إِنَّindeed العُيونَthe eyes الَّتيwhich فيin طَرفِهاtheir gaze حورٌstriking contrast of dark irises and bright whites
إِنَّ العُيونَ الَّتي في طَرفِها حورٌ
وَتِلكَand those أَعيُنُeyes مَنthe one whom نَهويwe love وَتَهواناand she loves us
وَتِلكَ أَعيُنُ مَن نَهوي وَتَهوانا
Indeed, the eyes with dark irises against dazzling whites,
The eyes that have houri in their corners,
And those are the eyes of her whom we love and who loves us,
Are the eyes of those I yearn for and desire.
سُيوفُswords أَلحاظِهاof her glances فيin الجَفنِthe eyelid مُغمَدَةًsheathed
سُيوفُ أَلحاظِها في الجَفنِ مُغمَدَةً
قَتَلنَناthey killed us ثُمَّthen لَمdid not يُحيينَbring back to life قَتلاناour slain
قَتَلنَنا ثُمَّ لَم يُحيينَ قَتلانا
The swords of her glances, sheathed within the eyelid,
The swords of their glances in the eyelids are sheathed,
Killed us, then did not bring our slain back to life.
They killed us then did not bring us back to life after killing us.
يَصرَعَنَّthey surely strike down ذاthe possessor of اللُبِّreason حَتّىuntil لاno حِراكَmovement بِهِin him
يَصرَعَنَّ ذا اللُبِّ حَتّى لا حِراكَ بِهِ
وَسودُand the black blades أَجفانِهاof her eyelids لِلبيضِthe white blades أَنساناmade us forget
وَسودُ أَجفانِها لِلبيضِ أَنسانا
They surely strike down the man of reason until he cannot stir,
They make the minds of those infatuated with them still, without any movement,
And her eyelids' black blades made us forget the white blades.
And the blackness of their eyelids is intimate friends with the whiteness.
يَعمَلَنَّthey surely work أَضعافَهاmany times their force فيناupon us إِذاwhen سَهِرَتshe stays awake
يَعمَلَنَّ أَضعافَها فينا إِذا سَهِرَت
وَهُنَّand they أَضعَفُthe weakest خَلقِof the creatures of اللَهِGod إِنساناin human form
وَهُنَّ أَضعَفُ خَلقِ اللَهِ إِنسانا
They work upon us with many times those blades' force when she stays awake,
They do double their effect on us when they stay up at night,
Yet they are the weakest of God's creatures in human form.
And they are the weakest of Allah's creation, human.
Sol 6.1