سَحَرَتنيenchanted me الزَرقاءُthe blue-eyed woman مِنfrom مارونَMārūn
سَحَرَتني الزَرقاءُ مِن مارونَ
إِنَّماonly السِحرُenchantment عِندَis found in زُرقِblue العُيونِeyes
إِنَّما السِحرُ عِندَ زُرقِ العُيونِ
The blue-eyed woman from Mārūn enchanted me.
Enchantment dwells only in blue eyes.
سَحَرَتنيshe enchanted me بِجيدِهاwith her neck وَشتَيتٍand spaced teeth
سَحَرَتني بِجيدِها وَشتَيتٍ
وَبِوَجهٍand with a face ذيpossessing بَهجَةٍradiance مَسنونِfinely chiseled
وَبِوَجهٍ ذي بَهجَةٍ مَسنونِ
She enchanted me with her neck and spaced teeth,
and with a radiant, finely chiseled face,
كَأَقاحٍlike daisies بِرَملَةٍon a sandy patch ضَربَتهُswept it
كَأَقاحٍ بِرَملَةٍ ضَربَتهُ
ريحُa wind جَوٍّof the sky بِديمَةٍwith steady rain وَدُجونِand gloom
ريحُ جَوٍّ بِديمَةٍ وَدُجونِ
like daisies on a sandy patch swept
by a wind from skies of steady rain and gloom.
تَردَعُshe checks القَلبَthe heart ذاpossessing العَزاءِsteadfastness وَيُسليand soothes
تَردَعُ القَلبَ ذا العَزاءِ وَيُسلي
بَردُthe coolness أَنيابِهاof her canine teeth رُدوعَthe anguish الحَزينِof the sorrowful
بَردُ أَنيابِها رُدوعَ الحَزينِ
She checks the steadfast heart; and there is solace
in her teeth's coolness for the sorrowful one's anguish.
وَجَبينٍand a forehead وَحاجِبٍand an eyebrow لَمdid not يُصِبهُtouch it
وَجَبينٍ وَحاجِبٍ لَم يُصِبهُ
نَتفُplucking خَطٍّa line كَأَنَّهُas though it were خَطُّthe written form of نونِnūn, the Arabic letter n
نَتفُ خَطٍّ كَأَنَّهُ خَطُّ نونِ
And with a forehead and an eyebrow untouched
by plucking—a line like a written nūn.
فَرَمَتنيthen she shot at me فَأَقصَدَتنيand so felled me بِسَهمٍwith an arrow
فَرَمَتني فَأَقصَدَتني بِسَهمٍ
شَكَّpierced مِنّيof mine الفُؤادَthe heart بَعدَafter الوَتَينِthe aorta
شَكَّ مِنّي الفُؤادَ بَعدَ الوَتَينِ
Then she shot at me and felled me with an arrow
that pierced my heart after piercing the aorta.
وَرَمَتهاand shot at her يَدايَmy two hands مِنّيfrom me بِنَبلٍwith arrows
وَرَمَتها يَدايَ مِنّي بِنَبلٍ
كَيفَhow أَصطادُI hunt عاقِلاًa wary, sheltered quarry فيin حُصونِfortresses
كَيفَ أَصطادُ عاقِلاً في حُصونِ
And my own hands shot arrows at her—
how can I hunt a wary quarry in fortresses?
تَنتَحينيshe takes aim at me فَلاyet not تَرىyou see her وَتَرىand she sees الناthe peo-
تَنتَحيني فَلا تَرى وَتَرى النا
سَ-ple بِصَعبٍin a forbidding stronghold مُمَنَّعٍimpregnable مَأمونِsecure
سَ بِصَعبٍ مُمَنَّعٍ مَأمونِ
She takes aim at me; you do not see her, yet she sees the peo-
ple from a forbidding, impregnable, secure stronghold,
ذيpossessing مَحاريبَlofty chambers أُحرِزَتwas safeguarded أَنthat تَراهاyou see her
ذي مَحاريبَ أُحرِزَت أَن تَراها
كُلُّevery بَيضاءَfair-skinned woman سَهلَةِsmooth of العِرنَينِnose bridge
كُلُّ بَيضاءَ سَهلَةِ العِرنَينِ
with lofty chambers, where, hidden from your sight, is kept
every fair woman with a smooth-bridged nose.
Translation model: Sol 6.1