وقائلٍand someone saying ليto me طرفُهُhis gaze فاترٌlanguid
وقائلٍ لي طرفُهُ فاترٌ
قلتُI said وبالنونِand with the letter nūn وبالكافِand with the letter kāf
قلتُ وبالنونِ وبالكافِ
And someone said to me, “His gaze is languid.”
I said, “With nūn and kāf too—enchanting and deadly.”
منْfrom جبلِMount الريانِal-Rayyān أردافُهُhis buttocks
منْ جبلِ الريانِ أردافُهُ
وصدغُهُand his sidelock المعطوفُcurved منْfrom قافِQāf
وصدغُهُ المعطوفُ منْ قافِ
His buttocks are from Mount al-Rayyān,
And his curved sidelock is from Qāf.