كتائب صبري مُزّقت بعيونه

كتائب صبري مُزّقت بعيونه

لذاك اشتكت ممّا بها في الهوادب

لذاك اشتكت ممّا بها في الهوادب

The battalions of my patience were torn apart by his eyes;

His patient battalions were torn by her eyes,

so they complained of what ailed them in the lashes.

So I complained of what was between them in private.

يقولُ عذولي قد تشكّت جُفونُه

يقولُ عذولي قد تشكّت جُفونُه

وذلك عيبٌ قلت لست بصائب

وذلك عيبٌ قلت لست بصائب

My reproacher says, “His eyelids have indeed complained,

Uthooli says his eyelids have become wrinkled,

and that is a fault.” I said, “You are not right:

I said that is no blemish, you are not right,

ولا عيب فيهم غير أنّ سُيوفهم

ولا عيب فيهم غير أنّ سُيوفهم

بهنّ فُلولُ من قراع الكتائب

بهنّ فُلولُ من قراع الكتائب

They have no fault, save that their swords

There is no blemish in them, except that their swords

bear notches from clashing with battalions.”

Against them are remnants from striking the battalions.