رَجُلٌ تَوَكَّلَ لي وَكَحَّلَني

رَجُلٌ تَوَكَّلَ لي وَكَحَّلَني

فَدُهيتُ في عَيني وَفي عَيني

فَدُهيتُ في عَيني وَفي عَيني

A man undertook my care and applied kohl to my eyes.

A man trusted in me and kohl'd my eyes

So both my eye and my money came to grief.

So I was dazzled in my eyes and my eyes

وَخَشيتُ تَنقُلُ نَقطَ كُحلَتِهِ

وَخَشيتُ تَنقُلُ نَقطَ كُحلَتِهِ

عَيَنَّ مِن عَينٍ غِلى غَينِ

عَيَنَّ مِن عَينٍ غِلى غَينِ

And I feared the dots of his kohl would turn

And I feared his kohl drops would transfer

an eye from ‘ayn to ghayn.

From an eye of one harboring rancor to an eye