ياOh حَبّذاhow lovely الفلجُthe spacing between the teeth المَعسولُhoney-sweet ريقَتُهُits saliva
يا حَبّذا الفلجُ المَعسولُ ريقَتُهُ
وَكلُّand every حَرفٍletter بِهِthrough it مِنfrom لَفظِهِhis speech خَطَراflitted
وَكلُّ حَرفٍ بِهِ مِن لَفظِهِ خَطَرا
Oh, how lovely the gap-toothed mouth, whose saliva is honey-sweet,
Oh Cheeks whose sweet flow,
And every letter of his speech that flits through it!
Each letter therein, an idea does stir,
ثَغرٌa mouth كحُقٍّlike a casket بِهِwithin it الدُّرُّthe pearls النفيسُprecious غَداbecame
ثَغرٌ كحُقٍّ بِهِ الدُّرُّ النفيسُ غَدا
مَلآنfull مِنهُof it فَمَنظوماًand so strung وَمُنتَثراand scattered
مَلآن مِنهُ فَمَنظوماً وَمُنتَثرا
A mouth like a casket holding precious pearls has become
A mouth like a circlet where gems appear,
Full of them—strung together and scattered.
Composed therein, and scattered too,
يُجاوزُsurpasses النطقُspeech حُسنَthe beauty of الثغرِthe mouth مُنتبذاًdeparting
يُجاوزُ النطقُ حُسنَ الثغرِ مُنتبذاً
كَأَنَّهاas though they were دُرَرٌpearls قَدalready أَرسَلَتsent forth دُرَراpearls
كَأَنَّها دُرَرٌ قَد أَرسَلَت دُرَرا
Speech surpasses the mouth’s beauty as it departs,
Beyond the mouth’s beauty the words accrue,
As though they were pearls that had sent forth pearls.
As if each one, a pearl, does confer.
Sol 6.1