وَأَقذيتand was troubled by a mote عَينthe eye of شَمسthe sun فَحَكَتso it resembled
وَأَقذيت عَين شَمس فَحَكَت
مِنfrom خَللgaps in الغَيمthe clouds طَرفthe gaze of عَمشاءِa bleary-eyed woman
مِن خَلل الغَيم طَرف عَمشاءِ
And the sun’s eye was troubled by a mote, so it resembled
Through the clouds a dark-lashed eye
through gaps in the clouds, a bleary-eyed woman’s gaze.
Peeped out at me and smiled.