لَقَد حَوَت عَينُهُ كحلاً عَلى كحل

لَقَد حَوَت عَينُهُ كحلاً عَلى كحل

فَقالَ لمّا سَبى العُشّاقَ بِالمُقَلِ

فَقالَ لمّا سَبى العُشّاقَ بِالمُقَلِ

Indeed, his eye held kohl upon kohl;

His eyes contained kohl upon kohl,

so he said, when he had taken the lovers captive with his eyes:

So when he enslaved lovers with a glance, he said:

سَوادُ أَعيُنِهم كَحلي اِكتَحَلت بِهِ

سَوادُ أَعيُنِهم كَحلي اِكتَحَلت بِهِ

وَمن قُلوبهمِ حبّاتها كَحُلي

وَمن قُلوبهمِ حبّاتها كَحُلي

“The blackness of their eyes is my kohl; I have lined my eyes with it,

The blackness of their eyes is my kohl with which I adorned myself,

and from their hearts, their innermost cores are like jewels.”

And the pieces of their hearts are my kohl.