ومهفهفٍand a slender youth غنِجٍcoquettish تَقَسَّمَتِshared among themselves الظّباthe sword-edges
ومهفهفٍ غنِجٍ تَقَسَّمَتِ الظّبا
أَلحاظَهُhis glances لمَّاwhen رَنَتْgazed رُقَباؤهُhis watchers
أَلحاظَهُ لمَّا رَنَتْ رُقَباؤهُ
And a slender, coquettish youth—the sword-edges shared
His glances when his watchers gazed.
فليومهso for his day زرقblue blades المهندthe Indian-forged sword تنتضيyou unsheathe
فليومه زرق المهند تنتضي
ولمقلتيهand to his two eyes حَدُّهُits edge ومضاؤهُand its cutting power
ولمقلتيه حَدُّهُ ومضاؤهُ
So for his day you unsheathe the blue blades of Indian steel,
And to his two eyes belong its edge and cutting power.