وريمٍand a gazelle رَمَتْنيَstruck me ألحاظُهhis glances
وريمٍ رَمَتْنيَ ألحاظُه
فَبِتُّso I spent the night أسيراًa captive لهاto them (his glances) مُوثَقاbound fast
فَبِتُّ أسيراً لها مُوثَقا
And a gazelle's glances struck me;
so I spent the night their captive, bound fast.
كأنَّas though الشَّقَائِقَanemones والياسَمينَand jasmine
كأنَّ الشَّقَائِقَ والياسَمينَ
علىupon خَدِّهِhis cheek خَجَلاًin bashfulness شُقِّقاwere both split open
على خَدِّهِ خَجَلاً شُقِّقا
As though anemones and jasmine
had been split open upon his cheek in bashfulness.
وقالواand they said بمُقلَتِهin his eye زُرْقَةٌa blueness
وقالوا بمُقلَتِه زُرْقَةٌ
تَشِينُmars him فَظَلَّso he remained لهاbecause of it مُطرِقاwith his head bowed
تَشِينُ فَظَلَّ لها مُطرِقا
And they said, 'His eye has a blueness
that mars him'; so he kept his head bowed because of it.
وهلand can ...? يَقطَعُcut السَّيفُthe sword يَومَon the day of الوَغَىbattle
وهل يَقطَعُ السَّيفُ يَومَ الوَغَى
إذاif لمnot يكنْbe متنُهthe flat of its blade أَزرَقاblue
إذا لم يكنْ متنُه أَزرَقا
And can a sword cut on the day of battle
if the flat of its blade is not blue?
Sol 6.1