كَأَنَّمَاas though البُنِّيُّal-Bunnī إِذْwhen أَفْرَطَتْbecame excessive
كَأَنَّمَا البُنِّيُّ إِذْ أَفْرَطَتْ
زُرْقَةُblueness لَحْظٍa glance مِنْهُfrom him فَتَّانْbewitching
زُرْقَةُ لَحْظٍ مِنْهُ فَتَّانْ
As though al-Bunayy, when excessive grew
It is as though al-Bunnī, when too intense grew
the blue of his gaze—so beguiling in him!—
the blue of his bewitching glance,
مَزْبَلَةٌa dung heap قَدْalready فُتِّحَتْwere opened فَوْقَهَاabove it
مَزْبَلَةٌ قَدْ فُتِّحَتْ فَوْقَهَا
ثِنْتَانِtwo مِنْof نَوَّارِblossoms كَتَّانْflax
ثِنْتَانِ مِنْ نَوَّارِ كَتَّانْ
were a dunghill, above which had opened
were a dung heap, above which had opened
two blossoms of flax.
two blossoms of flax.
Sol 6.1