ومهضومand slender الحشاof waist كالبدlike the full moon (word continues)
ومهضوم الحشا كالبد
رcompletion of 'full moon' لاحshone بخمسat five (forming 'fifteen') عشرتهits ten (completing 'its fifteenth')
ر لاح بخمس عشرته
And a slender-waisted one, like the full
With cheeks like roses and a slender waist
moon shining on its fifteenth night:
He appeared at fifteen in full bloom
أغرتنيenticed me قراطقهhis tunics
أغرتني قراطقه
تنمtell بحسنof the beauty of صورتهhis form
تنم بحسن صورته
His tunics enticed me,
His flirtatious glances enticed me
revealing the beauty of his form.
His beauty was perfection, his form consumed me
رمىshot قلبيmy heart بلحظتهwith his glance
رمى قلبي بلحظته
فصرتso I became أسيرthe captive of لحظتهhis glance
فصرت أسير لحظته
He shot my heart with his glance,
His gaze pierced my heart in an instant
so I became the captive of his glance.
And made me prisoner to that moment
وأقصدنيand struck me down بسهمwith an arrow راhe feathered it (word continues)
وأقصدني بسهم را
شهcompletion of 'he feathered it' بفتورwith the languor of مقلتهhis eye
شه بفتور مقلته
And he struck me down with an arrow
Then he shot me with an arrow
he feathered with the languor of his eye.
From his apathetic eyes, aiming to wound