ومُتصلِand one joined المحاسنِthe beauties بالفتونِwith enchantment
ومُتصلِ المحاسنِ بالفتونِ
أقامَتhave dwelt فيهِin him لذاتُthe delights العيونِof the eyes
أقامَت فيهِ لذاتُ العيونِ
And one whose beauties are joined to enchantment,
Possessing the unbroken chain of beauties
In him the delights of the eyes have made their home.
Where the darlings of eyes once dwelled
تضمنَenveloped جسمَthe body of عاشقهِhis lover سقامٌa sickness
تضمنَ جسمَ عاشقهِ سقامٌ
بهِin him بينَbetween المحاجرِthe eye sockets والجفونِand the eyelids
بهِ بينَ المحاجرِ والجفونِ
A sickness has enveloped his lover’s body—
His lover's body harbored an illness
One lodged in him between the eye sockets and the eyelids.
Between the eyelids and glances it held
لهُhe has منfrom جَوهرينِtwo essences تمازجاهُthe two have mingled in him
لهُ من جَوهرينِ تمازجاهُ
سَماويينِboth heavenly جلاboth were exalted عنbeyond قَرينِa peer
سَماويينِ جلا عن قَرينِ
He is made of two essences that have mingled in him,
From two celestial essences he was formed
Both heavenly, exalted beyond any peer.
Exalted beyond any peer
وجلَّand he is exalted فلنso will not تَراهُsee him كلُّevery عينٍeye
وجلَّ فلن تَراهُ كلُّ عينٍ
فَكنتso I was بالبديعِwith the wondrous وبالمَصونِand with the well-guarded
فَكنت بالبديعِ وبالمَصونِ
And he is exalted; not every eye will see him.
Sublime is he, no eyes can behold him
So I was with the wondrous and the well-guarded.
For I was of the unique and the concealed