لله ذاك الطرفُ كم فيه من

لله ذاك الطرفُ كم فيه من

حيفٍ على الصب ومن حين

حيفٍ على الصب ومن حين

What an eye that is—how laden it is with

God bless that gaze—how much it holds of

cruelty to the lovesick, and with doom!

injustice toward the lovesick one, and of doom!

لما حفظت السحر من جفنه

لما حفظت السحر من جفنه

نظمت حرف النون في العين

نظمت حرف النون في العين

Once I had learned magic by heart from his eyelid,

When I learned magic by heart from his eyelid,

I wove the letter nūn into verse upon the eye.

I set the letter nūn within the eye (ʿayn).