قلsay للملِيحةِto the lovely woman ماwhat لحسنِكِwith your beauty جائلاًroaming
قل للملِيحةِ ما لحسنِكِ جائلاً
فيin الخَلْقphysical form منكof you وليسand is not فيin الأخلاقcharacter
في الخَلْق منك وليس في الأخلاق
Tell the lovely one: why does your beauty roam
Say to the beautiful one, what good is your beauty,
Through your outward form, but not through your character?
When your character is unlike your appearance?
لوif كانwere خُلْقِكyour character مثلlike خَلْقِكyour physical form لمnot تكنyou would be
لو كان خُلْقِك مثل خَلْقِك لم تكن
فيin الحكمjudgment جائرةunjust علىtoward العشاقthe lovers
في الحكم جائرة على العشاق
If your character were like your form, you would not be
If your character was like your appearance, you would not
Unjust toward lovers in your judgment.
Be unjust in your judgements against lovers.
صيَّرتِyou made صدغَكِyour temple-lock عقرباًa scorpion لدّاغةًfiercely stinging
صيَّرتِ صدغَكِ عقرباً لدّاغةً
ياOh ليتif only رِيقَكِyour saliva موضعin place of الدِّرْياقthe antidote
يا ليت رِيقَكِ موضع الدِّرْياق
You turned your temple-lock into a fiercely stinging scorpion.
You have made your cheek a stinging scorpion,
Oh, if only your saliva could take the antidote's place!
If only your saliva were an antidote.
ياO منone whose يلاقيsuffers خَصرُهhis waist مِنfrom رِدفهhis buttocks
يا من يلاقي خَصرُه مِن رِدفه
أضعافَmany times ماwhat أناI فيin هواهlove for him ألاقيI suffer
أضعافَ ما أنا في هواه ألاقي
O one whose waist suffers from his buttocks
O you whose waist compared to your hips
Many times what I suffer in loving him.
Increased what I have suffered from loving you.
Sol 6.1