روحيmy soul فِداءُa ransom الظَّبيِthe gazelle مَنْwhom فيهabout him قَدْalready
روحي فِداءُ الظَّبيِ مَنْ فيه قَدْ
شَنّعreviled لاحيَّmy reproacher عليهagainst him ولامْand blamed
شَنّع لاحيَّ عليه ولامْ
My soul be ransom for the gazelle whom
My soul is a sacrifice for the gazelle in whom there has
my reproacher has reviled and blamed.
Been censure of his radiant cheek and blame
مَنْwho عَينُهhis eye قَدalready أَصبَحتhas become حاجِباًa veil
مَنْ عَينُه قَد أَصبَحت حاجِباً
عَنfrom واوِthe letter wāw أَصداغٍtemple-locks وَميمِand the letter mīm اِبتِسامa smile
عَن واوِ أَصداغٍ وَميمِ اِبتِسام
He whose eye has become a veil,
He whose eye has now become an eyebrow
concealing the wāw of his temple-locks and the mīm of his smile.
Shielding the "waw" of his cheeks and the "meem" of his smile
مَنwho مُذْsince تَبَدّىappeared أَلِفاًan alif قدُّهhis stature
مَن مُذْ تَبَدّى أَلِفاً قدُّه
عِذارُهhis cheek-down المِسكيُّmusky قدalready صارَbecame لامa lām
عِذارُه المِسكيُّ قد صارَ لام
He who, since his stature appeared as an alif,
He whose stature, once high,
has had his musky cheek-down become a lām.
Now stoops, his fragrant musk turned to blame
وَصارَand became ذاthis اللامُthe lām خِتامَthe seal البَهاbeauty
وَصارَ ذا اللامُ خِتامَ البَها
بِوَجهِهِupon his face الشَّمسيِّsunlike بدرmoon التّمامfullness
بِوَجهِهِ الشَّمسيِّ بدر التّمام
And this lām became the seal of beauty
And that blame has become the seal-mark of splendor
upon his sunlike face—the moon at its full.
On his sun-like face, the full moon of perfection
وَوجهُهand his face مُذْsince حازَهُacquired it وَاِزْدَهىand grew resplendent
وَوجهُه مُذْ حازَهُ وَاِزْدَهى
فَقُلتso I said أَرِّخْrecord the date حازَattained مِسكَmusk الخِتامthe seal
فَقُلت أَرِّخْ حازَ مِسكَ الخِتام
And since his face acquired it and grew resplendent,
Since his face gained its blaze and glory
I said: “Date it: He attained the musk of the seal.”
I said: "Set down the date he attained the musk seal."
Sol 6.1