ياAh! بِرُوحيwith my soul as ransom فارساًa horseman علقتهI fell in love with him
يا بِرُوحي فارساً علقته
خَنِثsoft and effeminate التهييفِslenderness مَعْسولhoney-sweet الدلالِcoquetry
خَنِث التهييفِ مَعْسول الدلالِ
Ah, I would give my soul for a horseman I love,
Delicately slender, honey-sweet in his coquetry.
أحْرزَhe won الحسنَbeauty فلماand when نالَهhe attained it
أحْرزَ الحسنَ فلما نالَه
قامَhe stood فيat غاياتِهits utmost bounds يدعوcalling نَزالِcome, fight!
قامَ في غاياتِه يدعو نَزالِ
He won beauty, and when he had attained it,
He stood at its utmost bounds, calling, “Come, fight!”