أَسْمَرُdark-complexioned عِيلَis exhausted الصَّبْرُpatience فيin حُبِّهloving him
أَسْمَرُ عِيلَ الصَّبْرُ في حُبِّه
ليسthere is not لهfor him فيin الحُسْنbeauty منany مُشْبِهِequal
ليس له في الحُسْن من مُشْبِهِ
A dusky youth—patience is exhausted in loving him.
He has no equal in beauty.
إِنْif شِئْتَyou wish أَنْto تَعْرِفَهknow him باسْمِهby his name
إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَعْرِفَه باسْمِه
أَفْرِدْهstrip it منof رابِعthe fourth حَرْفٍletter بهin it
أَفْرِدْه من رابِع حَرْفٍ به
If you wish to know him by his name,
Strip it of the fourth letter it contains.
طُوبىblessedness لِمَنْfor whoever باتspends the night لهُfor him ليلةًone night
طُوبى لِمَنْ بات لهُ ليلةً
عكسthe opposite of أَبيهhis father لهِوىfor the desire of قلبهhis heart
عكس أَبيه لهِوى قلبه
Blessed is whoever spends a night for him,
His father’s opposite, for his heart’s desire.
Translation model: Sol 6.1