غادةٌa graceful maiden تسلبُsteals العقولَthe minds ولاand no بدwonder (split word's beginning)
غادةٌ تسلبُ العقولَ ولا بد
عcompletion of 'wonder' وأعمالُand the workings طرفهاher glance سِحريّهmagical
ع وأعمالُ طرفها سِحريّه
A maiden who steals minds—and no wonder:
Gada captures minds, it's inevitable,
the workings of her glance are magical.
Her gaze and gestures are magically enchanting,
جُبلتْwas fashioned ذاتُهاher very being منfrom المندلِaloeswood الرطmoist (split word's beginning)
جُبلتْ ذاتُها من المندلِ الرط
بcompletion of 'moist' ففاقتْso she surpassed علىover الرياضthe gardens الذكيهfragrant
ب ففاقتْ على الرياض الذكيه
Her very being was fashioned from moist aloeswood,
Her essence molded from supple twig,
so she surpassed the fragrant gardens.
Surpassing witty gardens in grace.
ماnot لهاshe has فيamong الغصونِthe boughs ندٌa peer وليسand is not النthe perfume (split word's beginning)
ما لها في الغصونِ ندٌ وليس الن
دُّcompletion of 'perfume' إلاanything but أنفاسهاher breaths المندليّهaloeswood-scented
دُّ إلا أنفاسها المندليّه
Among the boughs she has no peer, and perfume
She has no equal among the branches,
is nothing but her aloeswood-scented breath.
Save her swaying twig-like glances.
ذاتُpossessing لحظٍa glance وسنانٍlanguid يفعلُdoes ماwhat لمْnot (past-tense negation)
ذاتُ لحظٍ وسنانٍ يفعلُ ما لمْ
يفعلdo السيفُthe sword فيin قلوبِthe hearts الرعيهthe subjects
يفعل السيفُ في قلوبِ الرعيه
She has a languid glance that does what
A mere glance or tooth highlights
the sword has not done in the people's hearts.
What no sword achieves in people's hearts.
ومُحيَّاand a face منin comparison with دونهbeneath it يُخسَفُis eclipsed البدْthe full moon (split word's beginning)
ومُحيَّا من دونه يُخسَفُ البدْ
رُcompletion of 'full moon' إذاwhen لاحَshone forth فيin اللياليthe nights البهيهradiant
رُ إذا لاحَ في الليالي البهيه
And a face beside which the full moon is eclipsed,
Without her, the full moon wanes
when it shines forth on radiant nights.
When she shines on radiant nights.
حوتshe encompassed الحسنَbeauty كلهall of it فهيso she is مماamong what
حوت الحسنَ كله فهي مما
أبدعَmade exquisite اللهGod صُنعَهits making فيin البريّهcreation
أبدعَ الله صُنعَه في البريّه
She holds all beauty, and so is among
She encompasses all beauty, being
what God has exquisitely fashioned in creation.
Among God's finest creations on earth.
شهوهاthey likened her (apparently intended: شبهوها) عندwhen التلفتِturning to look بالظبto the gazelle (split word's beginning)
شهوها عند التلفتِ بالظب
ىcompletion of 'gazelle' وهيهاتَand far from it! ماnot هُماthe two of them بالسويَّهْon an equal footing
ى وهيهاتَ ما هُما بالسويَّهْ
They likened her, when she turned to look, to a gazelle,
Tempting with a fawn-like turn,
but far from it! The two are not equal.
Far from equivalents in rectitude.
كلevery شيءٍthing يَخفىfades from sight إذاwhen ماemphatic particle تبدتْshe appears
كل شيءٍ يَخفى إذا ما تبدتْ
وهيand she كالشمسِlike the sun لاnever تزالُceases to be مُضِيّهْradiant
وهي كالشمسِ لا تزالُ مُضِيّهْ
Everything fades from sight whenever she appears,
All things fade when she appears,
and, like the sun, she remains ever radiant.
Ever-glowing like the sun in sky.
Sol 6.1