سَمحَgranted generously البَدرُthe full moon بوصلٍwith union فَشَفىand thus cured
سَمحَ البَدرُ بوصلٍ فَشَفى
منof جوىburning anguish الحبِّlove سَقيماًone who is sick مُغرماdeeply enamored
من جوى الحبِّ سَقيماً مُغرما
The full moon granted union, and thus cured
The full moon allowed a rendezvous, so it cured
a sick, enamored lover of love’s burning anguish.
A lover, sick with ardor.
وَسَماand rose عنabove مُشبهٍa counterpart ثمَّthere ومنand from
وَسَما عن مُشبهٍ ثمَّ ومن
أَينَwhere للبدرfor the full moon شبيهٌan equal فيin السَماthe sky
أَينَ للبدر شبيهٌ في السَما
And he rose above any equal there—and from
It withdrew from any likeness, then hid.
where could the full moon have an equal in the sky?
Where is the moon's equal in the sky?