وَمُلهٍand an entertainer يُغَنّيsings فَيُغنيand so frees from needing الفَتىthe young man
وَمُلهٍ يُغَنّي فَيُغني الفَتى
عَنِfrom needing المُحسِناتِthe accomplished songstresses بِإِحسانِهِthrough his skill
عَنِ المُحسِناتِ بِإِحسانِهِ
And an entertainer sings, sparing a young man
The need for accomplished songstresses, through his skill.
يُقَلِّدُhe adorns with necklaces أَدجيادَthe necks of أَشعارِناour poems
يُقَلِّدُ أَدجيادَ أَشعارِنا
فَلاso there is no بُدَّescape مِنfrom حَليِthe jewelry of أَلحانِهِhis melodies
فَلا بُدَّ مِن حَليِ أَلحانِهِ
He adorns the necks of our poems with necklaces,
So the jewels of his melodies are indispensable.
فَلاso may not أَعدَمَdeprive اللَهُGod أَسماعَناour ears
فَلا أَعدَمَ اللَهُ أَسماعَنا
جَميلَthe beauty of عَوائِدِthe recurring gifts of عيدانِهِhis lutes
جَميلَ عَوائِدِ عيدانِهِ
May God never deprive our ears
Of the lovely gifts his lutes bestow.
Sol 6.1