أَغرُّهُI beguile him بناظِرٍwith a glance
أَغرُّهُ بناظِرٍ
ولمand did not أَفهI speak بكلمهْwith a word
ولم أَفه بكلمهْ
I beguile him with a glance,
I beguile him with a glance,
without uttering a word.
And I have not spoken a word.
يُجيبُنيhe answers me بحاجِبٍwith an eyebrow
يُجيبُني بحاجِبٍ
لكنْbut بنونِwith the letter nūn العَظمهْof majesty
لكنْ بنونِ العَظمهْ
He answers me with an eyebrow—
He answers me with an eyebrow,
but with the nūn of majesty.
But with the nūn of majesty—the royal 'we'.
Sol 6.1