خُطَّwas traced فيupon خَدِّكَyour cheek لامٌa letter lām
خُطَّ في خَدِّكَ لامٌ
كَدُجًىlike darkness فَوقَabove ضِياءِradiance
كَدُجًى فَوقَ ضِياءِ
A lām was traced upon your cheek,
like darkness over radiance.
ظَنَّهاthought it مَنْwhoever ظَنَّهاthought it آfirst fragment of “the end”
ظَنَّها مَنْ ظَنَّها آ
خِرَremaining fragment of “the end” وَجْدِيmy passion وعَنَائيand my suffering
خِرَ وَجْدِي وعَنَائي
Whoever judged it deemed it the end
of my passion and my suffering.
وَهْيَand it لوif يَنحُونthey parse grammatically ماwhat أنْfirst fragment of “they intended it”
وَهْيَ لو يَنحُون ما أنْ
حَوْهُremaining fragment of “they intended it” لامُthe lām of الإبتِداءِthe beginning
حَوْهُ لامُ الإبتِداءِ
Yet, were they to parse what they intended,
it is the lām of beginning.
Sol 6.1