إِنّindeed عَينيmy eye لَمّاwhen نَأىhe went far away
إِنّ عَيني لَمّا نَأى
بَيَّضَتْهاturned it white أَحزانُهاits sorrows
بَيَّضَتْها أَحزانُها
Indeed, my eye, when he went far away,
When my eyes are far from him
Was turned white by its sorrows.
Their sorrows whiten them
كَيفَhow لاnot تَعمىgo blind مُقلَةٌan eye
كَيفَ لا تَعمى مُقلَةٌ
غابَvanished عَنهاfrom it إِنسانُهاits pupil (also suggesting its beloved)
غابَ عَنها إِنسانُها
How can an eye not go blind
How can an eye not go blind
When its pupil has vanished from it?
When it loses its beloved man
Sol 6.1