ومورَّدِand a rosy-hued one الوَجَناتthe cheeks أَغيدَgraceful خالُهhis beauty mark
ومورَّدِ الوَجَنات أَغيدَ خالُه
قدindeed كادَalmost يفتنُbewitches بالوَسامةِwith handsomeness عمَّهُhis paternal uncle
قد كادَ يفتنُ بالوَسامةِ عمَّهُ
And a rosy-cheeked, graceful youth, whose beauty mark
Has almost bewitched his paternal uncle with its handsomeness.
إنif خصَّsingled out قَلبيmy heart بالغَرامwith passion فربُّهthen his Lord
إن خصَّ قَلبي بالغَرام فربُّه
بالحسنwith beauty منfrom فَرطan abundance of الملاحَةloveliness عمَّهenveloped him
بالحسن من فَرط الملاحَة عمَّه
If he singled out my heart for passion, then his Lord
Has enveloped him in beauty, so abundant is his loveliness.
كحلhe applied kohl to العيونَthe eyes وكانَand there was فيin أَجفانهhis eyelids
كحل العيونَ وكانَ في أَجفانه
عضبٌa keen sword حَكىresembled نابَthe fang الشُجاعِof the serpent وسمَّهُand its venom
عضبٌ حَكى نابَ الشُجاعِ وسمَّهُ
He lined his eyes with kohl, while within his eyelids lay
A keen sword resembling the serpent’s fang and its venom.
وَبَكىand he wept بِطَرفٍwith an eye ذيpossessing اِحورارٍvivid black-and-white contrast زانَهadorned it
وَبَكى بِطَرفٍ ذي اِحورارٍ زانَه
كحَلٌkohl فَقُلتُso I said سَقىquenched الحسامَthe sword وسمَّهُand poisoned it
كحَلٌ فَقُلتُ سَقى الحسامَ وسمَّهُ
And he wept from an eye of vivid white and black, adorned by
Kohl; I said, “He has quenched the sword and poisoned it.”
Sol 6.1