ياO غَزالاًgazelle بِوَجهِهِon his face جَدريُّsmallpox marks
يا غَزالاً بِوَجهِهِ جَدريُّ
ظَلَّcontinued يَحكيto resemble كَواكِباًstars فيwithin هِلالِa crescent moon
ظَلَّ يَحكي كَواكِباً في هِلالِ
O gazelle whose face bears smallpox marks,
O gazelle with a face like the full moon
They kept resembling stars within a crescent moon.
Whose shadow tells of stars in the crescent
لاdo not تَلمنيblame me إِنif نَمَّtold بِالسِرِّof the secret دَمعيmy tears
لا تَلمني إِن نَمَّ بِالسِرِّ دَمعي
فَلَهُso it bears الذَنبُthe blame خالِصاًentirely فيهِin this لاnot ليmine
فَلَهُ الذَنبُ خالِصاً فيهِ لا لي
Do not blame me if my tears reveal the secret;
Blame me not if secretly tears moisten my eyes
For the blame for this is theirs alone, not mine.
For the fault lies in him, not in me
Sol 6.1