أزهارُblossoms وردٍroses قطفناهاwe plucked them بابصارِwith eyes
أزهارُ وردٍ قطفناها بابصارِ
ونشرُand fragrance وردٍroses شممناهُwe smelled it بأَفكارِwith thoughts
ونشرُ وردٍ شممناهُ بأَفكارِ
Rose blossoms we plucked with our eyes,
We plucked roses with sight
And the fragrance of roses we inhaled with our thoughts.
And smelled roses with thoughts
ووردةٌand a rose اثمرتbore fruit فيin القلبthe heart إذwhen غُرِسَتit was planted
ووردةٌ اثمرت في القلب إذ غُرِسَت
ولمand not أَرىI have seen وردةًa rose تأتيcomes باثمارِwith fruit
ولم أَرى وردةً تأتي باثمارِ
And a rose bore fruit in the heart when planted,
A rose blossomed when planted in the heart
Though I have never seen a rose bring forth fruit.
Yet I saw no rose bear fruit
لقدindeed سمتshe rose high فيamong الورىhumankind قدراًin stature ولاand no عجبٌwonder
لقد سمت في الورى قدراً ولا عجبٌ
فالوردُfor the rose بينamong الورىhumankind سلطانُsovereign أزهارِflowers
فالوردُ بين الورى سلطانُ أزهارِ
She has indeed risen in stature among humankind—no wonder,
It ascended high in creation, no wonder
For the rose among humankind is sovereign of flowers.
For the rose is sultan of flowers between creation
أهدتshe presented إِليَّto me بروضٍwith a garden منof أزاهرهاher blossoms
أهدت إِليَّ بروضٍ من أزاهرها
فالطرفُso the eye فيin جنةٍparadise والقلبُand the heart فيin نارِfire
فالطرفُ في جنةٍ والقلبُ في نارِ
She presented me with a garden of her blossoms;
She gifted me a garden of her blossoms
So the eye is in paradise, and the heart in fire.
So my gaze is in heaven while my heart is aflame
رسالةٌa letter بهرتdazzled حسناًin beauty وقدand indeed نقشتengraved
رسالةٌ بهرت حسناً وقد نقشت
مودَّةًaffection فيin فؤَاديmy heart ذاتhaving آثارِtraces
مودَّةً في فؤَادي ذات آثارِ
A letter dazzling in beauty, which has engraved
A message adorned with beauty, inscribed
Affection in my heart, leaving its traces.
Affection into my heart full of traces
فماso not نباليwe care إذاif أجسادناour bodies ابتعدتgrew distant
فما نبالي إذا أجسادنا ابتعدت
وللقلوبand for the hearts اقترابٌcloseness فهيso they فيin دارِa home
وللقلوب اقترابٌ فهي في دارِ
So we care not if our bodies are far apart,
We care not if our bodies are distant
While our hearts are close, dwelling in one home.
For hearts have nearness, they are homed
ياO منyou who تكلفتِyou took pains مدحيpraising me والمديحand praise علىaccording to
يا من تكلفتِ مدحي والمديح على
مقدارthe measure منشئهِits author فيin كلِّevery مضمارِarena
مقدار منشئهِ في كلِّ مضمارِ
O you who took pains to praise me—praise is measured by
O you who obliged my praise, praise is
Its author's worth, in every arena.
To the extent of its composer in every arena
ماnot أَنتِyou أَولthe first سارٍnight traveler غرَّهُbeguiled him قمرٌa moon
ما أَنتِ أَول سارٍ غرَّهُ قمرٌ
ولستُand I am not أولthe first بدرٍfull moon أَوهمmisled الساريِthe night traveler
ولستُ أول بدرٍ أَوهم الساريِ
You are not the first night traveler beguiled by a moon,
You're not the first deceived by a moon
Nor am I the first full moon to mislead a night traveler.
Nor am I the first full-moon to deceive
بينيbetween me وبينكِand between you فيin أسمآئناour names نسبٌkinship
بيني وبينكِ في أسمآئنا نسبٌ
لكنماbut بينناbetween us فرقٌa difference بأَفدارِin rank (probable intended reading)
لكنما بيننا فرقٌ بأَفدارِ
Between you and me, there is kinship in our names,
There is lineage between our names
But between us lies a difference in rank.
But between us difference in principles
والوردُand the rose منof بعضهِsome of it النسرينُthe eglantine يُشبِهُهُresembles it
والوردُ من بعضهِ النسرينُ يُشبِهُهُ
فيin العينthe eye لكنهُbut it منof طيبهِits fragrance عارِbereft
في العين لكنهُ من طيبهِ عارِ
And the eglantine, a kind of rose, resembles it
The jasmine resembles the rose in sight
To the eye, yet is bereft of its fragrance.
But in its scent, it falls short
Sol 6.1