يَقُولُ وَقَدْ رَنَا عَنْ لَحْظِ ظَبْيٍ
وَهَزَّ الغُصْنَ في ورَقِ الغَلائِلْ
He says, gazing out with a gazelle’s sidelong glance,
as the bough swayed him amid the leafy folds of gauzy robes:
أَأَقْتلُكُمْ بِطَرْفي أَمْ بِعِطْفِي
فَقُلْتُ بِمَا تَشَا فَالكُلُّ ذابِلْ
“Shall I slay you all with my glance, or with my supple turn?”
I said, “Whichever you wish—for each is a slender lance.”
سَلامُ اللّهِ ما هَبَّتْ شِمالٌ
عَلَى تِلْكَ المَعَاطِفِ والشَّمَائِلْ
God’s peace, for as long as the north wind blows,
upon those supple forms and lovely graces.
Sol 5.6