عَلِيٌّAli كَالغَزالِlike the gazelle أَوor الغَزالَهthe sun
عَلِيٌّ كَالغَزالِ أَو الغَزالَه
رَأَيتُI saw بِهِin him هِلالاa crescent moon فيin غلالَهa thin tunic
رَأَيتُ بِهِ هِلالا في غلالَه
Ali is like a gazelle—or the sun.
Ali is like a gazelle or a lovely gazelle
I saw in him a crescent moon in a thin tunic.
I saw in him a crescent moon in its darkness
كَأَنَّas though بَياضَwhiteness غُرَّتِهِhis brow رَشادٌright guidance
كَأَنَّ بَياضَ غُرَّتِهِ رَشادٌ
كَأَنَّas though سَوادَblackness طُرَّتِهِhis forelock ضَلالَهgoing astray
كَأَنَّ سَوادَ طُرَّتِهِ ضَلالَه
As though the whiteness of his brow were right guidance,
As if the whiteness of his face is evidence
As though the blackness of his forelock were going astray.
As if the blackness of his hair is misguidance
كَأَنَّas though اللَهَGod أَرسَلَهُsent him نَبِيّاًas a prophet
كَأَنَّ اللَهَ أَرسَلَهُ نَبِيّاً
وَصَيَّرَand made حُسنَهُhis beauty أَقوىthe strongest دَلالَهproof
وَصَيَّرَ حُسنَهُ أَقوى دَلالَه
As though God had sent him as a prophet
It's as if God sent him as a prophet
And made his beauty the strongest proof.
And made his beauty the strongest proof
اِذاwhenever ماemphatic particle زِدتَyou increase وَصلاًcloseness زُدتُI increase خبلاًmadness
اِذا ما زِدتَ وَصلاً زُدتُ خبلاً
كَأَنَّas though حِبالَcords وَصلِكَcloseness to you ليfor me خبالَهmadness
كَأَنَّ حِبالَ وَصلِكَ لي خبالَه
Whenever you grant more closeness, I grow more crazed,
If you increase connection, I increase madness
As though the cords of closeness to you were madness for me.
It's as if the ropes of your connection are my madness
Sol 6.1