أياO كحيلَkohl-dark الجفونِthe eyelids بالحورِwith the eyes’ vivid black-and-white contrast
أيا كحيلَ الجفونِ بالحورِ
مبايناًset apart فيin الجمالِbeauty للبشرِfrom humankind
مبايناً في الجمالِ للبشرِ
O you whose eyelids are kohled with dark-eyed beauty,
O kohl of the eyelids with maidens
Set apart from humankind in beauty,
Surpassing humans in beauty
وشادناًand a young gazelle جلis exalted منbecause of محاسنهِhis charms
وشادناً جل من محاسنهِ
فيin الوصفِdescription عنbeyond مشبهٍa counterpart وعنand beyond قدرِmeasure
في الوصفِ عن مشبهٍ وعن قدرِ
And a young gazelle whose charms exalt him
Exalting the one with perfections
Beyond likeness or measure in description:
Beyond description, match, or extent
أماdo you not تخافُfear الإلهَGod فيconcerning دنفٍa lovesick man
أما تخافُ الإلهَ في دنفٍ
كحلتهُyou have kohled him بالدموعِwith tears والسهرِand sleeplessness
كحلتهُ بالدموعِ والسهرِ
Do you not fear God in how you treat a lovesick man,
Do you not fear God for a being
Whom you have kohled with tears and sleeplessness?
Whose eyes you darken with tears and vigil?
دعاكَhe called to you ياO ذاyou الذيwho تعبدنيenslaved me
دعاكَ يا ذا الذي تعبدني
وجداًin longing ولمand did not يشتفِfind relief منfrom النظرِgazing
وجداً ولم يشتفِ من النظرِ
He called to you, O you who have enslaved me,
He called you, O worshipper of me,
In longing, yet found no relief from gazing.
With passion, unsatisfied by the gaze
Sol 6.1