نَفَرَتshe recoiled سَودَةُSawdah مِنّيfrom me أَنbecause رَأَتshe saw
نَفَرَت سَودَةُ مِنّي أَن رَأَت
صَلعَbaldness الرَّأسِthe head وَفيand on الجِلدِthe skin وَضَحwhite patches
صَلعَ الرَّأسِ وَفي الجِلدِ وَضَح
Sawdah recoiled from me because she saw
Sawdah turned away when she saw
The baldness of my head and white patches on my skin.
my head bald and wrinkles on my skin.
قُلتُI said ياO سَودَةُSawdah هَذاthis وَالَّذيby Him who
قُلتُ يا سَودَةُ هَذا وَالَّذي
يُرِجُdispels الكُربَةَdistress عَنّاfrom us وَالكَلَحand gloom
يُرِجُ الكُربَةَ عَنّا وَالكَلَح
I said, “O Sawdah, this—by Him who
I said: "O Sawdah, this is He who
Dispels distress and gloom from us—
takes away grief and anxiety from us.
هُوَit زَينُadornment الوَجهِthe face لِلمَرءِfor a man كَماjust as
هُوَ زَينُ الوَجهِ لِلمَرءِ كَما
زَيَّنَadorned الطَرفَthe eye تَحاسينُbeauties القُزَحthe rainbow
زَيَّنَ الطَرفَ تَحاسينُ القُزَح
Adorns a man's face, just as
It is the adornment of a man's face, as
The rainbow's beauties adorn the eye.”
the eyelids are adorned by kohl."
Sol 6.1