ياO مَنyou who نُعِدُّwe deem بِهِthrough him المَجازَmetaphor حَقيقَةًreality
يا مَن نُعِدُّ بِهِ المَجازَ حَقيقَةً
أَنتَyou المُفَدّىthe one we would sacrifice ourselves for خِفَّةًlightness وَلِطافَةِand delicacy
أَنتَ المُفَدّى خِفَّةً وَلِطافَةِ
O you through whom we deem metaphor reality,
You are the cherished one, all lightness and delicacy.
إِنّيindeed I لَأُنصِفَcertainly judge fairly مِنfrom ذَويكَyour kin عَثيرَةًa little lapse (uncertain reading)
إِنّي لَأُنصِفَ مِن ذَويكَ عَثيرَةً
حَجَبوكَthey veiled you عَنfrom مُقَلِthe eyes الأَنامِhumankind مَخافَةِfor fear
حَجَبوكَ عَن مُقَلِ الأَنامِ مَخافَةِ
I would indeed judge a little lapse by your kin fairly:
They veiled you from the eyes of humankind, for fear
مِنof أَنthat تَخدِشَmight scratch خَدَّكَyour cheek الأَبصارُgazes
مِن أَن تَخدِشَ خَدَّكَ الأَبصارُ
هامَتwere enraptured بِرُؤيَتِكَat seeing you العُيونُthe eyes وَرَجَحَتand deemed it likely
هامَت بِرُؤيَتِكَ العُيونُ وَرَجَحَت
That gazes might scratch your cheek.
Eyes were enraptured at seeing you, and deemed it likely
إِنَّthat الخُدودُthe cheeks هِيَthey الوُرودُthe roses تَفَتَّحَتhave blossomed
إِنَّ الخُدودُ هِيَ الوُرودُ تَفَتَّحَت
وَالبَعضُand some يَزعُمُclaim أَنَّهاthat they قَدalready رُشِّحَتhave been moistened
وَالبَعضُ يَزعُمُ أَنَّها قَد رُشِّحَت
That the cheeks were roses that had blossomed.
And some claim that they have been moistened.
فَتَوَهَّموكَso they imagined you وَلَمand did not يَرَوكَsee you فَأَصبَحَتso there appeared
فَتَوَهَّموكَ وَلَم يَرَوكَ فَأَصبَحَت
مِنfrom وَهمِهِمtheir imagining فيon خَدِّكَyour cheek الآثارُthe marks
مِن وَهمِهِم في خَدِّكَ الآثارُ
So they imagined you, though they had not seen you, and there appeared
Marks upon your cheek from their imagining.