بأبيwith my father as ransom العِذارَthe cheek-down المُستديرَcurving around بخَدّهِon his cheek
بأبي العِذارَ المُستديرَ بخَدّهِ
وكمالand the perfection بهجةِof the radiance حُسْنِهِof his beauty المنْعوتlauded
وكمال بهجةِ حُسْنِهِ المنْعوت
May my father be ransom for the down curving around his cheek,
By my slender cheek I swear, effortlessly fair
and for the perfect radiance of his lauded beauty.
In flawless beauty renowned without peer
فكأنّماso, as though هوit صَولجانُa polo mallet زُمُرُّذof emerald
فكأنّما هو صَولجانُ زُمُرُّذ
مُتلَقِّفٌcatching كُرةًa ball منَof الياقوتruby
مُتلَقِّفٌ كُرةً منَ الياقوت
For it is as though it were an emerald polo mallet,
As though a sapphire wand, pure and rare
catching a ball of ruby.
Catching a pearl that the heavens did tear
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