وَواضِحَةِand white المُقَلَّدِneck أُمِّmother of خِشفٍa fawn
وَواضِحَةِ المُقَلَّدِ أُمِّ خِشفٍ
تُذَكِّرُنِىremind me سُلَيمَىSulayma مُقلَتَاهَاher two eyes
تُذَكِّرُنِى سُلَيمَى مُقلَتَاهَا
And a white-necked doe, mother of a fawn—
Her eyes remind me of Sulayma.
إِذاwhen نَظَرَتshe looked عَرَفتُI recognized النَّحرُthe throat مِنهَاof her
إِذا نَظَرَت عَرَفتُ النَّحرُ مِنهَا
وعَينَيهاand her two eyes وَلَمand did not أَعرِفI recognize سِواهَاanything else of her
وعَينَيها وَلَم أَعرِف سِواهَا
When she looked, I recognized her throat
And her eyes, but recognized nothing else of her.
صَدَرتُI turned away بِصُحبَتِىwith my companions أَنlest يَذعَرُوهَاthey startle her
صَدَرتُ بِصُحبَتِى أَن يَذعَرُوهَا
بِمَحنِيَةٍin a valley bend تَرُودُshe roams إِلىtoward طَلاهَاher fawn
بِمَحنِيَةٍ تَرُودُ إِلى طَلاهَا
I turned away with my companions, lest they startle her,
In a valley bend, roaming toward her fawn.
كَرِهناwe disliked اَنthat نَرَوّعَهاwe frighten her وَقُلناand we said
كَرِهنا اَن نَرَوّعَها وَقُلنا
اَشَلَّmay paralyze اللهُGod كَفَّىboth hands of مَنwhoever رَماهَاshot at her
اَشَلَّ اللهُ كَفَّى مَن رَماهَا
We were loath to frighten her, and said:
May God paralyze both hands of whoever shoots at her.
Sol 6.1