أمّاas for الرّياضُthe gardens فإنّهاthen indeed they are مسروقةٌstolen
أمّا الرّياضُ فإنّها مسروقةٌ
للنّبْتfor the plants منfrom ألفاظكyour words الغَرّاءِradiant
للنّبْت من ألفاظك الغَرّاءِ
As for the gardens, they have been stolen
for the plants from your radiant words.
إنِّيindeed I بعثتُI sent بهاwith them إليكto you وإنهاand indeed they are
إنِّي بعثتُ بها إليك وإنها
لَذَواتُtruly possessed of إطراقٍlowered heads وذاتُand possessed of حَياءmodesty
لَذَواتُ إطراقٍ وذاتُ حَياء
I have sent them to you, and they
truly bow their heads and are filled with modesty,
كالشّيءlike something يَسْتهديهhe requests it as a gift منّيَfrom me ربُّهits owner
كالشّيء يَسْتهديه منّيَ ربُّه
أنتَyou الأحقّmost entitled بهاto them وبالإهداءand to giving gifts
أنتَ الأحقّ بها وبالإهداء
like something its owner asks me for as a gift.
You have the greatest right to them—and to bestow them as gifts.
منكfrom you استعارborrowed الحُسْنَbeauty كلُّevery مُحَسَّنٍbeautified thing
منك استعار الحُسْنَ كلُّ مُحَسَّنٍ
فلكso to you انتسابُtracing of lineage محاسنthe beauties of الأشياءthings
فلك انتسابُ محاسن الأشياء
Every lovely thing has borrowed beauty from you;
so the beauties of things trace their lineage to you.
وَظَرُفتَand you were refined حتىto the point that فُقْتَyou surpassed كلَّevery مُظَرًّفٍrefined person
وَظَرُفتَ حتى فُقْتَ كلَّ مُظَرًّفٍ
ولَطُفتَand you were delicate حتىto the point that فُقْتَyou surpassed لُطْفthe delicacy of الماءwater
ولَطُفتَ حتى فُقْتَ لُطْف الماء
And you were so refined that you surpassed every polished person,
and so delicate that you surpassed the delicacy of water.
ديباجُthe brocade of لفظكyour speech فوقabove كلّevery منِّورٍflower-adorned thing
ديباجُ لفظك فوق كلّ منِّورٍ
لكنّbut خيراًbetter منهthan it حسنُthe beauty of صفاءsincerity
لكنّ خيراً منه حسنُ صفاء
The brocade of your speech surpasses every flower-adorned thing,
yet the beauty of sincerity is better still.
لاno شيءَthing أحسنُmore beautiful منthan خليلَيْtwo close friends غبطةٍhappiness
لا شيءَ أحسنُ من خليلَيْ غبطةٍ
يتَراضعانboth suckle one another لِبانَthe breast milk of كلّall وفاءfaithfulness
يتَراضعان لِبانَ كلّ وفاء
Nothing is lovelier than two friends blessed with happiness,
who suckle one another on the milk of perfect faithfulness.
هذاthis one يُناجِيconfides in ذاthat one هوىًout of love وتحافَظَاand both kept faith with one another
هذا يُناجِي ذا هوىً وتحافَظَا
أبداًforever ولمand did not يَسْتمتعاboth take pleasure بلقاءin meeting
أبداً ولم يَسْتمتعا بلقاء
This one confides lovingly in the other; both have kept faith
forever, though they have never enjoyed a meeting.
Sol 6.1