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Does his cheek's softness dissuade him

أترى يثنيه عن قسوته

1. Does his cheek's softness dissuade him
From his harshness, while the wolves plead to him because of his tenderness?

١. أَتُرَى يُثْنِيهِ عَن قَسْوَتِهِ
خدُّهُ الذّائب من رِقَّتِهِ

2. Shall I seek his help when he is the one
Who colored my tears as per his dye?

٢. أَفَأَستنجدُهُ وَهوَ الّذي
لَوَّنَ الدَّمْعَ على صِبْغَتِهِ

3. Or do his frowning eyebrows frown
If he turns away from the extent of his aloofness?

٣. أَوْمَا حاجِبُهُ حاجبَهُ
إنْ تَجَافَى عن مَدَى جَفْوَتِهِ

4. That's why his bow is taut,
Drawing arrows from his eyelashes.

٤. فلِهذا قوسُهُ مُوتَرَةٌ
تَستَمِدُّ النَّبْلَ من مُقْلَتِهِ

5. A moon that the full moon takes no pride in
Except that it was created in its image.

٥. قمرٌ لا فخرَ للبدْرِ سوَى
أَنَّه صِيغَ على صورتِهِ

6. The mole on his cheek is a grape of wine
That extended from one cheek to the other in pleasantness.

٦. صدغُهُ كَرْمَةُ خَمْرٍ قسِّمَتْ
بَينَ خَدَّيهِ إلى نَكْهَتِهِ

7. His eyelids were numbed by it with an intoxication
That awakens the lover from his drunkenness.

٧. فتَّرَتْ جَفْنَيْه منها نَشوَةٌ
تُوقِظُ العاذِل من سَكْرَتِهِ

8. Can a beauty spot rise above his cheek,
A spot of musk that melted from its essence?

٨. أَتخالُ الخالَ يعلو خَدَّهُ
نقطَ مِسْكٍ ذابَ مِن طُرَّتهِ

9. That is my heart whose love was robbed
And it became a mole upon his cheek.

٩. ذاكَ قَلبي سُلِبَتْ حَبَّتُهُ
وَاِسْتَوَتْ خالاً على وجْنَتِهِ