وذات عمىً لها طرفٌ بصير

وذات عمىً لها طرفٌ بصير

إذا رمدت فأبصر ما تكون

إذا رمدت فأبصر ما تكون

And a blind one has an eye that sees;

Though blind, she has a seeing eye

When her eye is inflamed, her sight is keenest.

When bleary-eyed, it sees clear as can be

لها من غيرها نفسٌ معار

لها من غيرها نفسٌ معار

وناظرها لدى الأبصار طين

وناظرها لدى الأبصار طين

She has a soul borrowed from another,

Apart from her it has a borrowed soul

And her pupil, to the eye, is clay.

And among the keenest sights, it's but mud

وتبطش باليمين إذا أردنا

وتبطش باليمين إذا أردنا

وليس لها إذا بطشت يمين

وليس لها إذا بطشت يمين

And she strikes with the right hand when we wish,

She strikes hard with her right when we wish

Yet when she strikes, she has no right hand.

Yet when striking, she has no right hand