لوif عاينتbeheld عيناكَyour two eyes حُسنَthe beauty of مُعذّبيmy tormentor
لو عاينت عيناكَ حُسنَ مُعذّبي
ماnot لُمتنيyou blamed me ولكنتَand you would have been أولَthe first منwho عذرexcused
ما لُمتني ولكنتَ أولَ من عذر
Had your eyes beheld the beauty of my tormentor,
You would not have blamed me, and would have been the first to excuse me.
عينُthe eye of الرَّشاthe gazelle fawn قدُّthe stature of القناthe spears رِدفُthe haunches of النَّقاthe sand dune
عينُ الرَّشا قدُّ القنا رِدفُ النَّقا
شَعرُthe hair of الدُّجىthe darkness of night شمسُthe sun of الضحىthe forenoon وجهُthe face of القمرthe moon
شَعرُ الدُّجى شمسُ الضحى وجهُ القمر
A fawn’s eye, the stature of spears, the haunches of a sand dune;
Hair of night, the forenoon sun, the face of the moon.
Translation model: Sol 6.1