لهفيmy yearning علىfor فاترlanguid الأجفانthe eyelids منعطفswaying
لهفي على فاتر الأجفان منعطف
أضحىhe became يكايدhe rivals غزلاناًgazelles وأغصاناand boughs
أضحى يكايد غزلاناً وأغصانا
Ah, my longing for a languid-eyed one, swaying!
How I yearn for the languid-eyed one, swaying,
He now vies with gazelles and boughs.
Who has come to rival gazelles and boughs.
قاستcompared ذوائبهhis locks بالليلwith the night حسّدهhis enviers
قاست ذوائبه بالليل حسّده
حتىuntil نضىhe unveiled فإذاand behold بالفرقِby the hair-parting (the distinction) قدindeed باناbecame apparent
حتى نضى فإذا بالفرقِ قد بانا
His enviers measured his tresses against the night,
His enviers compared his locks with the night,
until he doffed [the covering]—then behold: at the parting, the two stood apart.
Until he unveiled—and behold, the parting made the difference plain.
Sol 6.1