وَعُدنَand they returned بِقرقارِwith the gurgling الهَديرِof cooing كَأَنَّماas though
وَعُدنَ بِقرقارِ الهَديرِ كَأَنَّما
شَرِبنَthey drank حُمَيّاpotent wine أَوor بِهِنَّwithin them جُنونُmadness
شَرِبنَ حُمَيّا أَو بِهِنَّ جُنونُ
And they resumed their cooing in the blazing noon, as though
And they returned with gurgling coos, as though
they had drunk heady wine—or madness possessed them.
they had drunk potent wine, or madness possessed them.
فَلَمso not تَرَsee عَينيmy eye مِثلَهُنَّlike them حمائِماًdoves
فَلَم تَرَ عَيني مِثلَهُنَّ حمائِماً
بَكَينَthey wept وَلَمand not تَدمَعshed tears لَهُنَّbelonging to them عُيونُeyes
بَكَينَ وَلَم تَدمَع لَهُنَّ عُيونُ
My eyes had never beheld doves like them:
For my eye has never seen doves like them:
they wept, yet no tears welled in their eyes.
they wept, yet their eyes shed no tears.
