍ
مُنزّهٍfree عنfrom سِرارِthe moon's dark phase
مُنزّهٍ عن سِرارِ
And it was the halo of a full moon,
free from the moon's dark phase.
وَالمِسكُand musk يَحكيهِresembles it لَكِنbut
وَالمِسكُ يَحكيهِ لَكِن
لَوif قَدhad بَداappeared فيin النُّضارِpure gold
لَو قَد بَدا في النُّضارِ
And musk would resemble it, but only
if it appeared in pure gold.
فَقُلتُso I said لاno مِسكَmusk أرِّخmark the date
فَقُلتُ لا مِسكَ أرِّخ
بعيدَshortly after مِسكِthe musk of العِذارِthe cheek-down
بعيدَ مِسكِ العِذارِ
So I said, 'No musk—mark the date—
comes after the musk of the cheek-down.'
Sol 6.1