شاقَني أنَّها عَشيَّة بانَت

شاقَني أنَّها عَشيَّة بانَت

أمرَت طَرفَها بِأمرٍ طَريفِ

أمرَت طَرفَها بِأمرٍ طَريفِ

She stirred my longing when, one evening, she departed,

What stirred my longing was that, on the evening she departed,

She tormented me, for at dusk

having charged her glance with a charming command.

she charged her gaze with a curious task:

She bid her glances do something charming—

حينَ أغرَتهُ بي فَأَغرَت من الحر

حينَ أغرَتهُ بي فَأَغرَت من الحر

صِ ضَعيفاً واهي القُوى بِضَعيفِ

صِ ضَعيفاً واهي القُوى بِضَعيفِ

When she urged it toward me, then, out of eager—

when she incited it against me, she eagerly set

When she seduced me with her eyes, she seduced

—ness, she lured one weak and failing in strength with a languid glance.

one weak and frail in strength against another weak one.

One weak of form, and whose strength is weak in resolve