وَظَبيٍand a gazelle حازَwon رِقّيmy servitude وَهوَwhile he is رِقّيmy slave
وَظَبيٍ حازَ رِقّي وَهوَ رِقّي
بِصِحَّةِthrough the soundness of كَسرَةِthe languor of الطَرفِthe gaze السَقيمِailing
بِصِحَّةِ كَسرَةِ الطَرفِ السَقيمِ
And a gazelle has won my servitude, though he is my slave,
A graceful gazelle has won my heart and affection
through the true languor of his ailing gaze.
With the beauty of its fragile, delicate eyes
يُناسِبُresembles يوسُفَJoseph الصِدّيقَthe Truthful حُسناًin beauty
يُناسِبُ يوسُفَ الصِدّيقَ حُسناً
وَوَصفاًand in qualities فيin قِياسِthe reckoning of ذَويthose possessing العُلومِlearning
وَوَصفاً في قِياسِ ذَوي العُلومِ
He resembles Joseph the Truthful in beauty,
It equals Joseph the truthful in beauty
and in qualities, by the reckoning of the learned.
And description, by the judgement of the learned
فَذَلِكَfor that one قَبلَbefore ذاthis one مَلِكٌa king كَريمٌnoble
فَذَلِكَ قَبلَ ذا مَلِكٌ كَريمٌ
وَهَذاand this one قَبلُformerly مَملوكٌa slave كَريمُnoble
وَهَذا قَبلُ مَملوكٌ كَريمُ
For that one was a noble king before this one,
For the former is a noble king
and this one was formerly a noble slave.
And the latter a noble slave
Sol 6.1