هُوَhe ظالِميmy oppressor لَكنbut أرِقُّI feel tenderness عَلَيهِtoward him
هُوَ ظالِمي لَكن أرِقُّ عَلَيهِ
مِنfrom أَنto أُجيلَI let roam اللَّحظَthe gaze فيover خَدَّيهِhis two cheeks
مِن أَن أُجيلَ اللَّحظَ في خَدَّيهِ
He is my oppressor, yet I am too tender toward him
He is my oppressor, yet I yearn for him
to let my gaze roam over his cheeks.
More than postponing the moment on his cheeks
أعفَيتُI spared رِقةَthe delicacy of وَجنَتَيهِhis two cheeks مِنfrom أَذىharm
أعفَيتُ رِقةَ وَجنَتَيهِ مِن أَذى
عَينيmy eye وَماand not أُعفِيتُI was spared مِنfrom عَينَيهِhis two eyes
عَيني وَما أُعفِيتُ مِن عَينَيهِ
I spared his tender cheeks the harm
I spared the softness of his cheeks from harm
of my gaze, yet I was not spared his eyes.
My eyes did not spare me from his eyes
وَكَأنَّand as though دُرَّthe pearl of الخَدِّthe cheek يُكسىis clothed in حُمرَةthe redness of الthe
وَكَأنَّ دُرَّ الخَدِّ يُكسى حُمرَة ال
ياقوتِruby مِنfrom نظرِthe gaze of العُيونِthe eyes إِلَيهِtoward him
ياقوتِ مِن نظرِ العُيونِ إِلَيهِ
And it is as though the cheek's pearl were clothed in the redness of
As if the apples of his cheeks were coated with
ruby, from the eyes' gaze upon him.
Ruby by the gazes of eyes upon him
وَكَأَنَّand as though خَجلَتَهُhis blush إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle فارقتit left
وَكَأَنَّ خَجلَتَهُ إِذا ما فارقت
وَجَناتِهِhis cheeks عادَتit returned إِلىto خَدَّيهِhis two cheeks
وَجَناتِهِ عادَت إِلى خَدَّيهِ
And it is as though his blush, whenever it leaves
As if his shyness, when I left
his cheeks, returns to his cheeks.
His cheeks, returned to his cheeks
Sol 6.1