يَعيبُونهَا عِندي وَلا عَيبَ عِندَها
سِوى أَنَّ في العَينينِ بَعضُ التَّأَخُرِ
They disparage her to me, though she is without a fault
They find fault with her before me, though she has no fault,
save that her eyes are set a little deep.
save for a slight squint in her eyes.
فَإِن يَكُ في العَينَينِ شيءٌ فَإِنَّها
مُهَفهَفَةُ الأَعلى رَداحُ المُؤَخَّرِ
If there is something amiss with her eyes, still she is
If there is some flaw in her eyes, she is nonetheless
slender above and richly full behind—
slender above and ample behind.
قَطُوفٌ إِذا تَمشي تَخالُ دِماءَها
تَسايَلُ أَو تَبدو لَها بتَقَطُّرِ
so dainty-paced that, when she walks, you would think her blood
Slow-stepping, when she walks, you imagine her blood
were streaming, or showing itself in drops.
flowing, or showing itself upon her drop by drop.
إِذا سِمتُها التَقبيلَ أَبدَت تَشامُساً
ولينَ كَلامٍ لَم يُشَب بِتَهَذُّرِ
When I ask her for a kiss, she feigns aloof resistance,
When I ask her for kisses, she shows coy resistance,
and her speech is gentle, untainted by frivolous jest.
and gentle speech untainted by idle chatter.
Sol 6.1