وَلِلَّهand, by God ظبيٌa gazelle كالهلالِlike the crescent moon جبينُهhis brow
وَلِلَّه ظبيٌ كالهلالِ جبينُه
رمانيhe shot me بسهمٍwith an arrow منfrom جُفونٍeyelids فواترِlanguid
رماني بسهمٍ من جُفونٍ فواترِ
By God, a gazelle whose brow is like the crescent moon
Shot me with an arrow from languid eyelids.
جرَتflowed بمآقيهاin their inner corners الدُموعthe tears كأَنَّهاas though they were
جرَت بمآقيها الدُموع كأَنَّها
مياهُwatery gleams فرندٍdamask-steel patterning فيon شِفارblade-edges بَواتِرِkeen-cutting
مياهُ فرندٍ في شِفار بَواتِرِ
Tears flowed in their inner corners, as though they were
The watery sheen of damask steel on keen blade-edges.
يُشيرُhe signals بطرفٍwith a glance وهوwhile he يَرتاعُtakes fright خيفةًout of fear
يُشيرُ بطرفٍ وهو يَرتاعُ خيفةً
كَماjust as اِرتاعtook fright ظبيٌa gazelle خوفَfor fear of كفَّةِthe snare of جازرِa slaughterer
كَما اِرتاع ظبيٌ خوفَ كفَّةِ جازرِ
He signals with a glance, trembling in fear,
Like a gazelle frightened by a slaughterer’s snare.
وَعَيناهُand his two eyes مَملوءانِboth filled دمعاًwith tears كنرجسٍlike a narcissus
وَعَيناهُ مَملوءانِ دمعاً كنرجسٍ
عليهupon it سَقيطُfallen droplets of الطلِّdew ليسis not بقاطِرِdripping
عليه سَقيطُ الطلِّ ليس بقاطِرِ
And his eyes are filled with tears, like a narcissus
On which fallen dew lies without dripping.
Sol 6.1