لاdo not تعذليهblame him إذاif صباbecame enamored لحديقةٍof a garden
لا تعذليه إذا صبا لحديقةٍ
كانتwas لجائلةfor her with a loose-hanging الوشاحsash جناناa paradise
كانت لجائلة الوشاح جنانا
Do not blame him if he becomes enamored of a garden
That was a paradise for the woman whose sash hung loose.
عشقhe loved افترارthe smiling of الأقحوانthe daisy لثغرهاfor her mouth
عشق افترار الأقحوان لثغرها
والخيزرانand bamboo لقدهاfor her figure والباناand the bān tree (moringa)
والخيزران لقدها والبانا
He loved the daisy's smile for its likeness to her mouth,
And bamboo and the bān tree for her figure.
ورأىand he saw فتورthe languor of جفونهاher eyelids وخدودهاand her cheeks
ورأى فتور جفونها وخدودها
ونهودهاand her breasts ووشامهاand her tattoos الفتاناalluring
ونهودها ووشامها الفتانا
And he saw the languor of her eyelids, and her cheeks,
And her breasts, and her alluring tattoos;
فغداso he came to يحبlove النرجسthe narcissus الوسنانdrowsy والand the
فغدا يحب النرجس الوسنان وال
تفاحapples والرمانand the pomegranates والريحاناand the basil
تفاح والرمان والريحانا
So he came to love the drowsy narcissus, and the
apples, and the pomegranates, and the basil.
Sol 6.1