قَدindeed حَوَّمَتhovered طَيرُbirds نَوميmy sleep ثُمَthen نَفَّرَهاfrightened them away
قَد حَوَّمَت طَيرُ نَومي ثُمَ نَفَّرَها
حِذارُهاtheir wariness وَجَفَتand shunned بِاللَيلِat night أَجفاناeyelids
حِذارُها وَجَفَت بِاللَيلِ أَجفانا
The birds of my sleep had hovered, then were frightened away
My sleep has been disturbed by the birds, then frightened away,
By their own wariness, and shunned eyelids at night.
Their eyelids dried up in the night out of caution,
تَظُنُّthey think أَهدابُهاtheir eyelashes أَشراكَsnares مُحتَبِلٍa trapper
تَظُنُّ أَهدابُها أَشراكَ مُحتَبِلٍ
لاno (part of 'especially') سِيّماequal (with لا: especially) إِذwhen رَأتthey saw مَعهُنَّwith them إِنساناa man; also an eye's pupil
لا سِيّما إِذ رَأت مَعهُنَّ إِنسانا
They deem the eyelids' lashes a trapper's snares,
You'd think their eyelashes were the traps of an ambusher,
Especially when they saw a man among them.
Especially when they saw a human with them.
Sol 6.1