قَدِalready اِلتَوىhas curled صَدغُهُhis temple-lock وَاِختَطَّand has formed a line عارِضُهُhis cheek-down
قَدِ اِلتَوى صَدغُهُ وَاِختَطَّ عارِضُهُ
كَأَنَّهُas though it were أَلِفٌan alif مِنfrom فَوقِهِabove it نونُa nun
كَأَنَّهُ أَلِفٌ مِن فَوقِهِ نونُ
His temple-lock has already curled, and his cheek-down has formed a line,
His temple has contorted and his cheekbone protrudes
As though it were an alif with a nun above it.
As if above it is an 'alif' with a 'noon'
Sol 6.1