كَتَبْتُI wrote لهاto her أَنَّنيthat I عاشِقٌam in love
كَتَبْتُ لها أَنَّني عاشِقٌ
عَلىon مُهْرَقِparchment الكَتْمِsecrecy بالناظِرِwith the eye
عَلى مُهْرَقِ الكَتْمِ بالناظِرِ
I wrote to her that I was in love,
I wrote to her that I am a lover
On the parchment of secrecy, with my gaze.
On the brink of concealing with my gaze
فَرَدَّتْso she answered عليَّto me جَوابَthe reply of الهَوىlove
فَرَدَّتْ عليَّ جَوابَ الهَوى
بِأَحْوَرwith a dark-pupilled eye فيin مائِهِits liquid sheen حائِرِbewildered
بِأَحْوَر في مائِهِ حائِرِ
So she answered me with love’s reply,
She replied to me with the answer of passion
With a dark-pupilled eye, bewildered in its own liquid sheen.
With the most beautiful eyes lost in their water
مُنَعَّمةٌa pampered woman نَطَقَتْshe spoke بالجُفُونwith the eyelids
مُنَعَّمةٌ نَطَقَتْ بالجُفُون
فدَلَّتْand so she pointed علىto دِقَّةthe subtlety of الخاطِرِthe mind
فدَلَّتْ على دِقَّة الخاطِرِ
A pampered woman spoke through her eyelids,
Graceful, she spoke with her eyelids
And thus revealed the subtlety of her mind.
Indicating the gentleness of her thoughts
كأَنَّas though فؤادِيmy heart إِذاwhen أَعْرَضَتْshe turned away
كأَنَّ فؤادِي إِذا أَعْرَضَتْ
تَعَلَّقَhung suspended فيin مخْلَبَيْthe two talons of طائِرِa bird
تَعَلَّقَ في مخْلَبَيْ طائِرِ
It is as though my heart, whenever she turns away,
As if my heart, when she turns away
Were caught in the two talons of a bird.
Is caught in the talons of a bird
Sol 6.1