وأحورAnd a dark-eyed one المقلتينِthe two eyes أَحوىdusky
وأحور المقلتينِ أَحوى
كأنَّهAs though he البدرُthe full moon مُستديراround
كأنَّه البدرُ مُستديرا
And a dark-eyed, dusky one,
The most beautiful of eyes, I desire
As though he were the full moon, perfectly round.
As if it were the full moon, round
لمّاWhen رأَىhe saw خَدَّهُhis cheek رِياضاًgardens
لمّا رأَى خَدَّهُ رِياضاً
أفاضَHe poured forth مِنfrom عَينِهhis eye غَديراa pool
أفاضَ مِن عَينِه غَديرا
When he saw his cheek as gardens,
When it saw its cheek as a garden
He poured forth a pool from his eye.
It overflowed from its eye a river
Sol 6.1