هذاthis الغزالُthe gazelle الَّذيwho يَرميshoots بمقلتِهwith his eye
هذا الغزالُ الَّذي يَرمي بمقلتِه
فماso he does not يباليcare بمَنabout those whom أردىhe has slain منamong الأُممِthe peoples
فما يبالي بمَن أردى من الأُممِ
This is the gazelle who shoots with his eye,
caring nothing whom he has slain among the peoples.
رمىhe shot فلمso did not يُخْطِmiss قلبيmy heart سهمُthe arrow مقلتِهof his eye
رمى فلم يُخْطِ قلبي سهمُ مقلتِه
تلكthat الكَحيلةthe kohl-dark eye بالتفتيرwith languor والسَّقَمand sickness
تلك الكَحيلة بالتفتير والسَّقَم
He shot; the arrow of his eye did not miss my heart—
that kohl-dark eye, with its languor and sickness.
فكيفhow then يّجْحَدُhe denies قتليkilling me أوor يكذّبنيcalls me a liar
فكيف يّجْحَدُ قتلي أو يكذّبني
فيهabout it وراحتُهwhile his palm مخضوبةٌis dyed بدميwith my blood
فيه وراحتُه مخضوبةٌ بدمي
How, then, can he deny killing me, or call me a liar
about it, when his palm is dyed with my blood?
باللهby God لاdo not تطلبوهseek vengeance for it إنّهindeed it is هِبَةٌa gift
بالله لا تطلبوه إنّه هِبَةٌ
منّيfrom me لذاكfor that اللَّمَىdusky coloring of the lips واللّحظand the sidelong glance والعَنَمِand the ʿanam twigs (slender fingers)
منّي لذاك اللَّمَى واللّحظ والعَنَمِ
By God, seek no vengeance for it: it is a gift
from me, for those dusky lips, that sidelong glance, and those slender, twiglike fingers.
Sol 6.1