أراكI see you فلاso I do not أَرُدّdraw back الطّرفَthe gaze كيلاlest
أراك فلا أَرُدّ الطّرفَ كيلا
يكونbecome حجابَa veil رؤيتِكseeing you الجفونthe eyelids
يكون حجابَ رؤيتِك الجفون
I gaze at you and do not blink, lest
I see you, so I do not turn away my gaze
My eyelids veil the sight of you.
Lest my eyelids become a veil from seeing you
ولوand even if أنيthat I نظرتُlooked بكلِّwith every عينeye
ولو أني نظرتُ بكلِّ عين
لماwould not استقصتfully encompass محاسنَكyour beauties العيونthe eyes
لما استقصت محاسنَك العيون
And even if I looked with every eye,
And if I looked with a hundred eyes
Those eyes could not encompass all your beauties.
They could not take in all your beauty
Sol 6.1