عجبتshe marveled أمmother of خالدٍKhalid إذwhen رأتshe saw سحclouds (first part)
عجبت أم خالدٍ إذ رأت سح
بclouds (final part) جفونيmy eyelids فيin فيضهنtheir overflow ركاماin heaps
ب جفوني في فيضهن ركاما
Umm Khalid marveled when she saw the clouds
The mother of Khalid was amazed when she saw
of my eyelids, piled high amid their overflow.
the tears piling up under my eyelids
ثمthen نادتshe called أترابهاher peers إذwhen رأتshe saw إنpupil (first part)
ثم نادت أترابها إذ رأت إن
سانpupil (final part) عينيmy eye فيin مائهاits water قدalready عاماswam
سان عيني في مائها قد عاما
Then she called to her peers when she saw the pupil
Then she called her friends when she saw
of my eye already swimming in its water:
the pupils of my eyes swimming in their water
ياO سليميSulayma ياO هندHind يافاO Fatim (first part)
يا سليمي يا هند يافا
طمFatim (final part) ياO أمmother of مالكMalik ياO أماماUmama
طم يا أم مالك يا أماما
"O Sulayma, O Hind, O Fa—
O my Salimi, O Hind, O Fatha
—tim, O Umm Malik, O Umama!
O mother of Malik, O leader
ماwhat لإنسانwith the pupil of عينهhis eye يكثرdoes frequently الغthe washing (first part)
ما لإنسان عينه يكثر الغ
سلwashing (final part) بفياضin the copious flow of مائهاits water استحماماbathing
سل بفياض مائها استحماما
Why does the pupil of his eye wash so often,
Why does a man's eye overflow
bathing in its copiously flowing water?"
with copious washing in her flowing water?
قلنthey said لاno علمknowledge عندناwith us غيرexcept أنthat المرthe man (first part)
قلن لا علم عندنا غير أن المر
ءman (final part) فيin تيهwilderness حبكمlove for you قدhas هاماwandered
ء في تيه حبكم قد هاما
They said, "We know nothing except that the man
They said, "We have no knowledge other than
has wandered in the wilderness of love for you."
the man in wandering love for you has become confused."
Sol 6.1