سَنَحْنthey appeared كماas اعترضَcrossed one's path الربربthe herd of gazelles
سَنَحْن كما اعترضَ الربرب
ولكنَّand yet صدَّهُمtheir turning away أعجبُmore wondrous
ولكنَّ صدَّهُم أعجبُ
They appeared like a herd of gazelles crossing one's path,
and yet their turning away is more wondrous.
وجوهٌfaces ترقرقَshimmered ماءwater الجماbeauty (word continues on the next line)
وجوهٌ ترقرقَ ماء الجما
لِcompletion of 'beauty' (الجمال) فيهنّwithin them لوif only أنّهthat it يُشرَبُis drunk
لِ فيهنّ لو أنّه يُشرَبُ
Faces—the water of beauty shimmered
within them; if only it could be drunk!
Sol 6.1