ياO عَينُeye مَهلاًgently أَلَمwere you not تُنهىforbidden عَنِfrom النَظَرِgazing
يا عَينُ مَهلاً أَلَم تُنهى عَنِ النَظَرِ
غُضّىlower مِنَfrom الطَرفِthe gaze غُضّىlower لامِحَdarting البَصَرِsight
غُضّى مِنَ الطَرفِ غُضّى لامِحَ البَصَرِ
O eye, gently! Were you not forbidden to gaze?
Lower your gaze; lower your darting sight.
لاdo not تَطرَحِيcast القَلبَthe heart عَينيmy eye فيinto مُهَوَّلَةٍa place of terror
لا تَطرَحِي القَلبَ عَيني في مُهَوَّلَةٍ
فَتُوردِيهِand so lead it in وَتَعيىand be unable بَعدُafterward بِالصَدرَto bring it back out
فَتُوردِيهِ وَتَعيى بَعدُ بِالصَدرَ
Do not cast the heart, my eye, into a place of terror,
And so lead it in, then be unable afterward to bring it out.
قَدalready قُدتِهِyou led it نَحوَtoward لَيلىLayla قَبلَbefore ذاthis زَمَناًsome time
قَد قُدتِهِ نَحوَ لَيلى قَبلَ ذا زَمَناً
فَماso not سَلَمتِyou escaped unharmed وَماand not هُنِّيتِyou were congratulated بالظَفَرِon victory
فَما سَلَمتِ وَما هُنِّيتِ بالظَفَرِ
You led it toward Layla some time before this,
So you neither escaped unscathed nor were congratulated on victory.
ماnot جَفَّdried دَمعُكِyour tears حَتّىuntil اليَومِtoday مِنfrom حَزَنٍgrief
ما جَفَّ دَمعُكِ حَتّى اليَومِ مِن حَزَنٍ
مِنfrom ذِكرِهاremembering her وَاِستَخَفَّand was stirred القَلبُthe heart لِلذِكَرِby the memories
مِن ذِكرِها وَاِستَخَفَّ القَلبُ لِلذِكَرِ
Your tears have not dried to this day, from grief
From remembering her; and the heart was stirred by memories.
ظَلَّتshe kept on وَظَلَّand he kept on حُصَينٌḤuṣayn يَهتِفانِboth calling out لَهاto her
ظَلَّت وَظَلَّ حُصَينٌ يَهتِفانِ لَها
بِجُؤذَرٍas a wild-ox calf حَولُهُaround it عِينٌwide-eyed مِنَamong البَقَرِthe wild cows
بِجُؤذَرٍ حَولُهُ عِينٌ مِنَ البَقَرِ
She and Ḥuṣayn kept hailing her
As a wild-ox calf, with wide-eyed wild cows around it,
مُخَضَّباًhenna-dyed يَتَلالاgleaming تَحتَbeneath كِلَّتِهِits gauze canopy
مُخَضَّباً يَتَلالا تَحتَ كِلَّتِهِ
كَماas تَلالاgleamed وَميضُthe flash البَرقِof lightning فيin الصُبُرِthe cloud banks
كَما تَلالا وَميضُ البَرقِ في الصُبُرِ
Henna-dyed, gleaming beneath its gauze canopy,
As lightning's flash gleams amid banks of cloud.
أَقبَلتُI came أَبغيI seek أُرِيدُI desire الأَجرَspiritual reward مُعتَمِراًperforming the lesser pilgrimage
أَقبَلتُ أَبغي أُرِيدُ الأَجرَ مُعتَمِراً
وَلَمand did not يَذَرleave مِثلُهاone like her خُلقاًmoral character لِمُعتَمِرِfor an ʿumrah pilgrim
وَلَم يَذَر مِثلُها خُلقاً لِمُعتَمِرِ
I came seeking, desiring reward, on the lesser pilgrimage,
And one like her had left no pilgrim any virtue
قَبليbefore me فَلَمَّاand when بَلَغتُI reached الرَدمَthe embankment أَبصَرَنيsaw me
قَبلي فَلَمَّا بَلَغتُ الرَدمَ أَبصَرَني
رِيمٌa white gazelle رَمانيshot me فَلَمand did not يَشوىmiss the vital spot مِنَfrom القَتَرِthe hunting blinds
رِيمٌ رَماني فَلَم يَشوى مِنَ القَتَرِ
Before me; when I reached the embankment, I was seen
By a white gazelle that shot me from the hunting blinds and did not miss the vital spot.
Sol 6.1