ظبيٌ كأنَّ بِخَصْرِهِ
من رقّة ظمأ وجوعا
A gazelle—as though within his waist,
A gazelle — as though about his waist there clung,
so slender, dwelt thirst and hunger.
out of sheer slenderness, a thirst and a hunger;
إني علقت لشقوتي
ياقوم ممنوعاً منيعا
I have fallen in love—to my misfortune—
I am caught in love — to my own undoing —
O people!—with one forbidden and unattainable.
O my people, by one forbidden, beyond all reach.
Sol 5.6