منْwhoever يبعْsells ذاتَa woman possessing جمالٍbeauty
منْ يبعْ ذاتَ جمالٍ
كانَhe was لاnot يصبرُenduring patiently عنهاbeing apart from her
كانَ لا يصبرُ عنها
If someone sells a beautiful woman
Whoever sells a beauty
whom he could not bear to be without,
Could not bear to part with it
فدواءُso the cure الصبِّthe lovesick one عنديin my view
فدواءُ الصبِّ عندي
مُشترىbuying أحسنَone more beautiful منهاthan her
مُشترى أحسنَ منها
then the cure for the lovesick, in my view,
Yet to me the cure for passion
is buying one more beautiful than her.
Is better bought than freely gained