قَفاO nape زيدٍof Zayd لقدindeed جرّبتyou have experienced منيfrom me
قَفا زيدٍ لقد جرّبت مني
أناملfingertips كالسياطlike whips ذواتhaving حومcircling motions
أنامل كالسياط ذوات حوم
O nape of Zayd, you have surely felt from me
O nape of Zayd, you have indeed felt from me
my fingertips, like whips in wheeling sweeps.
fingertips like whips, sweeping round.
كأنكas though you were سيفthe sword of زيدZayd الخيلal-Khayl (“the horses”) عنديin my keeping
كأنك سيف زيد الخيل عندي
أحادثهI tend to it يصقّلit is polished كلevery يومday
أحادثه يصقّل كل يوم
You are like Zayd al-Khayl’s sword in my keeping:
You are like Zayd al-Khayl’s sword in my keeping;
I converse with him, and every day it is burnished.
I tend to it; it is polished every day.
Sol 6.1