كَموِصلlike a conductor الكَهرَباءِelectricity العينُthe eye موصلَةٌa conduit
كَموِصل الكَهرَباءِ العينُ موصلَةٌ
بينَbetween القلوبhearts وبينand between الحسنbeauty بالنظرِthrough looking
بينَ القلوب وبين الحسن بالنظرِ
Like an electrical conductor, the eye is a conduit
Like an electric wire the eye conveys
between hearts and beauty, through its gaze.
Between hearts and beauty through sight
بالعينِthrough the eye لذَّةpleasure دنياناour world وَبهجتُهاand its delight
بالعينِ لذَّة دنيانا وَبهجتُها
وَالعينand the eye مُستوطنُdwelling place الإِيذاءِhurt والضررِand harm
وَالعين مُستوطنُ الإِيذاءِ والضررِ
Through the eye come our world's pleasure and delight,
With the eye is worldly pleasure and its joy
and the eye is the dwelling place of hurt and harm.
And the eye settles harm and damage
قدindeed اذنبتsinned مقلتيmy eye ذنباًa sin بنظرتهاthrough its glance
قد اذنبت مقلتي ذنباً بنظرتها
فعُوقبَتso it was punished بقروحwith sores الدمعِtears والسهرِand sleeplessness
فعُوقبَت بقروح الدمعِ والسهرِ
My eye has indeed committed a sin through its glance,
My eyelashes have sinned a sin with their glance
so it was punished with the sores of tears and sleeplessness.
So they were punished with tears' wounds and wakefulness
وعُوقبand was punished القلبthe heart منيof mine حينwhen هامbecame enamored فقدfor indeed
وعُوقب القلب مني حين هام فقد
غداcame to be منfrom الوجدlove's anguish والاشواقand longings فيin سَقَرِSaqar (Hell)
غدا من الوجد والاشواق في سَقَرِ
And my heart was punished when it became enamored, for it
And my heart was punished when it was obsessed so it
came to be in Saqar through love's anguish and longing.
Became from passion and longing in hell
Sol 6.1