للَّهِfor God! (expressing admiration) كِفْتيٌّa metal inlayer أَطاعَobeyed صَبَابَتيmy ardent love
للَّهِ كِفْتيٌّ أَطاعَ صَبَابَتي
فيهfor him الفُؤادُthe heart وَخَالَفand defied اللُّوّاماthe reproachers
فيه الفُؤادُ وَخَالَف اللُّوّاما
What a wondrous metal inlayer! My heart obeyed my passion
My sufficiency is with Allah, who obeyed my youth
for him and defied the reproachers.
In it lies the heart, though blamers disapprove
مَدَّstretched الشّريطَthe strip علىover الحَديدِthe iron فَخِلْتُهُso I imagined him
مَدَّ الشّريطَ على الحَديدِ فَخِلْتُهُ
قَمراًa moon يُطرِّزُembroiders بِالبُروقِwith flashes of lightning غَمامَاclouds
قَمراً يُطرِّزُ بِالبُروقِ غَمامَا
He stretched the strip over the iron, so I imagined him
I extended the belt over iron, so I left it
a moon embroidering clouds with flashes of lightning.
A moon embroidering the clouds with lightning