وَماand not رَمِدَتbecame inflamed عَيناكَyour two eyes إِلّاexcept لِفَرطِbecause of the excess of ماthe fact that
وَما رَمِدَت عَيناكَ إِلّا لِفَرطِ ما
أَصَرَّpersisted عَلىin كَسرِbreaking القُلوبِthe hearts اِنكِسارُهاtheir languid droop
أَصَرَّ عَلى كَسرِ القُلوبِ اِنكِسارُها
Your eyes grew inflamed only because of the utter excess with which
And your eyes grew inflamed only because of how relentlessly
they persisted in breaking hearts—their downcast languor.
their languid droop persisted in breaking hearts.
أَراقَتthey shed دَمَthe blood of العُشّاقِthe lovers فيin مَعرَكِthe battlefield of الهَوىpassionate love
أَراقَت دَمَ العُشّاقِ في مَعرَكِ الهَوى
فَصارَso became اِحمِراراًredness فيin الجُفونِthe eyelids اِحوِرارُهاtheir eyes’ black-and-white beauty
فَصارَ اِحمِراراً في الجُفونِ اِحوِرارُها
Your eyes spilled the lovers’ blood on passion’s battlefield,
They shed lovers’ blood on the battlefield of passion,
so their black-and-white beauty became redness in the lids.
so their black-and-white beauty turned to redness in the eyelids.
