إنّ اللِّحاظَ هيَ السُيوفُ حَقيقةً

إنّ اللِّحاظَ هيَ السُيوفُ حَقيقةً

ومَنِ اسْتَرابَ فحُجّتي تكْفِيهِ

ومَنِ اسْتَرابَ فحُجّتي تكْفِيهِ

Indeed, glances are swords in truth.

Indeed glances are swords in reality

And whoever doubts—my proof suffices for him.

And my argument suffices whosoever doubts

لمْ يُدْعَ غِمدُ السّيْفِ جَفْناً باطِلاً

لمْ يُدْعَ غِمدُ السّيْفِ جَفْناً باطِلاً

إلاّ لشِبْهِ اللّحْظِ يُغْمَدُ فِيهِ

إلاّ لشِبْهِ اللّحْظِ يُغْمَدُ فِيهِ

The sword’s sheath was not called an “eyelid” in vain,

The sword sheath is not called 'eyelid' in vain

But only because a likeness of the glance is sheathed within it.

Except for the glance's resemblance sheathed in it