وأكحلand a dark-eyed one العينينthe two eyes أبصرتُهI saw him
وأكحل العينين أبصرتُه
يُفصدُhe is being bled والمبضعُand the lancet فيin الأنملthe fingertips
يُفصدُ والمبضعُ في الأنمل
And I saw one with kohl-dark eyes,
being bled, the lancet held between the fingers.
فصحتُso I cried out إشفاقاout of concern عليهfor him اتّئدtake your time
فصحتُ إشفاقا عليه اتّئد
وارفُقand be gentle بهwith him ياO فاصدbloodletter of الأكحلthe dark-eyed one; also, the median vein
وارفُق به يا فاصد الأكحل
So I cried, out of concern for him, “Take your time,
and be gentle with him, O bloodletter of the dark-eyed one!”
Sol 6.1