رَماني بِسَهمِ اللّحظِ مِن هدبِ جَفنِهِ

رَماني بِسَهمِ اللّحظِ مِن هدبِ جَفنِهِ

فَرُحت قَتيلَ السّهمِ مِن ذَلك الهدبِ

فَرُحت قَتيلَ السّهمِ مِن ذَلك الهدبِ

He shot me with the arrow of his glance from his eyelid’s lashes.

He shot me with the arrow of his glance from the bow of his eyelids

So I fell slain by the arrow from those lashes.

So I was delighted to be the victim of that arrow from that bow

وَلَم أَرَهُ لِلقَلبِ فاتَ وَإِنّما

وَلَم أَرَهُ لِلقَلبِ فاتَ وَإِنّما

سَمِعتُ بِأُذني رَنَّةَ السّهمِ في قَلبي

سَمِعتُ بِأُذني رَنَّةَ السّهمِ في قَلبي

And I did not see it miss the heart; rather,

And I did not see it pierce my heart, it only grazed me

I heard with my ear the ring of the arrow in my heart.

But I heard with my ears the twang of the arrow in my heart