اباO father of مَروانMarwan لَستyou are not بِخارِجِيّan upstart without ancestral nobility
ابا مَروان لَست بِخارِجِيّ
وَلَيسَand is not قَديمancestral مجدِكَyour glory بِاِنتِحالa falsely assumed claim
وَلَيسَ قَديم مجدِكَ بِاِنتِحال
O Abu Marwan, you are no upstart,
O Abaa Marwan, you are not a stranger to me
Nor is your ancestral glory a false claim.
And your ancient glory is no pretense
اغرّradiant-faced اِذاwhen الرواقthe curtain اِنجابwas drawn back عَنهُfrom him
اغرّ اِذا الرواق اِنجاب عَنهُ
بَداhe appeared مِثلlike الهِلالthe crescent moon عَلىupon مِثالa couch
بَدا مِثل الهِلال عَلى مِثال
Radiant—when the curtain is drawn back from him,
Delight me, even if the porch denied you
He appears like the crescent moon upon a couch.
Appearing like the crescent moon exemplified
تَراsee (apparent word fragment) آهhim (apparently split from “see him”) العُيونthe eyes كَماjust as تَراءىappeared
تَرا آه العُيون كَما تَراءى
عَشيَّةon the evening of فِطرهاtheir breaking of the fast وَضحthe gleam of الهِلالthe crescent moon
عَشيَّة فِطرها وَضح الهِلال
Eyes behold him, as there appeared
You see the sighs of eyes as you envision
On the evening of their fast-breaking, the crescent’s gleam.
The eve of its sighting as the crescent shone
Sol 6.1