أمَّا نجاحٌ فحبُّهُ فَرْضُ
ما حمَلَتْ مثلَ حُسنِهِ الأرضُ
As for Najāḥ, to love him is a binding duty.
Never has the earth borne his equal in beauty.
الصدغُ مسكٌ لكنّه عَبِقٌ
والخدُّ وردٌ لكنَّه غضُّ
The temple-lock is musk—musk richly fragrant.
And the cheek a rose—a rose fresh and tender.
والثغرُ درٌّ يروقُ منظرُه ال
أعينَ والريقُ عنبرٌ محض
The mouth is pearls; its appearance delights the
eyes, and its saliva is pure ambergris.
إنّ نجاحاً مِنْ حُسْنِ صُوْرَتِهِ
يَعْشَقُ واللهِ بَعْضَهُ بعض
Indeed, such is the beauty of Najāḥ’s form that
by God, one part of him is enamored of another.
إِذا حضرنا في مجلسٍ أنِقٍ
يُسْتحْسَنُ البَوْسُ فيه والعَضّ
When we attend a refined gathering,
kissing and biting there are deemed delightful.
فحظّيَ الرفعُ عند ذاك كما
أنَّ ابنَ سلمونَ حظُّهُ الخَفْض
Then my lot is elevation—the nominative—just as
Ibn Salmūn’s lot is lowering—the genitive.
Sol 5.6