سلطانa sultan حسنbeauty إنif سطتstruck أجفانهhis eyelids
سلطان حسن إن سطت أجفانه
فقوىthen the powers of التصبرpatient endurance عندهاbefore them متلاشيهvanishing
فقوى التصبر عندها متلاشيه
A sultan of beauty—if his eyelids strike,
The beauty of Sultan Hasan, when unveiled,
Then the powers of patient endurance vanish before them.
The fortitude to endure it disappears,
لماwhen غداwent forth منby virtue of حسنهhis beauty فيin موكبa procession
لما غدا من حسنه في موكب
حملتbore لهfor him نفسthe soul of المتيمthe lovesick one غاشيهa saddlecloth
حملت له نفس المتيم غاشيه
When, by virtue of his beauty, he went forth in procession,
When his beauty paraded in procession,
The lovesick one's soul bore a saddlecloth for him.
My infatuated soul was overwhelmed.