أفديهI would ransom him ساجيlanguid الجفونthe eyelids حينwhen رناhe gazed
أفديه ساجي الجفون حين رنا
أصابhe struck منيwithin me الحشاthe heart بسهمينwith two arrows
أصاب مني الحشا بسهمين
I would ransom him, languid-eyed: when he gazed,
I sacrifice for him, wakeful, when he slept,
he struck my heart with two arrows.
My madness struck me with two arrows,
أعدمنيhe deprived me of الرشدreason فيin هواهlove for him وماand not
أعدمني الرشد في هواه وما
أفلحprospered شيءٌanything يصابis struck بالعينby the evil eye
أفلح شيءٌ يصاب بالعين
He robbed me of reason in my love for him, and nothing
Prudence condemned me for my love, yet
struck by the evil eye has ever prospered.
Nothing prospers that is stricken by the evil eye.