أَلحاظُglances عينيmy eye تَلْتهيamuse themselves
أَلحاظُ عيني تَلْتهي
فيin رَوضِa garden وردٍroses يَزْدَهيis resplendent
في رَوضِ وردٍ يَزْدَهي
The glances of my eye amuse themselves
My eyes repose
in a resplendent garden of roses.
In a blossoming rose garden
رَتَعتْthey grazed freely بهاin it وتَنزَّهتْand strolled
رَتَعتْ بها وتَنزَّهتْ
فيهاwithin it ألذَّmost delightful تَنزُّهِstrolling
فيها ألذَّ تَنزُّهِ
They grazed there and strolled,
Where they graze and wander
taking the sweetest of strolls within it.
The most delightful wandering
ياO أيُّهاyou الخَنِثُlanguid الجفوthe eyelids (continued)
يا أيُّها الخَنِثُ الجفو
نَcompletion of “eyelids” بنَخْوةٍwith haughtiness وتَكرُّهِand aversion
نَ بنَخْوةٍ وتَكرُّهِ
O you with languid eyelids,
O you who are unmanly and aloof
with haughtiness and aversion,
Without chivalry or honor
والمُكْتسيand the one clad غَنَجاًin coquetry أماdo you not
والمُكْتسي غَنَجاً أما
تَرثيyou pity لأَشعثَfor one disheveled أَمرهِhis affairs
تَرثي لأَشعثَ أَمرهِ
and you clad in coquetry—do you not
You who don luxurious garb
pity one whose affairs are in disarray?
Do you not lament the wretch's plight?
Sol 6.1