وَمُسْتَترٍand one veiled مِنْfrom سَنَاradiance وَجْهِهِhis face
وَمُسْتَترٍ مِنْ سَنَا وَجْهِهِ
بِشَمْسٍby a sun لَهَاfor it ذَلِكَthat الصُّدْغُthe temple-lock فيْshade
بِشَمْسٍ لَهَا ذَلِكَ الصُّدْغُ فيْ
And one veiled from the radiance of his face
With a face made youthful by the veil pulled over it
by a sun whose shade is that temple-lock
By a sun whose light shines from that cheek
كَوَىhe seared القَلْبَthe heart مِنِّيof mine بِلامِwith the letter lām العِذاthe cheek-down (word continues)
كَوَى القَلْبَ مِنِّي بِلامِ العِذا
رِcompletion of ‘cheek-down’ فَعَرَّفنيso he taught me أَنَّهاthat it is لامُthe letter lām كَيْ‘so that’ (punning on cautery)
رِ فَعَرَّفني أَنَّها لامُ كَيْ
seared my heart with the lām of his cheek-
It seared my heart with the branding-iron of blame
down, teaching me it was the lām of ‘so that’—and of searing.
Making me know it was the iron of steadfastness