وَجَوهريّand jewel-like المثالِthe form ذيpossessed of غُنُجٍcoy charm
وَجَوهريّ المثالِ ذي غُنُجٍ
متصلٍjoined بالجمالِto beauty منفَرِدِpeerless
متصلٍ بالجمالِ منفَرِدِ
And one of jewel-like form, endowed with coy charm,
Joined to beauty, peerless.
لاnot يبلغُreaches الوصفُdescription كُنهَthe essence صورتهِhis form
لا يبلغُ الوصفُ كُنهَ صورتهِ
نُورٌa light تراقىascended فصارَthen became فيin جسدِa body
نُورٌ تراقى فصارَ في جسدِ
Description cannot reach the essence of his form:
A light that rose, then came to dwell in a body.
ماno (uncertain here) منظرsight ماnot (uncertain here) لهfor him إلىtoward حسنbeauty
ما منظر ما له إلى حسن
نجاescaped بهthrough him or it طرفهhis gaze إلىtoward أحدِanyone
نجا به طرفه إلى أحدِ
No sight—no way for him toward beauty—
His gaze escaped through it toward anyone. [Lines 5–6 are unclear as supplied.]
لوif طلبتit sought فيهin him غيرَother than حُجتِهاits proof
لو طلبت فيه غيرَ حُجتِها
عينٌan eye علىagainst العاذلينَthe reproachers لمdid not تجدِfind
عينٌ على العاذلينَ لم تجدِ
If an eye sought in him anything but its proof
Against the reproachers, it would find none.
Translation model: Sol 6.1