كأَنَّas though أَجْفَانَهُhis eyelids مِنْfrom جِسْمِthe body of عَاشِقِهِhis lover
كأَنَّ أَجْفَانَهُ مِنْ جِسْمِ عَاشِقِهِ
قَدْindeed رُكِّبَتْwere fashioned فَهْيَso they بِالأَسْقَامِin sickness تَحْكِيهِresemble him
قَدْ رُكِّبَتْ فَهْيَ بِالأَسْقَامِ تَحْكِيهِ
It is as though his eyelids, from his lover's body,
As if his eyelids were taken from his lover's body
Have been fashioned—so in sickness they resemble him.
So they tell of illnesses when he blinks
فيat صُدْغِهِhis temple عَقْرَبٌa scorpion لِلْصُّدْغِto the temple لادِغَةٌstinging
في صُدْغِهِ عَقْرَبٌ لِلْصُّدْغِ لادِغَةٌ
دِرْياقُthe antidote to لَدْغَتِهاits sting ياO قَوْمِmy people مِنْfrom فِيهِhis mouth
دِرْياقُ لَدْغَتِها يا قَوْمِ مِنْ فِيهِ
At his temple is a scorpion, stinging the temple;
In his temple is a scorpion stinging the temple
The antidote to its sting, O my people, comes from his mouth.
The antidote to its sting, O people, is in it