أخلقmost fitting بوجهكَfor your face أنto يكوbe (continued)
أخلق بوجهكَ أن يكو
نَcompletion of 'be' منيةًdeath للناظريناto those who gaze
نَ منيةً للناظرينا
How fitting that your face should be
I created your face to be
death to those who gaze upon it.
A wish for all who look upon it
لمdid not تبقِleave لحظةُa glance طرفهِof his eye
لم تبقِ لحظةُ طرفهِ
إلاexcept زفيراًa sigh أوor أنيناa moan
إلا زفيراً أو أنينا
A glance of his eye left nothing
There remains not a moment of his glance
but a sigh or a moan.
That is not a sigh or a moan
منhe who حازَwon جدَّfortune العاشقيthe lovers (continued)
من حازَ جدَّ العاشقي
نَcompletion of 'the lovers' وكانand had صدّspurned العاشقيناthe lovers
نَ وكان صدّ العاشقينا
He who won the lovers’ fortune
Whoever truly attained passionate love
and had spurned the lovers,
And was blocked by the passionate lovers
حتَّىuntil رأيتُI saw العاذليthe reproachers (continued)
حتَّى رأيتُ العاذلي
نَcompletion of 'the reproachers' لهُfor him جميعاًall عاذريناmaking excuses
نَ لهُ جميعاً عاذرينا
until I saw the reproachers
Until I saw the blamers
all making excuses for him.
All excusing him
Sol 6.1