يَا لَحْظَهُ أَثْخَنْتَ قَلْبي جِراحْ
كأَنَّ قَتْلِي لَك أَمْرٌ مُباحْ
O his glance—you have dealt my heart wound upon wound!
As though I had slain some man of yours whose blood was fair game.
يَا مُهَجَ العُشَّاقِ مَاذا جَنَتْ
عَليكِ في الحُبِّ عُيُونُ المِلاحْ
O lifeblood of lovers, what wrong have
the eyes of beauties ever done you in love?
غَرتْكِ مِن أَجْفانِها فَتْرَةٌ
وَكَيْفَ يُغَتَرُّ بِلِينِ الصِّفاحْ
Did the languor in their eyelids beguile you?
But how can one be beguiled by the softness of sword blades?
أَمَا علَى أَلحاظِ مِن قَتْلِنا
مِن قَوَدٍ أَوْ حَرَجٍ أَوْ جُناحْ
Do glances, for killing us, incur no
blood-requital, reproach, or sin?
لاقَى الدُّجَى مِن شَعْرِهِ بالدُّجَى
والصُّبْحَ مِن طَلْعَتهِ بِالصَّباحْ
He met the night with night drawn from his hair,
and dawn with morning drawn from his face.
وَزَارَ وَالنَّجْمُ قَصِيرُ الخُطَى
في السَّيْرِ والنَّسْرُ مَهِيضُ الجَناحْ
He came to visit while the star moved in tiny steps
on its course, and the Eagle was broken-winged.
Sol 5.6