قَدِalready اِلتَوىhas curled صَدغُهُhis temple-lock وَاِختَطَّand has grown a line of down عارِضُهُhis cheek
قَدِ اِلتَوى صَدغُهُ وَاِختَطَّ عارِضُهُ
كَأَنَّهُas though it were أَلِفٌan alif مِنfrom فَوقِهِabove it نونُa nun
كَأَنَّهُ أَلِفٌ مِن فَوقِهِ نونُ
His temple-lock has curled, and a beard-line has marked his cheek—
His temple-lock has curled, and his cheek has grown a line of down,
as though he were an alif with a nūn above it.
As though it were an alif with a nun above it.
