1. They went out hunting gazelles, but I
See their hunting her as forbidden to me.
١. راحوا يَصيدونَ الظِباءَ وَإِنَّني
لَأَرى تَصَيُّدُها عَلَيَّ حَراما
2. She resembles you in conversation and tears,
So I see it as binding on me not to hurt her.
٢. أَشبَهنَ مِنكِ سَوالِفاً وَمَدامِعاً
فَأَرى عَلَيَّ لَها بِذاكَ ذِماما
3. It is too hard for me to frighten her likeness,
Or let her taste torture at my hands.
٣. أَعزِز عَلَيَّ بِأَن أُرَوِّعَ شِبهَها
أَو أَن يَذُقنَ عَلى يَدَيَّ حِماما