لَيسَ السَليمُ سَليمَ أَفعى حَرَّةٍ

لَيسَ السَليمُ سَليمَ أَفعى حَرَّةٍ

لَكِن سَليمَ المُقلَةِ النَجلاءِ

لَكِن سَليمَ المُقلَةِ النَجلاءِ

The bitten one is not one bitten by a deadly viper,

The one unhurt is not unhurt from a heated snakebite,

but one bitten by the wide eye.

But unhurt by a glance, tender, languid,

نَظَرَت وَلا وَسَنٌ يُخالِطُ عَينَها

نَظَرَت وَلا وَسَنٌ يُخالِطُ عَينَها

نَظَرَ المَريضِ بِسَورَةِ الإِغفاءِ

نَظَرَ المَريضِ بِسَورَةِ الإِغفاءِ

She gazed, though no drowsiness clouded her eye,

She looked, no tooth interfered with her eye,

with the gaze of a sick person overcome by slumber.

The invalid looked with the surah of fainting.