أحببتهI loved him كالظبيlike a gazelle ذاpossessing مقلةٍan eye
أحببته كالظبي ذا مقلةٍ
قدindeed فتكتhas slain بيme وأناand I راضيcontent
قد فتكت بي وأنا راضي
I loved him, gazelle-like, with an eye
I loved him like a deer with large eyes
That has slain me, while I am content.
Who had slain me while I was pleased
ياoh حسنهhis beauty منas أغيدٍa graceful youth قارئa reader
يا حسنه من أغيدٍ قارئ
منfrom جفنهhis eyelid (also: his sword sheath) قدindeed جردhas unsheathed الماضيthe keen blade
من جفنه قد جرد الماضي
How beautiful he is—a graceful reader!
O, his beauty, a chanter reciting
From his eyelid he has unsheathed the keen blade.
From his eyelids the past was stripped
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