فَعَلتْdid بناto us مُقَلُeyes الجآذرْthe antelope calves
فَعَلتْ بنا مُقَلُ الجآذرْ
فعلَthe action الخناجرthe daggers بالحناجرْto the throats
فعلَ الخناجر بالحناجرْ
The eyes of the antelope calves have done to us
Their glances did us in
what daggers do to throats.
As if their eyes had killed us clear
ماnot فتَّرتْslackened فيin قتلناkilling us
ما فتَّرتْ في قتلنا
تلكthose المكحَّلةُthe kohl-lined ones الفَواترthe languid ones
تلك المكحَّلةُ الفَواتر
They have not slackened in killing us,
With arrows piercing every heart
those kohl-lined, languid eyes.
Let loose without remorse or fear
ترميshoot القلوبthe hearts بأسهمٍwith arrows
ترمي القلوب بأسهمٍ
يصدُرْنthey issue forth عنfrom قِسيbows المَحاجرthe eye sockets
يصدُرْن عن قِسي المَحاجر
They shoot arrows at hearts,
that issue from the bows of the eye sockets.
فكأنماso it is as though قَتَّلْنَنَاthey slaughtered us
فكأنما قَتَّلْنَنَا
أبصارُهنَّtheir eyes علىwith بصائرclear insight
أبصارُهنَّ على بصائر
So it is as though they have slaughtered us—
their eyes—with full awareness.
Partial English translation: 4 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1