كأنَّas though خطوطstreaks الدمعthe tears فيon وجناتهِhis cheeks
كأنَّ خطوط الدمع في وجناتهِ
مَذانبُwatercourses روضٍa meadow أفْعَمتهاfilled them to the brim سُيولُهاtheir torrents
مَذانبُ روضٍ أفْعَمتها سُيولُها
As though the streaks of tears on his cheeks
As though the tear tracks on his cheeks
Were meadow channels, filled to the brim by their torrents.
Were riverbeds of a garden overflowed by its floods