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When we disputed the meaning of words

ولما تنازعن معنى الحديث

1. When we disputed the meaning of words
With different terms or some aligned

١. ولَمّا تنازَعنَ مَعنى الحديث
بمختلف اللفظ أو متّفِقْ

2. She arched her eyebrows, plucking them like a bowstring
And shot from them arrows from her eyes

٢. لوينَ الحواجبَ نَزْعَ القسيّ
وأرسلنَ عَنهُنّ نَبْلَ الحَدَقْ

3. So no arrows reached my heart from her side
Feathered arrows shot from her eyes

٣. فلم يُصِبِ القلبَ من قبلها
سهامٌ مُنَصَّلَةٌ بالحدَقْ

4. And so love came upon us, not from us
And parting arrived, as did our divide

٤. فكان علينا الهوى لا لنا
وعَنَّ الفراقُ وَمِنهُ الفرَق

5. Oh, if you had seen the trembling of bodies
You'd have said the winds shake the leaves

٥. فيا لو رأيتَ ارتعادَ الجسومِ
لَقُلتَ الرّياحُ تهزُّ الوَرَق

6. And seen the redness of tears on eyelids
You'd have said some clung there, suspended

٦. وأبصرتَ حُمْرَ دموعِ الجفونِ
لقلتَ تَعَلّقَ منها العلق