عِشناwe lived بِأَنعَمِin the most blissful عَيشٍlife
عِشنا بِأَنعَمِ عَيشٍ
إِلفَينِtwo lovers كالغُصنَينِlike the two boughs
إِلفَينِ كالغُصنَينِ
We lived the most blissful life,
Two lovers, like two boughs.
فَلَمand did not يَزَلcease عُجبُadmiration عَينيmy eye
فَلَم يَزَل عُجبُ عَيني
بِأُلفَةِat the intimacy of الإِلفَينِthe two lovers
بِأُلفَةِ الإِلفَينِ
And my eye never ceased to marvel
At the intimacy of the two lovers,
حَتّىuntil رَمانيit struck me بِسَهمِwith an arrow of الthe
حَتّى رَماني بِسَهمِ ال
مَنونِdeath عَنfrom قَوسَينِtwo bows
مَنونِ عَن قَوسَينِ
Until it struck me with the arrow of
Death, from two bows.
أَلَيسَis it not مِنof شُؤمِill luck بَختيmy fortune
أَلَيسَ مِن شُؤمِ بَختي
أَصَبتُI afflicted نَفسيmyself بِعَينيwith my evil eye
أَصَبتُ نَفسي بِعَيني
Is it not my ill fortune
That I afflicted myself with my own evil eye?
Sol 6.1