شَمسانtwo suns فيin فلكorbit الجَمالbeauty تقارناhave drawn together
شَمسان في فلك الجَمال تقارنا
قُرباًnearness كَقُربlike the nearness of مقبّلٍone who kisses لِمقبّلِto one being kissed
قُرباً كَقُرب مقبّلٍ لِمقبّلِ
Two suns have drawn together in beauty's orbit,
as close as one who kisses to the one being kissed.
أَرعاهماI gaze at them both فذّاًas one وَطَوراًand at times توأماًas twins
أَرعاهما فذّاً وَطَوراً توأماً
فَكَأنَّماso it is as though أَرعىI gaze بِعَينيwith the eyes of أَحولِa cross-eyed man
فَكَأنَّما أَرعى بِعَيني أَحولِ
I gaze at them as one, and at times as twins,
as though I gazed with a cross-eyed man's eyes.