سيفsword جفنيكَyour two eyelids دائِماًalways مَسلولunsheathed
سيف جفنيكَ دائِماً مَسلول
ماnot أَنتَyou عَنfor فِعلاتِهِits deeds مَسؤولanswerable
ما أَنتَ عَن فِعلاتِهِ مَسؤول
The sword of your eyelids is always unsheathed.
Your eyes are always sheathed swords
You are not answerable for its deeds.
But you're not responsible for their deeds
شَهِدتtestified عُيونِكَyour eyes اِنthat لَحظِكَyour glance قاتَلىmy slayer
شَهِدت عُيونِكَ اِن لَحظِكَ قاتَلى
وَقَصاصَةand retribution حَقrightful وَهنand they عَدولupright witnesses
وَقَصاصَة حَق وَهن عَدول
Your eyes testified that your glance is my slayer,
They saw that your glance was my killer
and retribution is rightful, and they are upright witnesses.
And talion is a just retribution
لِماwhen رَأَتthey saw مَنصوبset up; in the accusative قَلبيmy heart وَهُوَwhile it فيin
لِما رَأَت مَنصوب قَلبي وَهُوَ في
صَلةbond; relative clause العَذابtorment لِوَصلِهِto union with him مَوصولjoined; grammatically relative
صَلة العَذاب لِوَصلِهِ مَوصول
When they saw my heart set in the accusative, while it was in
When they saw my heart erect and chained
the bond of torment, bound to union with him,
To the prayer of torture, continuously connected
بنيتthey were built عَلىupon كَسرِbreaking; the kasra vowel وَعامِلand the governing force سِحرِهاtheir enchantment
بنيت عَلى كَسرِ وَعامِل سِحرِها
تَقديرُهُits implied reading اِنَّindeed الشَجىthe sorrow-stricken one مَقتولslain
تَقديرُهُ اِنَّ الشَجى مَقتول
they were founded upon heartbreak; and the governing force of their spell
Based on her spell's harm and sorcery
is construed as: 'Indeed, the sorrow-stricken one is slain.'
Its ordainment is: anguish is killed
Sol 6.1