تحيرwas bewildered الدمعthe tears يومthe day of بينٍparting
تحير الدمع يوم بينٍ
فيin جفنthe eyelid of أحوىa dark-lipped one أغنsweetly nasal-voiced أحورdark-eyed, with brilliant whites
في جفن أحوى أغن أحور
The tears stood bewildered on the day of parting,
in the eyelid of a dark-lipped, sweetly nasal-voiced, dark-eyed beloved.
كأنهas though it were فيهwithin it عقدa necklace of درpearls
كأنه فيه عقد در
فقلتso I said هذاthis سيفٌa sword مجوهرjeweled
فقلت هذا سيفٌ مجوهر
As though they were a necklace of pearls within it,
so I said: “This is a jeweled sword.”
Sol 6.1