بأبيwith my father as ransom مَنthe one who لاnot يزالُceases الthe
بأبي مَن لا يزالُ ال
حُسنُbeauty مَنسوباًascribed إليهِto him
حُسنُ مَنسوباً إليهِ
May my father be a ransom for him to whom
By the one whose beauty still
beauty is ever ascribed,
Remains attributed to him
والذيand the one who كلُّevery بديعٍwondrous thing
والذي كلُّ بديعٍ
مُشرقٌshining فيin وجنتيهِhis two cheeks
مُشرقٌ في وجنتيهِ
and for him whose every wondrous charm
By whom all beauty shines
shines in his cheeks.
Bright on his cheeks
أينَwhere لاnot أينَwhere خلاصٌdeliverance
أينَ لا أينَ خلاصٌ
لِمُحبٍّfor a lover منfrom يَديهِhis two hands
لِمُحبٍّ من يَديهِ
Where—nowhere—is there deliverance
Where, oh where can the lover find
for a lover from his hands?
Salvation from his hands?
كيفَhow لِلمملوكِfor the slave أنthat يَعshow tenderness (verb's first fragment)
كيفَ لِلمملوكِ أن يَع
طفَshow tenderness (verb's remaining fragment) مَولاهُhis master عليهِtoward him
طفَ مَولاهُ عليهِ
How can a slave have
How can the owned expect
his master show him tenderness?
His owner to show him mercy?
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