غَدَت أَعيُنٌ لِلناسِ رُمداً مُصابَةً
بِعَينيكَ إِنَّ السِحرَ مِنها يُؤثِّرُ
People’s eyes grew sore and inflamed, stricken
by your two eyes—for the magic in them surely takes effect.
وَكَم أَثَّرَت عَيناكَ في أَعيُنِ الوَرى
إِلى أَن غَدَت في نَفسِها تَتَأَثَّرُ
How often your eyes have left their mark upon the eyes of humankind,
until your eyes themselves began to feel the effect.
كَذا الصارِمُ الصَّمصامُ إِن دامَ قاطِعاً
يَصِر فيهِ مِنهُ عِندَ ذاكَ تَأثُّرُ
So too the keen, unyielding sword, if it keeps on cutting,
will itself then be worn by all that cutting.
Sol 5.6