سَوسَنٌirises كَالسَّوالفlike the sides of the neck البيضwhite لاحتappeared
سَوسَنٌ كَالسَّوالف البيض لاحت
لِمُحبٍّto a lover مُتَيَّمٍenslaved by love مِنfrom حَبيبِa beloved
لِمُحبٍّ مُتَيَّمٍ مِن حَبيبِ
Irises, like white necks revealed
Like white lilies, narcissus bloomed
to an enthralled lover by a beloved.
For a lovelorn lover, from a beloved
قَدindeed أَعارَتlent عُيونَناour eyes كُلّall حُسنٍbeauty
قَد أَعارَت عُيونَنا كُلّ حُسنٍ
وَأَعارَتand lent أُنوفَناour noses كلَّevery طيبِsweet scent
وَأَعارَت أُنوفَنا كلَّ طيبِ
They have indeed lent our eyes all beauty,
Our eyes lent all beauty
and lent our noses every sweet scent.
And our noses lent all fragrance
بَعضُهاsome of them عاشِقٌa lover لِبَعضٍof others فَبَعضٌso some
بَعضُها عاشِقٌ لِبَعضٍ فَبَعضٌ
لِمُحبٍّfor a lover وَالبَعضُand the others لِلمَحبوبِfor the beloved
لِمُحبٍّ وَالبَعضُ لِلمَحبوبِ
Some of them love others: some, then,
Some for the lover, some for the loved
stand for a lover, and others for the beloved.
For the lover and for the loved
فَالحَبيبُso the beloved المُبيَضُّthe white one مِنهاamong them إِذاwhen
فَالحَبيبُ المُبيَضُّ مِنها إِذا
اصفَرَّturned yellow سواهُother than it اِصفِرارَthe yellowing of صَبٍّa passionate lover كَئيبِsorrowful
اصفَرَّ سواهُ اِصفِرارَ صَبٍّ كَئيبِ
So the beloved is the white one among them, when
So when the whitened beloved
the other turns yellow with a sorrowful lover's pallor.
Yellows, the rest yellow in sorrowful gloom
لَهُماthe two of them have ثالثٌa third أَنافَrose high كواشٍlike a tale-bearer
لَهُما ثالثٌ أَنافَ كواشٍ
قامَstood يَحكيrecounts هواهُماtheir love كَالخَطيبِlike an orator
قامَ يَحكي هواهُما كَالخَطيبِ
They have a third, who rose high like a tale-bearer,
For them is a third, spying
and stood recounting their love like an orator.
Telling their love like a preacher
فَهُماso the two of them وَهوَand he فيin جَميعِall المَعانيthe senses
فَهُما وَهوَ في جَميعِ المَعاني
كَحبيبٍlike a beloved وَعاشقٍand a lover ورقيبِand a watcher
كَحبيبٍ وَعاشقٍ ورقيبِ
So the two of them and he, in every sense,
So the two and he, in all meanings
are like a beloved, a lover, and a watcher.
Are the beloved, the lover, the chaperone
Sol 6.1