ياO هلالاًcrescent moon فيin تجنِّيهِhis cruelty
يا هلالاً في تجنِّيهِ
وقضيباًand a slender branch فيin تَثنِّيهِhis swaying
وقضيباً في تَثنِّيهِ
O crescent moon in his cruelty,
O crescent moon in your slendering
and slender branch in his swaying,
And rod in your bending
والذيand the one whom لسْتُI do not أُسمِّيI name
والذي لسْتُ أُسمِّي
هِhim (attached to the preceding verb) ولكنِّيbut I أُكنّيهِI call him by a byname
هِ ولكنِّي أُكنّيهِ
and the one I do not name,
He whom I do not name
but call by a byname:
But only hint at
شادنٌyoung gazelle ماnot تَقْدرُcan العيْthe eye (first part)
شادنٌ ما تَقْدرُ العيْ
نُcompletion of 'the eye' تراهُsee him منbecause of تَلاليهِhis radiance
نُ تراهُ من تَلاليهِ
a young gazelle whom the eye cannot
Stately, whom eyes cannot resist
behold because of his radiance.
Seeing him from his hills
كلَّماwhenever قابلَهُfaces him شخperson (first part)
كلَّما قابلَهُ شخ
صٌcompletion of 'person' رأىsaw صُورتَهُhis own image فيهِin him
صٌ رأى صُورتَهُ فيهِ
Whenever someone faces him,
Whenever faced by a person
he sees his own image in him.
He saw his image in him
لانَbecame soft حتىso much that لوif مَشىwalked الذَّرْtiny ants (first part)
لانَ حتى لو مَشى الذَّرْ
رُcompletion of 'tiny ants' عليهِupon him كادَalmost يُدْميهِmake him bleed
رُ عليهِ كادَ يُدْميهِ
He is so tender that, if tiny ants walked
For even if an atom walked on him
upon him, they would almost make him bleed.
It nearly crumpled him
Sol 6.1