لهفيmy yearning علىfor تلكthose المحاthe beauties (word begins here)
لهفي على تلك المحا
سنِcompletion of 'beauties' والمحاجرand the eye sockets فيwithin المَعاجرْthe head-veils
سنِ والمحاجر في المَعاجرْ
Alas, how I yearn for those beau—
How I yearn for those beauties,
—ties, and those eyes in their beds;
and the eyes within the head-veils,
وحواجبٍand eyebrows كقوادمlike primary wing-feathers الthe
وحواجبٍ كقوادم ال
خُطّافِswallow (bird) فيin حَلَقrings الأناجِرthe anchors
خُطّافِ في حَلَق الأناجِر
and brows like the leading pinions of the—
and eyebrows like the primary wing-feathers of the
—swallow, within the rings of anchors,
swallow in the rings of anchors—
أمضىsharper وأنفذand more penetrating فيinto القلوthe hearts (word begins here)
أمضى وأنفذ في القلو
بcompletion of 'hearts' منthan الخناجرthe daggers فيinto الحناجرthe throats
ب من الخناجر في الحناجر
keener and more piercing in the hear—
sharper and more penetrating into hearts
—ts than daggers in throats.
than daggers into throats.
Sol 6.1