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I said to a keeper with flowing hair, "What do you see?"

قلت لغلاق بعرنان ما ترى

1. I said to a keeper with flowing hair, "What do you see?"
He could barely reveal to me anything clear.

١. قُلتُ لِغَلّاقٍ بِعَرنانَ ما تَرى
فَما كادَ لي عَن ظَهرِ واضِحَةٍ يُبدي

2. He smiled reluctantly, and what he was feeling became apparent -
Grief showing through, and intense ardour.

٢. تَبَسَّمَ كُرهاً وَاِستَبَنتَ الَّذي بِهِ
مِنَ الحَزَنِ البادي وَمِن شِدَّةِ الوَجدِ

3. When someone is misled by a friend, it seems to him
In enemy territory, some of its bleakness.

٣. إِذا المَرءُ أَغراهُ الصَديقَ بَدا لَهُ
بِأَرضِ الأَعادي بَعضُ أَلوانِها الرُبدِ