كَلِفَbecame enamored الفُؤَادُthe heart بِشَادِنٍwith a young gazelle أبْصَرْتُهُI beheld him
كَلِفَ الفُؤَادُ بِشَادِنٍ أبْصَرْتُهُ
فيin مَأْتَمٍa mourning gathering يَبْكِيhe weeps بِطَرْفٍwith an eye أَدْعَجِwide and dark
في مَأْتَمٍ يَبْكِي بِطَرْفٍ أَدْعَجِ
My heart was smitten with a young gazelle I beheld
Burdened the heart for Shadid, whom I had seen
At a mourning gathering, weeping with a wide, dark eye.
In deep mourning, weeping with reddened eyes
ماnot زالceased يَخْمِشُhe scratches خَدّهُhis cheek بِبَنَانِهِwith his fingertips
ما زال يَخْمِشُ خَدّهُ بِبَنَانِهِ
حتَّىuntil تَنَقَّبَdonned a veil وَرْدُهُhis rose بِبَنَفْسَجِof violets
حتَّى تَنَقَّبَ وَرْدُهُ بِبَنَفْسَجِ
He kept scratching his cheek with his fingertips,
He kept scratching his cheek with his fingers
Until his rose donned a veil of violets.
Until his rose complexion was marred henna-like