أفديI would ransom الذيthe one who عدمتwas lost لهto him عينٌan eye فلمso did not
أفدي الذي عدمت له عينٌ فلم
تسحرbewitch وعينٌand an eye سحرهاits enchantment لاnot يعدمis lacking
تسحر وعينٌ سحرها لا يعدم
I would give my life for him whose one eye is gone; it did not
I would ransom him whose one eye was lost and so did not
bewitch—while one eye’s magic never fails.
bewitch, while the other's enchantment is never lacking.
أصفI describe العيونthe eyes منof الظباءthe gazelles لأجلهfor his sake
أصف العيون من الظباء لأجله
ولفردand for a single عينٍeye ألفَa thousand عينٍeye تكرمyou honor
ولفرد عينٍ ألفَ عينٍ تكرم
For his sake, I describe the eyes of gazelles,
I describe the eyes of gazelles for his sake;
and for one solitary eye, a thousand eyes are honored.
And for a single eye, you honor a thousand eyes.
Sol 6.1