نزِّهpurify فؤادكyour heart عنfrom حبlove of الجمالbeauty بهin it
نزِّه فؤادك عن حب الجمال به
ولاand do not تطعobey فيin الهوىlove; passion حَسْناًa handsome man ولاnor حَسْناa beautiful woman
ولا تطع في الهوى حَسْناً ولا حَسْنا
Purify your heart of the love of beauty within it.
Purify your heart from loving beauty through him
And in love, obey neither a handsome man nor a beautiful woman.
And do not obey in passion a beauty or a handsome one
إنيindeed, I امرؤٌa man شيمةُbeholding الحسناءthe beautiful woman منamong شيميmy habits
إني امرؤٌ شيمةُ الحسناء من شيمي
لكننيbut I فيin هواهاlove for her حرفُa grammatical particle of إستثناexception
لكنني في هواها حرفُ إستثنا
I am a man whose habits include beholding the beautiful woman,
I am a man whom the qualities of the beautiful are part of my qualities
But in loving her, I am a particle of exception.
But in her love, I am an exception