سألتها قلت ما الجواب فيه لنا

سألتها قلت ما الجواب فيه لنا

في قتلك السد للمهيمن الصمد

في قتلك السد للمهيمن الصمد

I asked her; I said, “What answer is there in it for us?

I asked her, saying, “What answer do we have in this matter

In your killing lies the barrier; to the one bewildered by love belongs praise.”

of your slaying the lion, to the Guardian, the Eternal Refuge?”

قالت لئن مات من سيف اللحاظ أوار

قالت لئن مات من سيف اللحاظ أوار

ماح القدود فسحقا ما مددت يد

ماح القدود فسحقا ما مددت يد

She said, “If a blaze should die by the sword of glances,

She said, “If he died by the sword of glances or the spears

the figures would sway—perdition! No hand did I stretch out.”

of graceful figures, then away with him! I never stretched out a hand.”