وغُنجِBy the coquettish charm of عَينكyour eye وماand what أودَعَتhave lodged
وغُنجِ عَينك وما أودَعَت
أجفانُهاits eyelids قلبَthe heart of شَجٍa sorrow-stricken one وامقِenamored
أجفانُها قلبَ شَجٍ وامقِ
By your eye’s coquettish charm, and what has been lodged
by its eyelids in a sorrow-stricken lover’s heart:
ماdid not خَلَقَcreate الرحمنُthe All-Merciful تُفَّاحتَيthe two apples of
ما خَلَقَ الرحمنُ تُفَّاحتَي
خَدَّيكَyour two cheeks إلاexcept لفَمِfor the mouth of العاشقِthe lover
خَدَّيكَ إلا لفَمِ العاشقِ
The All-Merciful did not create the two apples
of your cheeks except for a lover’s mouth.
لَكِنَّنيbut I أُمنَعُam barred منهاfrom them فماso … not
لَكِنَّني أُمنَعُ منها فما
حظِّيَmy share إلاexcept خِلسَةُthe furtive snatch of السَّارِقِthe thief
حظِّيَ إلا خِلسَةُ السَّارِقِ
But I am barred from them, so
my share is nothing but a thief’s furtive snatch.
Translation model: Sol 6.1