لاdo not تتعرضprovoke لناus فإنَّfor indeed لناwe have
لا تتعرض لنا فإنَّ لنا
لواحظاًeyes زانَadorned سحرهاtheir enchantment المَرَضُlanguor
لواحظاً زانَ سحرها المَرَضُ
Do not venture against us—for we possess
Do not provoke us, for we have
Glances, their magic made lovelier by languor.
eyes whose enchantment languor has adorned.
إذاif أصابتthey strike بنظرةٍwith a glance أحَداًsomeone
إذا أصابت بنظرةٍ أحَداً
فماthen … no لهhe has عنbeyond حياتهhis life غرضconcern
فما له عن حياته غرض
Should they strike anyone with a glance,
If they strike someone with a glance,
He has no desire to go on living.
he has no concern beyond his life.
كمhow many منof جريحٍa wounded man بسهمby an arrow مقلتهاof her eye
كم من جريحٍ بسهم مقلتها
جراحُهhis wounds ماnot تزالcease تَنتَقِضُbreak open again
جراحُه ما تزال تَنتَقِضُ
How many a man lies wounded by the arrow of her eye—
How many a man wounded by the arrow of her eye—
His wounds never cease reopening.
his wounds keep breaking open.
Sol 6.1