كمhow often قلتُI said إذwhen عاينتهI saw him لمتيّمٍto an enthralled lover
كم قلتُ إذ عاينته لمتيّمٍ
فيin حُبِّهlove for him صَبّardent الفُؤادِof the heart شجيّهِsorrowful in it
في حُبِّه صَبّ الفُؤادِ شجيّهِ
How often, when I beheld him, I said to one enthralled—
How often, when I saw him, I said to one enthralled
his heart impassioned and anguished by love of him:
By love for him, ardent and sorrowful at heart:
كيفَhow احتِيالُكَyour stratagem فيin حَياتكَyour life بَعدماafter
كيفَ احتِيالُكَ في حَياتكَ بَعدما
لَقِيَتكَmet you عَيناهُhis two eyes بسَيفِwith the sword of سَميِّهِhis namesake
لَقِيَتكَ عَيناهُ بسَيفِ سَميِّهِ
“How can you contrive to remain alive after
How can you contrive to live after
his eyes have met you with his namesake’s sword?”
His eyes have met you with his namesake’s sword?
