يُوسُفJoseph الحُسنِof beauty وَالبهاand splendor
يُوسُف الحُسنِ وَالبها
جَعَلَmade القَلبَthe heart مِصرَهhis Egypt
جَعَلَ القَلبَ مِصرَه
The Joseph of beauty and splendor
Yusuf's beauty and radiance
Has made the heart his Egypt.
Has made my heart his Egypt.
أَنحَلَmade waste away الجسمَthe body بِالجَوىwith love’s anguish
أَنحَلَ الجسمَ بِالجَوى
أَنحَلَmay make slender اللَّهُGod خصرَهhis waist
أَنحَلَ اللَّهُ خصرَه
He has wasted the body with love’s anguish;
My body is undone by love-pain,
May God make his waist slender.
Just as his waist was undone by God.
Sol 6.1