تَمَلَّكtook possession of لُبّيmy mind وَالفُؤادَand the heart مُهفهفٌa slender-waisted one
تَمَلَّك لُبّي وَالفُؤادَ مُهفهفٌ
رَشيقُgraceful قَوامٍstature بَعدَafter ماthe fact that كانَhe had been غاصِباa usurper
رَشيقُ قَوامٍ بَعدَ ما كانَ غاصِبا
A slender-waisted one took possession of my mind and heart,
My heart and mind are possessed
Graceful in stature, after having been a usurper.
By a slender, graceful figure after being reserved
وَقَدand indeed حَجَبتهconcealed him مِنfrom لَواحيَّmy reproachers أَعينٌeyes
وَقَد حَجَبته مِن لَواحيَّ أَعينٌ
وَلَمand did not أَدرِI know أَنَّthat العَينَthe eye تُقْلبis turned into حاجِباa doorkeeper (also: an eyebrow)
وَلَم أَدرِ أَنَّ العَينَ تُقْلب حاجِبا
And eyes have concealed him from my reproachers;
Eyes have veiled him from my glances
And I did not know that the eye could become a doorkeeper.
I did not know the eye turns down its lid
Sol 6.1