وَشادِنٍand a young gazelle ذيpossessing غَنَجٍcoquetry
وَشادِنٍ ذي غَنَجٍ
طاويslender الحَشاthe waist مُعتَدِلِwell-proportioned
طاوي الحَشا مُعتَدِلِ
And a young gazelle full of coquetry,
slender-waisted and well-proportioned—
أَنشَدتُهُI recited to him شِعراًa poem بَديwondrous (first part)
أَنشَدتُهُ شِعراً بَدي
عاً(completes ‘wondrous’) حَسَناًlovely منfrom عَمَليmy composition
عاً حَسَناً من عَمَلي
I recited to him a poem, wondrous
and lovely, of my own composing.
فَقالَthen he said فيمَنabout whom? وَلِمَنand whose?
فَقالَ فيمَن وَلِمَن
فَقُلتُso I said هذاthis فيكَabout you ليmine
فَقُلتُ هذا فيكَ لي
He said, “About whom, and whose is it?”
I said, “This is about you, and it is mine.”
فَطارَthen flashed فيin وُجنَتِهِhis cheek
فَطارَ في وُجنَتِهِ
شعاعُa ray نارfire الخَجَلِbashfulness
شعاعُ نار الخَجَلِ
Then over his cheek flashed
a ray of the fire of bashfulness.
Sol 6.1